Change Management Lead – People Technology

Overview

In this Change Lead role, you will drive adoption and communication for a global Workday transformation across Core HCM, Talent Acquisition and Payroll. You’ll partner with HR leaders and programme stakeholders to build readiness and engagement, and create practical change frameworks, playbooks, and adoption tools. You’ll support training and post-go-live success, ensuring scalable, data-led adoption of the new platform. This is a strategic, cross-functional role critical to the global People Technology transformation at WPP.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work model (#LI-Hybrid)
• opportunity to work at scale
• challenging and stimulating work environment

Responsibilities

• Lead change management across Workday Core HCM, Talent Acquisition, and Payroll
• Develop engaging communication and adoption plans
• Partner with business leaders and HR teams to build awareness and readiness
• Create practical change frameworks, toolkits, and playbooks for organisation-wide use
• Support training, business readiness, and post-go-live adoption

Key requirements

• Experience leading change, communication, or adoption in HR, People Technology, or Workday programmes
• Knowledge of Workday Core HCM, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, or related enterprise HR platforms
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to influence at all levels
• Excellent communication skills; ability to translate complex change into clear messages
• Collaborative mindset with passion for helping people navigate change successfully

• stakeholder management
• communication
• collaboration
• Workday Core HCM
• Workday Talent Acquisition
• Workday Payroll

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