Change Manager (Workday Implementation)

Change Manager (Workday Implementation)

4 MonthsRemote with very rare need to go to Glasgow site£#removed# per day (Inside IR35)The Role

We are looking for an experienced Change Manager to support a large-scale Workday and HR transformation programme . You will be responsible for developing and delivering the change strategy, supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, readiness and user adoption throughout the programme.

Key Responsibilities

Change Strategy & Planning

• Develop and deliver the overall Organisational Change Management (OCM) strategy.
• Create detailed change plans aligned to programme milestones and deployments.
• Assess the impact of change across employees, managers, HR teams and business functions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify and manage key stakeholders across the organisation.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, impact assessments and alignment sessions.

Communications

• Develop and manage the overall communications strategy.
• Create targeted communications for different employee groups.
• Produce presentations, FAQs, briefings, newsletters and leadership communications.

Change Impact & Readiness

• Conduct organisational impact assessments covering processes, roles, systems and behaviours.
• Develop readiness frameworks and conduct regular readiness reviews.
• Monitor business preparedness for deployment and go-live.

Training & Adoption

• Define training requirements alongside functional and business teams.
• Develop role-based training strategies and learning plans.
• Coordinate training materials, user guides and supporting resources.

Programme & Governance Support

• Participate in governance and steering committee meetings.
• Provide regular change reporting and executive updates.
• Ensure change activity remains aligned with programme objectives and timelines.

Experience Required

• Strong experience in Organisational Change Management within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong experience supporting Workday implementations or major Workday transformation programmes .
• Experience with enterprise HR, Finance or Payroll technology implementations.
• Proven experience taking change initiatives from planning through to post-go-live adoption.
• Strong stakeholder analysis, impact assessment, communications and readiness experience.
• Experience delivering change across organisations of 2,000+ employees .
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies and best practice.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management capabilities.

Desirable

• Change Management certification such as Prosci, APMG or CCMP .
• Experience with Oracle HCM, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion HCM, SAP SuccessFactors or similar HR platforms.
• Experience supporting M&A, workforce integration, organisational restructuring or similar transformation activity.
• Background within energy, utilities, infrastructure, engineering or other regulated environments .

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