Job Description
EMBL is seeking an experienced and motivated Workday Team Leader to lead the delivery, optimisation, and ongoing support of the Workday platform across the organisation. As EMBL transitions to a full Workday platform by the end of 2026, this role will play a key part in ensuring Workday reliably supports HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, and related business processes across EMBLs complex international research environment.
The Workday Team Leader will manage a small team of inhouse functional and technical specialists (currently a team of 4), as well as the relationship with and delivery of external Workday service providers.
The Team Leader will serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and technical Workday experts, ensure reliable and high-quality service delivery, and collaborate with the ERP Team and its Team Leader on the wider ERP landscape and system integrations.
This is a PAN-EMBL role and will involve regular business travel between EMBLs six operational sites, supporting collaboration and consistency across locations.
Duties & Responsibilities
In this role you will:
Leadership & Team Management
1. Lead, mentor, and develop the Workday support and implementation team
2. Set priorities, manage workload, and ensure timely delivery of services and projects
3. Foster a collaborative, service-oriented, and inclusive tea...