Workday Functional Lead (HCM)

Role Overview: As a Solution Lead (SL) for Workday at bp, you will play a crucial role in owning and driving a portion of the People & Culture (PC&C) Workday solution. Your responsibility will encompass both process and technology, ensuring the delivery of a great and efficient service for our people. You will be part of a major transformation within the PC&C function to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused. This challenging opportunity will involve managing key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, where you will be instrumental in shaping a fast-moving PC&C function by building teams, structures, and driving continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: - Manage a part of the PC&C solution, maintaining the health and operational integrity of your solutions/products, collaborating with others to deliver stable operations - Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and business needs, such as data privacy and digital security requirements - Work closely with colleagues to ensure seamless co-existence of solutions/products across PC&C - Prioritize backlog of changes, covering maintenance, fixes (non-urgent), and improvements, focusing on the implementation of ongoing activities - Develop and implement plans for the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of changes for your part of the PC&C solution - Plan and implement substantial aspects of change projects, act as a product owner, deliver through others, manage risks, and ensure timely, cost-effective, and quality delivery - Develop positive working relationships with various stakeholders within bp and external partners - Build external relations including vendor management - Understand business requirements, challenge the status quo, and make proposals to deliver against objectives - Evaluate, communicate, and coordinate the impacts of configuration decisions to stakeholder groups - Research and resolve process and technical problems, recommend solutions or alternate methods to meet requirements - Support bp in being a thought leader in the relevant technology space through external networking and tech landscape analysis Qualifications Required: - Graduate/post-graduate degree in Business Management, HR, Computer Science, or related subject area - 5+ years of work experience in relevant Workday domain area; certification (as SI or as Customer) desirable - Experience in building digital strategies and roadmaps, systems development, and corporate-wide implementation of global systems and processes - Knowledge of the Workday Product, including release approach and roadmap - Project management methodologies experience with the ability to create/manage comprehensive project plans - Leadership skills, ability to use data and analytics for decision-making, and experience in organizational change management roles - Expertise in development/delivery of SAAS/Cloud-based products, project/programme management skills, stakeholder management, and change expertise - Ability to structure complex messages and insights, collaborative working style, and customer-centric approach Additional Company Details: At bp, we provide an excellent working environment with employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, work-life balance, learning and development opportunities, life and health insurance, medical care package, and more. We support diversity and are committed to creating a respectful and fair environment for all.,