Senior Workday Integrations Lead Contract (Inside IR35) or FTC : 12-18 months

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

Why we're hiring:

WPP is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Workday Integrations Lead to join our team. In this role, you will oversee the technical integration implementation, requiring deep technical expertise in Workday, strong agile management capabilities, and the ability to lead a team of technical specialists within WPP and the system integrator. The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of Workday’s architecture, advanced configuration skills, and a passion for leveraging technology to drive business success.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for the integration implementation, configuration, and optimization of all Workday Payroll and non-payroll integrations, ensuring alignment with WPP’s business objectives for all Workday HCM releases.
• Lead integration discovery sessions to identify system integration requirements for all HCM releases.
• Oversee the integration of Workday with other enterprise systems in all releases, ensuring seamless data flow and process automation.
• Lead integration workshops to meet specific business requirements, utilizing advanced tools like Workday Studio, Middleware, and Workday Extend/Prism.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across various departments, ensuring agile sprints are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Provide advanced technical support for Workday-related issues, troubleshooting complex problems, and ensuring timely resolution.
• Manage and mentor a team of Workday technical specialists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Stay current with Workday updates and new features, driving continuous improvement and innovation within WPP’s Workday environment.
• Provide weekly status updates to leadership and manage the integration development plan as well as the RAID.
• Support project managers with integration deliverables.

What you'll need:

Key Technical Skills Required

• Deep Technical Expertise: Proficient in Workday configuration, implementation, and integration. Skilled with Workday tools such as Workday Studio, EIB, PECI, and middleware solutions like Informatica.
• Workday Experience: Extensive experience with multiple Workday modules, including at least 3 years in a technical lead or supervisory role.
• Project Management: Strong skills in project management, utilizing methodologies and tools like Agile and SCRUM.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, capable of effectively interacting with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, focused on delivering innovative and practical technical solutions.
• Leadership: Proven leadership skills with experience in managing and developing technical teams.
• Advanced Integration Experience: Extensive experience with Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB and PECI.
• Custom Development: Experience with custom development within the Workday environment, including Workday Extend and Prism.
• Vendor Management: Experience working with third-party vendors and managing vendor relationships.
• ESB Solutions: Strong experience in designing and implementing market-leading ESB solutions such as Mulesoft, Dell Boomi, WebSphere, and Informatica.
• Offshore Model Experience: Experience working in an offshore model, cross-culturally and cross-functionally, with the ability to adapt personal style to different environments.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Proactive collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence internal departments to obtain cooperation.

Desirable

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master’s degree is preferred.
• Advanced Certifications: Advanced Workday certifications (e.g., Workday Integration, Workday Studio) are preferred.
• Middleware Experience: Experience with Informatica middleware.
• Integration Workstreams: Previous experience managing Workday integration workstreams.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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