Do you have the technical capability and experience of working with Workday? We’re recruiting for a Workday Lead in our People team here at AXA UK. Reporting to our Head of People Systems, Change and Risk, you’ll be responsible for managing and prioritising the technical development, upgrades and maintenance of the Workday Core HCM and Payroll system, across UK and Ireland. You’ll manage the Workday support team and activities including BAU, backlog, process improvements and enhancements to meet business needs and KPI’s. You’ll ensure all change focuses on efficiency, consistency and alignment with strategic objectives and governance requirements.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You’ll work at least 40% of your week away from home at your local office, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations in Bolton, Manchester or Bristol visiting clients or attending industry events.

WHO WE ARE:

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence

• Provide advice to BAO’s and drive the ongoing design, deployment, and maintenance of the UK and Ireland Workday HCM and Payroll.
• Serve as a strong consultative partner to the business, MyWorkday Support team, Business Application Owners, and functional leads to continuously improve service delivery and employee experience.
• Lead the governance processes, road-mapping exercises and MyWorkday support team resource planning ensuring day-to-day systems support is balanced with (strategic) enhancements, projects and change
• Drive the deployment of feature releases and system maintenance, ensuring business requirements are met.
• Lead the Workday design authority, evaluating the feasibility of change requests and supporting discussion on realistic placement of change on the overall route-map, understand business priorities and align technology opportunities.
• Lead the Workday support team ensuring day-to-day systems support is balanced with (strategic) enhancements, projects and change
• Responsible for data governance, adherence to data protection and security policies and procedures, ensuring up-to-date documentation of system functions, processes and capabilities.
• Develop and promote continuous learning within the support team.
  Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.