🚨 Contract Opportunity: Workday Test Lead – Workday Launch Implementation
📍 Remote / occasional travel to London | 🗓️ Initial 44 Days | 💷 Competitive Day Rate | 🧪 E2E & UAT Testing Focus | 🚀 Workday Launch Experience Essential
We’re looking for a seasoned Test Lead to join a Workday HCM integration project currently preparing for End-to-End testing. The ideal candidate will bring nearly 10 years of experience in Workday deployments, including multiple Workday Launch implementations across SME and Enterprise environments.
This is an initial 44-day contract focused on leading test delivery and change activities across a suite of integrations, with strong potential to extend.
🔧 Key Responsibilities:
* Own the testing and change workstreams, ensuring all functional requirements and integrations are tested against objective KPIs
* Define and run the testing strategy, from planning to execution, including E2E and UAT phases
* Deliver clear reporting to inform test progress and Go/No-Go decisions
* Ensure test data, environments, and dependencies are prepared and aligned to programme timelines
* Coordinate testing across internal teams, vendors, and SMEs, tracking defects and managing re-tests
* Support delivery of key artefacts: test scripts, logs, defect reports, sign-off documentation
* Provide best practice guidance to drive successful delivery
* Design and run a fit-for-purpose change management plan
* Handover change delivery to SMEs post-implementation
* Support input into cutover planning and readiness
✅ Ideal Profile:
* Workday Launch experience is essential
* Approx. 10 years’ Workday experience, with deep expertise in test leadership
* Strong background in both SME and Enterprise deployments
* Confident defining test strategies and KPIs, while being hands-on in test execution
* Able to operate independently in fast-paced, high-accountability environments
* Skilled in documentation, stakeholder engagement, and vendor coordination
📅 Start: Immediate
📍 Remote, with occasional travel to London
🧾 Duration: 44 days (initial), with potential to extend
💷 Rate: Competitive | Outside IR35