ABOUT US:

Ocado Technology is putting the world’s grocery retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.
Of course, achieving this is no mean feat, and whilst we have ambitious strategies to grow our business, we need to match this in our capabilities to ensure the ongoing security of our sensitive data, our people, our customers, and our assets. That’s where Ocado’s innovative Information Security team comes into play…

EXPERIENCE:

• At least 7 years experience in an IT project management role.
• Workday Implementation or Optimization Experience: Prior involvement in Workday implementations, migrations, or enhancements related to compensation and absence.
• Multi-Country HR/Payroll Project Management: Experience leading HRIS/payroll projects across multiple geographies with complex payroll structures.
• Automation & Self-Service Adoption: Knowledge of self-service HR tools and change management strategies to encourage adoption.
• Regulatory Compliance Knowledge: Understanding of global HR/payroll regulations and ensuring Workday configurations meet compliance standards.
• Project Managing at least one large scale enterprise HR or Finance initiative.
• Managing stakeholders and teams across multiple geographical regions.
• Experience presenting to Executive level steering committees as a PM.
• Demonstrable experience of handling cross project interdependencies
• Able to demonstrate that they have worked on and managed projects through the full development lifecycle.
• Experience of project reporting across roles, regions, stakeholders and workstreams
• Experience with workstream process improvements.

SKILLS:

• Ability to work across technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Project planning and management/delivery of complex projects to timescales, including experience of Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with a variety of personalities and styles, at all levels in the organisation.
• Able to facilitate workshops with a range of stakeholders, suppliers & business users.
• Excellent critical reasoning, decision-making, and problem solving skills to analyse situations, determine risks, and find solutions to prevent future issues and resolve recurring defects.
• Formal Project Management qualification - Prince2 / PMP /APMP or similar.
• Workday Proficiency – Hands-on experience managing Workday or equivalent HCM.
• Global HR/Payroll Knowledge – Understanding of international payroll structures, compliance, and best practices.
• Project Management Skills – Ability to plan, execute, and manage complex HRIS/payroll transformation projects.

The IT mission is to provide the strategic direction, governance and delivery of the core IT services which enable Ocado group as a whole to deliver on its missions.

The IT Project Manager has responsibility for the delivery of technical projects which may include infrastructure and application delivery across Ocado Groups global IT service portfolio.

• The initial project the PM will be working on is a People costs programme which is awaiting commencement.
• It is essential that the PM selected have proven experience running large scale projects with Workday (or equivalent HCM systems) and financial software projects.
• Hands-on experience of projects configuring and optimizing compensation elements, absence policies, and one-time payments in Workday (or other enterprise HCM system) or similar will be essential.
• A strong understanding of global payroll processes, compensation structures, and localized pay elements (e.g., 14-month salary plans) will enable the PM to hit the ground running.
• The PM will need demonstrable prior experience working with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT teams to drive cross-functional alignment.
• The PM will need to demonstrate previous experience of engaging and manage stakeholders at a global level