Workday Lead Developer

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product lifecycle, adhering to agreed time, budget and quality requirements. 

Accountabilities

• Management of the delivery, resource allocation and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives and the execution of sprints.
• Collaboration with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trails to support the proposal of technically feasible solutions, and effort and timeline expectations.
• Collaboration with software engineers, quality teams, product managers and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle aligned to the banks objectives, regulation and security policies.
• Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.
• Management of change requests and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Management of vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure they deliver according to agreed terms.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improving deliver outcomes and to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Workday Lead Developer. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role you will lead end-to-end technology development for defined HR Value Streams / Journeys, within the Global HR Technology service provision at Barclays.  You will partner with HR Journey Owners to pursue a technology roadmap, which fully exploits our investment in Workday, ServiceNow and other supporting platforms. The role will be a key face-off into the HR Colleague Experience Team, in support of our ongoing transition to an Agile Value / Journey aligned delivery model. Reporting locally to the HR CIO and with a matrix line into the Global Workday Platform Owner, the role will lead a global pool of resources on a matrix basis.

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Experience of solution design, system configuration and implementation of changes within Workday
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions within Workday
• Deep knowledge of configurating complex business processes of Workday modules across Core HR, Recruitment & Onboarding, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Talent & Performance Management, Learning and Advanced Compensation
• Considerable understanding of HR processes and best practices
• Experience of partnering with HR to define roadmaps and strategy also ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience in optimizing and enhancing Workday and other systems for continuous improvement ultimately driving adoption of Workday within side the business to help maximize efficiency and capability 

Other highly valued skills include:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and influence across the organization
• Experience of managing Workday Security
• Deployment of Workday Adaptive Planning
• Experience of Workday Extend
• Leadership of development teams / PODs

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is in Whippany, New Jersey