COE Delivery & Transformation Lead - People Technology

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 undertaking a major global People Technology transformation to deploy Workday HCM across the organisation, simplifying the People landscape, improving data consistency, strengthening core People capabilities, and enabling scalable adoption of AI- and data-led insights. The move from multiple local HR systems to a centrally governed global platform represents a significant shift in ways of working across markets, functions, and agencies. The COE Delivery & Transformation Lead is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and transformation of key People Centre of Excellence (COE) capabilities through Workday. The role will partner with senior business leaders, HR COEs, People Technology, and external partners to define future-state processes, drive technology-enabled transformation, and deliver strategic initiatives across Recruitment, Total Rewards, Performance Management, Learning, and other talent-related functions. This individual will act as both a transformation leader and programme delivery lead, ensuring business objectives are translated into scalable and sustainable solutions while delivering measurable organisational outcomes. What you'll be doing: • Lead the transformation of People COE functions through the effective use of Workday and supporting technologies. • Partner with HR and business leaders to define future-state processes • Drive standardisation, simplification, and optimisation of people processes across global markets. • Challenge existing ways of working and identify opportunities to improve employee and manager experiences. • Facilitate strategic workshops and design sessions with executive and senior stakeholders to align on vision, scope, priorities, and outcomes Workday Delivery Leadership • Lead the end-to-end delivery of Workday modules including: • Workday Recruiting • Workday Learning • Workday Performance Management • Workday Compensation and Total Rewards • Workday Talent and Succession (desirable) • Ensure solutions are aligned with business requirements, industry best practices, and Workday capabilities. • Oversee solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, change management, and hypercare activities. • Collaborate with implementation partners and internal delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes. Programme & Project Management • Manage complex transformation initiatives from inception through delivery. • Develop project plans, delivery roadmaps, governance structures, budgets, and resource plans. • Track milestones, risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring timely escalation where appropriate. • Provide regular status reporting and progress updates to programme sponsors and executive stakeholders. • Drive delivery accountability across multiple workstreams and vendors. Stakeholder Management • Build strong relationships with senior HR, People Technology, Finance, and business leaders. • Influence decis