Senior Workday Adaptive Implementation Lead

• Take ownership of the Workday Adaptive Planning for workforce planning use cases including headcount, vacancies, workforce costs, and scenarios
• Translate evolving business requirements into a scalable planning design which includes planning granularity, baseline vs forecast vs scenarios, and defining drivers and assumptions
• Define the target operating model for workforce planning, covering roles, cadence, controls, and governance
• Lead workshops with key stakeholders, structure and document requirements and outcomes, and drive alignment between global standards and local needs
• Own the functional design of the planning model structure and ensure its usability and robustness for enterprise cycles
• Define and validate data needs and flows, coordinate with technical teams on integrations, ensure testing readiness, and support change, adoption, and training preparation

• Senior experience (10+ years) implementing Workday Adaptive Planning, ideally within workforce planning/headcount planning scope
• Experience in working within large, global organizations with complex governance and multi-entity settings
• Comfortable operating in environments where requirements evolve and multiple stakeholders need alignment
• Strong understanding of workforce planning concepts and capable of designing solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise planning cycles
• Strong technical literacy in Adaptive Planning including model structure, dimensions, versions, and data import concepts
• Ability to challenge and govern technical delivery from integrators and are focused on adoption and sustainability
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder management skills and are structured, decision-oriented, and able to arbitrate trade-offs

Supportive environment where everyone is valued and empowered with training and growth prospects