Workday Data Lead

Summary

Join WPP's HCM Data Team as a Workday Data Lead to drive and deliver data activities within a Workday HCM release, collaborating with global teams to ensure successful program delivery.

Requirements

• Previous experience (3+ years’) in a global Workday implementation
• Analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• HCM / People Data Experience
• Experience in architecting and influencing ERP led transformation programs within complex organizations
• Background in large data conversion projects, with multiple data sources from varying data models utilizing SAP/Oracle/Workday/similar as target or source
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills – to present data concepts in a meaningful way
• Successful project data stream experience within a large, complex multi-site/ supplier environment and able to demonstrate a range of concluded projects/ programmes
• A strong background in driving efficiency of data activities in an organisation of relevant size, complexity and scale
• Experience of leading diverse teams working across multiple geographies
• Confidence in challenging situations, able to inform senior management and work under pressure

Responsibilities

• Work with the programme data leadership to review the programme data strategy and refine as required for the release
• Work with the release lead to review and identify the in-scope systems for source data to be migrated to Workday and the data footprint within the in-scope agencies
• Collaborate with the functional and integration teams to understand requirements and ensure alignment of the data migration scope with the solution
• Devise data validation strategy and test cases and lead validation of data loaded into Workday, including collaboration with Agency and SI partners to determine approach to remediation of data quality and availability issues
• Lead data profiling and put together metrics to report on data quality and gaps. Devise strategy to improve quality of data across prototypes
• Work with the OpCo and their local teams to ensure programme timelines and objectives are being met and risks managed
• Continuously improve data extraction templates and methods to simplify process and improve data quality and turnaround times
• Ensure complete collaboration as the Release Data Team including both IT, business and 3rd party to ensure that activities are operated with the right quality and to schedule
• Provide expertise on data migration to deal with the complexity and scale of the legacy landscape
• Manage the release data team (WPP, SI, Agency) and all plan activities, providing accurate and timely reporting and appropriate escalation of any risks and issues