Director of Operations (Workday)

The organisation supports more than 30,000 employees and is going through continued growth, acquisitions and HR transformation. Workday and ServiceNow are already in place, and this person will lead the next stage of process improvement, employee experience and operational efficiency.

What you will do

• Build and shape the HR Operational Excellence function
• Lead end-to-end HR process transformation
• Identify recurring issues and remove root causes
• Improve employee experience and HR service delivery
• Work closely with HRIS, Workday and ServiceNow teams
• Drive standardisation, automation and continuous improvement
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Influence senior stakeholders across HR, Technology and Operations
• Lead and develop direct reports

What we need

• Strong HR Operational Excellence or HR transformation experience
• Proven end-to-end process redesign experience
• Strong Workday knowledge
• Experience working closely with HRIS and Workday teams
• Genuine people leadership experience
• Strong senior stakeholder management
• Experience leading change through influence
• Experience within a large or complex organisation

Highly relevant experience

• Unionised environments
• Collective agreements
• Healthcare or frontline workforces
• ServiceNow HRSD
• Lean Six Sigma
• Acquisition or integration activity

Why this role is worth looking at

• Brand-new Director position
• Genuine opportunity to build rather than inherit
• 30,000+ employee environment
• Enterprise-wide transformation
• Direct people leadership
• Established Workday environment
• Significant senior leadership exposure

Package

• CAD $150,000 base salary
• 20% target bonus
• 4 weeks vacation
• 3 personal days
• Benefits from day one
• RSP matching
• Hybrid working from Markham
• Approximately 2 to 3 days per week onsite

If you have led HR transformation at scale, understand Workday and want the opportunity to shape a new Operational Excellence function, I would be interested in speaking with you.