Senior Manager HR - Recruitment Platform

• Shape the future of hiring at global scale
• Own a high-visibility Workday leadership mandate
  
  

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global healthcare and life sciences organization undergoing a significant transformation of its people, workforce, and digital capabilities. As part of its vision to create digital-first, employee-centric experiences, the organization is investing heavily in HR technology, automation, AI, and workforce transformation to simplify how employees and managers interact with HR.

Job Description

• Lead end-to-end solution enablement across requisition management, job posting, candidate screening, selection, offer management, onboarding, and first 90-day employee experience.
• Drive delivery and optimization of the Workday Recruiting roadmap in partnership with HR, technology, and product stakeholders.
• Design and oversee integrations across Workday and related platforms, including assessments, background verification, e-signature, identity management, and learning systems.
• Establish governance frameworks covering delivery planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, release readiness, and stakeholder communication.
• Lead and manage internal teams and external delivery partners, ensuring quality, execution excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Drive user adoption through training, change management, communication, and deployment support initiatives.
• Define and monitor key performance metrics related to hiring efficiency, candidate experience, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Ensure adherence to global privacy, security, compliance, accessibility, and audit requirements.
• Oversee operational support, incident management, enhancement prioritization, and platform stability initiatives.
  
  

The Successful Applicant

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience delivering HR technology solutions, with strong exposure to Talent Acquisition and Onboarding processes.
• Hands-on expertise with Workday Recruiting, including configuration, implementation, optimization, enhancements, and support.
• Demonstrated experience leading solution delivery within the Workday ecosystem.
• Strong program and project management capabilities with Agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience influencing and collaborating across global, matrixed organizations.
• Proven success designing and managing integrations across multiple HR technology platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data and KPIs to drive improvements.
• Prior people leadership experience, including managing teams, vendors, and service delivery outcomes.
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Experience improving candidate and new hire experiences through workflow automation and self-service solutions.
• Knowledge of global hiring compliance, privacy, retention, audit, and accessibility requirements.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and service providers.
• Exposure to change management, training, and large-scale adoption initiatives.
• Understanding of service management, release management, and enterprise platform operations.
• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.
• Experience using reporting, analytics, and BI tools to measure end-to-end process performance.
  
  

What's on Offer

Lead strategic initiatives that improve candidate experience, hiring efficiency, compliance, and onboarding outcomes across a global workforce.

Gain exposure to complex, global HR transformation programs while working with senior stakeholders and cutting-edge Workday solutions.

Quote job ref: JN-092026-7113164