Workday Data Lead
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Workday HCM
Workday Financials
Workday PSA
Data Governance
Data Conversion
Stakeholder Management
FULL DESCRIPTION
Workday Data Lead
London
£600 - £700 per day
Contract
Job description
We are seeking an experienced Workday Data Lead to oversee all data-related activities for a greenfield Workday implementation covering HCM, Financials (FINS), and Professional Services Automation (PSA). The role will be accountable for defining and delivering the end-to-end data strategy, ensuring data quality, integrity, and overall readiness across all Workday modules. Working closely with functional leads, reporting, integrations, security teams, and business stakeholders, the Data Lead will provide leadership across data conversion, validation, testing, and go-live phases of the programme.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven experience operating as a Workday Data Lead or Senior Data Manager on large-scale Workday implementations.
- Strong hands-on expertise across Workday HCM, Workday Financials, and Workday Professional Services Automation (PSA).
- Demonstrated experience delivering greenfield Workday implementations from initiation through go-live.
- Deep understanding of Workday data models, data governance, and data conversion strategies.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience identifying, managing, and mitigating data-related risks within complex, multi-stream programmes.
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