Workday Integration Lead

Job Title: workday integration Lead
Location: London UK (Hybrid)
Employment type: contract (Inside Ir35)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead payroll integration workshops with client stakeholders, driving requirements gathering, integration design decisions and sign-off.
• Design, build, test and deploy Workday integrations, with a strong emphasis on payroll interfaces (PECI) to third-party payroll providers, including ADP.
• Own the end-to-end integration design phase for payroll workstreams, translating business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Partner with functional leads across HCM, Payroll and Benefits to ensure integration designs align with the wider Workday configuration.
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on delivery across the full Workday deployment life cycle - Plan, Architect, Configure & Prototype, Test, Deploy and post-go-live support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration defects, working closely with client IT, Middleware and third-party vendor teams.
• Contribute to integration strategy, design standards and reusable patterns across engagements.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior integration consultants.

Required Experience & Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on Workday integration consulting experience.
• Strong, demonstrable experience with PECI payroll integrations and third-party payroll providers, particularly ADP.
• Proven experience leading payroll integration workshops and owning the design of payroll interfaces.
• A minimum of two full-life cycle Workday implementation projects, from design through to deployment.
• Previous experience working at a Workday services/implementation partner.
• Solid understanding of the Workday HCM and Payroll data model as it relates to integration design.
• Strong client-facing skills, with the confidence and communication style to lead workshops and influence design decisions.
• Relevant Workday certifications (eg Integrations, PECI/PICOF, etc)