Security, Risk, and Compliance

• Embed information security, privacy, and records management controls; align to UK data protection requirements.
• Ensure auditable processes for access, SoD, financial controls, and payroll-critical integrations.
• Proactively manage risks/issues; execute mitigation and contingency plans.

Change, Readiness, and Benefits

• Lead organisational change and comms; plan training and role-based adoption.
• Define benefits, baselines, and tracking; ensure realisation plan post go-live.
• Prepare and execute cutover, command centre, and hypercare; transition to BAU with clear RACI and runbooks.

Data, Integrations, and Reporting

• Oversee data strategy: cleansing, migration cycles, reconciliation, and sign-off.
• Coordinate integration design (APIs, middleware, payroll, finance, identity), non-functional requirements, and performance.
• Govern reporting strategy (core, dashboards, Prism/analytics) and data quality controls.

Essential Experience

• 10+ years leading large-scale ERP/HCM/Finance transformations; 3+ end-to-end Workday programmes preferred.
• Proven delivery into UK government or regulated public sector (governance, assurance, procurement).
• Multi-supplier management (prime SI, niche vendors, internal teams); strong commercial acumen on SoWs and change notes.
• Full lifecycle: discovery to BAU; hands-on with RAID, plans, financials, and status reporting.
• Data migration, complex integrations, testing at scale, cutover/hypercare leadership.
• OCM experience: stakeholder mapping, comms, training, and adoption metrics.

Desirable

• Familiarity with Workday modules: HCM, Payroll interfaces, Finance, Time/Absence, Security, Reporting/Prism.
• Knowledge of public sector standards and processes (e.g., approvals, audit, information governance).
• Experience with identity/access (SSO/MFA), P2P, banking interfaces, payroll bureaus, and finance subledgers.
• Understanding of SoD, internal controls, and year-end processes.

Skills and Attributes

• Exceptional programme governance and delivery discipline.
• Clear, concise communication; strong executive presence.
• Negotiation and supplier performance management.
• Analytical, risk-aware, and outcome-focused.
• Comfortable operating in hybrid agile/waterfall environments.

Deliverables

• Programme Charter, Plan, and Governance Framework.
• Workstream plans (HCM, Finance, Integrations, Data, Testing, OCM).
• RAID log, dependency map, decision and action registers.
• Monthly steering packs; weekly status reports and financials.
• Data migration strategy, mock cycle reports, and sign-offs.
• Integration catalogue, non-functional test results, and support model.
• Cutover plan, runbooks, command-centre playbook.
• Hypercare plan, exit criteria, and BAU transition artefacts.
• Benefits realisation plan and measurement approach.

Engagement Model (Outside IR35)

• Statement of Work with clear deliverables, acceptance criteria, and milestones.
• Autonomy over methods and working practices to deliver outcomes.
• Ability to provide competent substitution and work across multiple clients.
• Own equipment, professional indemnity/public liability insurance; no employee-like benefits.
• Fees tied to milestones/outcomes; no timesheet-based managerial control by client.

Logistics

• Duration: 6 months (with potential extension based on milestones).
• Location: London; hybrid with on-site governance, workshops, and cutover/hypercare presence.
• Travel: As required for key events and stakeholder engagement.

How Success Will Be Measured

• On-time/on-budget delivery of agreed scope and quality gates.
• Clean audit/assurance outcomes and security sign-offs.
• Stable go-live with controlled defects and effective hypercare.
• Achieved adoption KPIs and benefits tracked to baseline.
• Smooth handover to BAU with agreed SLAs and operating model.

Application Requirements

• Brief capability statement aligned to the above scope.
• Evidence of two comparable public sector Workday or ERP programmes.
• Example governance pack (redacted) and delivery plan excerpt.
• Day rate expectations and availability within 2–4 weeks.