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Workday HCM Global Data Lead
WPP 2005 Limited · 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
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About the role
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to: • Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency • Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms • Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets • Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP. The Workday HCM Global Data Lead is a key leadership role responsible for orchestrating and executing the data strategy to support the successful implementation of Workday. This position requires collaboration with teams across Enterprise Technology, the People Teams, and third-party partners. What you'll be doing: Ownership of the Program • Take full accountability for the successful execution of the Workday HCM program data activities. • Establish and maintain governance structures to ensure alignment with organizational objectives. • Partner with the Enterprise Data team to define and enforce data ownership and stewardship. • Implement and own extraction and data quality for the People Technology programmes. • Drive, design and agree with respective teams on a delivery and maintenance model to ensure tools and processes can be re-used for other projects. Once agreed, document and implement the model. Team Leadership • Supervise and mentor the team who are focused on Workday HCM data transformation, ensuring proficiency on data conversion processes and associated high risk areas • Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and guidance to the team on program priorities and strategy implementation. Business Process Design • Collaborate with stakeholders to design and optimize business processes related to People Data. • Identify and address root cause issues in data management and reporting. Technology Implementation • Work closely with Enterprise Technology teams to deliver data solutions to meet business needs. • Ensure technology aligns with the program's goals and supports data integrity and security. • Actively participate on the Data Migration RFP and other RFPs where required. Alignment with Job Architecture • Collaborate with the Job Architecture Lead to ensure alignment between People Data and job-related data attributes. • Enhance reporting capabilities related to critical data attributes. • Co-develop end-user change and adoption strategies to ensure agencies understan