United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.
Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.
Our company is split into two business areas:
Utility Infrastructure –
Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK's largest network owners and operators.
Social Infrastructure -
Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced
Workday Implementation Project Manager
to lead the end-to-end rollout of our new Workday HRIS platform. This role is critical in ensuring a smooth, on-time, and successful implementation, while aligning system configuration with business needs and HR processes. You will work cross-functionally with HR, IT, Finance, external consultants, and Workday partners to deliver a fit-for-purpose solution.
Key Responsibilities
* Own and drive the full lifecycle of the Workday implementation, from planning and discovery through deployment and stabilization.
* Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, resource allocations, and risk logs.
* Lead project governance activities, including steering committee updates and stakeholder communications.
* Coordinate internal teams and external Workday implementation partners/consultants.
* Oversee system configuration, integrations, testing (SIT/UAT), training, and change management activities.
* Ensure data migration activities (cleansing, mapping, validation) are executed accurately and on schedule.
* Track progress against key milestones and proactively address risks or roadblocks.
* Support go-live readiness and post-launch hypercare.
* Ensure alignment with HR process owners and compliance with data security and privacy standards.
Required Qualifications
* Proven experience managing
Workday implementations
(end-to-end), ideally in a global or complex organizational environment.
* Strong project management skills, with experience delivering large-scale systems projects on time and within budget.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including working with HR, IT, Finance, and third-party vendors.
* Solid understanding of HR processes (e.g., Core HCM, Absence, Talent, Compensation, Payroll, Recruitment).
* Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
* Proficient with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana).
Preferred Qualifications
* Workday certification(s) or formal training.
* PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile project management qualification.
* Experience with Workday integrations (e.g., with payroll, finance, or identity systems).
* Familiarity with change management and training approaches for HRIS rollouts.
* Experience in data migration and validation in an HRIS context.