Programme Test Manager – Workday

Role Overview

• Direct and manage the full project-life cycle and set standards for assignments and applications, with a primary focus on Workday implementations
• Develop strategies and direct teams with diverse scope, ensuring alignment to Workday programme objectives
• Ensure that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale, and resource budgets, and are formally signed off
• Use project planning tools and contribute to the identification and planning of future resource needs, particularly for Workday delivery capabilities
• Own the overall test plan design and processes for Workday implementations, applying, articulating, and constructing business-specific end-to-end scenarios; define standards for test script development, deployment, and reuse
• Specify the test environment for full lifecycle testing, ensuring alignment with Workday business processes and integration requirements
• Consult with key business stakeholders to ensure Workday solution design is optimised for testability and quality outcomes
• Allocate and coordinate test schedules, work, and resource plans; manage progress of all activities against the plan, ensuring delivery deadlines are met across Workday programmes
• Provide quality assurance evaluation estimates on various projects, with the ability to execute the vision, goals, and direction of Workday-focused teams
• Diagnose problems and probe underlying issues to generate multiple potential solutions within Workday environments
• Proactively anticipate and prevent issues, facilitating stakeholder buy-in and guiding the implementation of corrective and/or preventative actions for complex Workday-related challenges
• Create quality assurance procedures and user instructions to support reusable processes and tools aligned to Workday delivery models
• Define and implement quality process improvements and metrics with a focus on defect prevention in Workday programmes
• Advise on risk assessment and risk management strategies at project or release level, particularly for Workday implementations
• Contribute to proof of concept exercises and support sales with pre-sales collateral, bringing strong Workday domain expertise

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISTQB Advanced advantageous
• Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance
• Proven senior-level QA leadership on large-scale Workday implementations
• Extensive hands-on experience with Workday implementation projects (mandatory), including configuration, integrations, and deployment phases
• Strong knowledge of Workday architecture and configuration to support risk-based testing approaches
• Demonstrated experience testing Workday integrations with end-to-end data validation
• Expertise in defining and executing Workday-specific test strategies, including SIT, UAT, regression, security, and data migration testing
• Track record of building and leading Workday QA teams, upskilling testers, and establishing Workday QA best practices
• Strong collaboration with Workday Functional, Integration, and Client stakeholders to align quality outcomes with business objectives
• Experience in defect governance and quality reporting within Workday programmes, including root-cause analysis and executive-level reporting
• Experience introducing QA tools, automation approaches, or process improvements suited to Workday’s configuration-driven model
• Excellent client-facing skills
• People management skills
• introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Team work and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set
• Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
• High value on openness and transparency
• Excellent communication and presentations skills
• Experience of introducing new concepts or strategies that significantly improve or revise the way business is done through to implementation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and substantial benefits offering
• Unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes
• Diverse and inclusive culture
• Family friendly policies and enhanced leave
• Significant learning and development opportunities
• Collaborative working environment
• Medical and dental insurance
• Pension
• Life assurance
• Employee wellbeing programme
• Sports and social events
• Birthday hampers