Posted 18 days ago
Description
Senior Workday Talent & Performance Specialist
Location: North West England
Working Model: Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite in the Greater Manchester area
Employment Type: Permanent
We are supporting a large international organisation looking to strengthen its internal Workday team with an experienced Senior Workday Analyst specialising in Talent & Performance.
This is a senior functional Workday position where you will act as the subject matter expert for Workday Talent & Performance, taking ownership of configuration, enhancements, releases and continuous improvement across the module.
The role will suit someone who has strong hands-on Workday configuration experience and is comfortable working directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements, design solutions and deliver changes through to deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Workday Talent & Performance subject matter expert
- Own and deliver configuration changes across Talent & Performance
- Gather, analyse and document business requirements
- Translate business requirements into effective Workday solutions
- Manage enhancements from initial design through testing and deployment
- Support Workday release cycles, including impact assessment and testing
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and feature adoption
- Contribute to the wider Workday roadmap and module strategy
- Maintain Workday configuration standards and system integrity
- Support governance, compliance and documentation requirements
- Work closely with HR, Technology and wider business stakeholders
- Collaborate with external Workday partners where required
- Support change management, communications and user adoption
- Act as an escalation point for complex Workday issues
- Provide guidance and support to more junior team members
What We're Looking For:
You should have strong hands-on experience configuring and supporting Workday Talent & Performance within a live Workday environment.
Key Experience Includes:
- Deep Workday Talent & Performance experience
- Hands-on Workday configuration
- Strong understanding of Workday Business Processes
- Requirements gathering and solution design
- Workday enhancement and change delivery
