Senior Manager, HR Transformation – Workday PM/BA

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Job Description

• →Establish and lead governance frameworks to intake, assess, prioritise, and approve Workday enhancements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, budget, and delivery capacity.
• →Own and actively manage the pipeline and roadmap of change, balancing business priorities, dependencies, and available resources.
• →Lead complex business analysis activities, including process mapping, requirements elicitation, data analysis, and impact assessments, ensuring solutions are scalable and integrated across HR and downstream systems.
• →Partner with stakeholders across HR, IT, and the business to shape and challenge requirements, translating them into clear, effective Workday solution designs.
• →Drive end-to-end delivery of initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment from design through testing and deployment.
• →Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints, driving mitigation and recovery plans where required.
• →Act as a subject matter expert in Workday and HR processes, leveraging system knowledge to guide solution decisions and optimise outcomes.
• →Define initiative vision, outcomes, and success measures, ensuring strong stakeholder alignment and adoption.
• →Develop and execute stakeholder engagement strategies to ensure transparency, alignment, and delivery of business value.
• →Plan and manage timelines, resources, and deliverables across multiple concurrent initiatives.

• Strong Project Management and Business Analysis (PM/BA) capability, leading initiatives from problem definition through to delivery.
• Advanced experience with Workday Configuration, translating business requirements into scalable, effective system solutions. Workday Talent Management & Employee Experience configuration (e.g., Career Hub, Recruitment, Onboarding, Learning) experience is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage demand, governance, and prioritisation frameworks, balancing strategic goals, capacity, and competing needs.
• Deep expertise in complex business analysis, including requirements elicitation, process mapping, and end-to-end impact assessment across integrated systems.
• Ability to interpret and resolve ambiguity, translating complex or conflicting inputs into clear, actionable solution designs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge, align, and drive decisions across HR, IT, and senior leaders.
• Experience in roadmap and pipeline management, ensuring delivery of high-value initiatives aligned to business priorities.

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6 to 10 years in HR Product Management / HR
• Experience with Workday is required; applicants without prior experience on the platform will not be considered.
• Configuration experience with Talent Management and Acquisition functions strongly desired
• Financial Services experience is a plus.

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The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave.  Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view. 

We expect our associates at all levels to:
•  Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
•  Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
•  Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
•  Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
•  Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates.  When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.