Product Lead, Workday & Digital HR Platforms

What you’ll be doing

• Act as design authority for Workday across Core HCM, Talent, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll integrations and Time and Attendance
• Build strong relationships with HR, the lines of business and technical teams, and manage competing priorities
• Work with Product Owners to shape the backlog and roadmap, and make scope calls during delivery
• Manage Workday releases and decide what we adopt
• Hold our outsource partner to account on quality and cost
• Drive adoption through change, training and communications
• Own risk and cost for Digital HR, including cyber and data security

The ideal skills & experience

• Deep, hands-on Workday experience at enterprise scale, across several modules
• Strong integration, security and reporting knowledge
• A track record of bridging business and technology teams
• Confident stakeholder management in a complex, matrixed environment
• Experience managing outsourced partners and delivering in Agile
• Experience leading change, ideally through a period of transformation

Nice to have: Workday certification, SAFe/PI planning experience, exposure to AI and automation in HR

You’ll be

Assertive but personable, credible, and comfortable with change. You balance day-to-day delivery with the bigger picture, and you help others do their best work.

What’s in it for you

• Hybrid working with two to three days in the office
• Up to 25 days off, life leave, plus your birthday off and two days paid for volunteering
• Meal card and flexible benefits where you are allocated funds to spend on a variety of benefits such as transport cost, education related and more

Please be aware, the majority of our roles are hybrid, working three days a week in our office.

We’re not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure you’ve got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

Why join Kantar?

Kantar is one of the most recognised and trusted brands in its industry, with unmatched depth of experience and global reach. What makes this moment different is how much is changing at once.

We are working on the world’s most influential brands, investing in AI and technology, and evolving how intelligence is delivered. The work is becoming more connected, more dynamic and more impactful.

People joining Kantar now are not stepping into something finished. They are joining a business that is evolving, and they will help shape what comes next.

If you want to work on iconic brands, solve complex problems, learn from exceptional people and do work that genuinely makes a difference, we would love to hear from you.

Country

Portugal

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.