People Systems Lead (Workday) – United Kingdom

Location: United Kingdom Employer: Partner company (managed by Jobgether)

This role sits at the intersection of HR systems, engineering, and people operations, owning the performance and evolution of a complex Workday ecosystem. You will ensure Workday runs as a reliable backbone for HR, managers, and employees while continuously improving how people data flows across Finance, IT, payroll, and analytics platforms. Acting as both operator and builder, you will design integrations, automate manual processes, and strengthen system architecture with an engineering mindset. You will partner closely with HR leadership to shape a seamless employee experience driven by scalable, well-governed systems. The role requires balancing day-to-day support with long-term platform strategy and innovation. It is highly cross-functional, combining technical depth with strong stakeholder collaboration. Your work will directly impact operational efficiency, data integrity, and the employee experience across the business.

Accountabilities

You will own the end-to-end stability, evolution, and optimization of the Workday ecosystem, ensuring it supports both HR operations and broader business goals. Key responsibilities include:

• Act as a technical authority across integrations, configuration, reporting and system governance, enabling HR teams to operate efficiently and independently.
• Shape system strategy, driving automation and improving data flows across the enterprise.
• Partner with HR leadership to align Workday capabilities with business and people strategy, improving employee experience through system design and reconfiguration.
• Own Workday administration, including business process configuration, security models, calculated fields, and resolution of complex data integrity issues.
• Design, build, and maintain integrations across Workday and enterprise systems using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, and middleware platforms.
• Drive automation initiatives, identifying and replacing manual processes with scalable, event-driven solutions.
• Develop reporting and analytics capabilities using Workday reporting tools, SQL, and scripting to support people analytics and business decision-making.
• Lead release management, testing, and impact analysis across Workday updates, ensuring smooth system evolution.
• Maintain governance, compliance, and documentation standards, ensuring GDPR alignment and audit readiness.
• Lead and develop a small team, setting priorities, coaching performance, and fostering technical excellence.