Workday Platform Manager at Bsigroup

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Job Title: Workday Platform Manager

Location: EMEA/UK Homebased

About the Role

We are seeking a Workday Platform Manager to oversee the management, support, and continuous improvement of Workday and associated applications across BSI. Reporting to the Head of Applications Management, you will lead a global team of IT professionals, ensuring application stability, security, and performance in line with business needs.

This role requires strong stakeholder engagement, a focus on delivering automation and self-service solutions, and the ability to drive efficiency across applications management. As the senior IT representative to business streams and external partners, you’ll play a key part in aligning technology with strategic business goals.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the Workday business application landscape is functioning to agreed SLAs while adhering to security policies.

• Oversee application management, including change, release, fixes, and user administration.

• Partner with IT Directors and Business Partners to prioritise and schedule activities.

• Establish and maintain processes, tools, and documentation for effective application support.

• Provide guidance on security, licensing, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery.

• Lead investigations and implement solutions for issues, coordinating across IT functions.

• Manage budgets, resources, and performance targets within the applications function.

• Act as the escalation point for Change Management and authorise critical releases.

• Develop organisational capability in systems integration, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Coach, guide, and lead a global team, building strong relationships across business and IT.

To Be Successful

• Extensive experience across the full systems development and service management lifecycles.

• Strong leadership experience managing global IT teams, with a track record of coaching and delivering high performance.

• Strategic thinking with the ability to influence policy, strategy, and senior stakeholders.

• Technical expertise in applications management, automation, and security tools.

• Commercial awareness and the ability to align IT initiatives with business priorities.

• Decision-making skills, balancing risks, priorities, and available resources effectively.

• Excellent communication skills, able to influence, persuade, and engage both technical and non-technical audiences.

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development. We offer flexible working, as well as annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.  

Together, we are building an organisation that is ready to meet the challenges ahead. Grow your career as you help us shape what comes next.

We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.

We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

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The world needs fresh thinking and new perspectives to tackle its biggest challenges. It’s why, at BSI, we’re committed to creating a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute. Whatever your background, experience or outlook, here you can be your best self and do your best work.

If you have a disability or a health condition, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

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About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
 
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.