Change Manager (Workday Implementation) in Scotland

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Change Manager to support a large-scale Workday and HR transformation programme. You will be responsible for developing and delivering the change strategy, supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, readiness and user adoption throughout the programme.

Key Responsibilities

Change Strategy & Planning

• Develop and deliver the overall Organisational Change Management (OCM) strategy.
• Create detailed change plans aligned to programme milestones and deployments.
• Assess the impact of change across employees, managers, HR teams and business functions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify and manage key stakeholders across the organisation.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, impact assessments and alignment sessions.

Communications

• Develop and manage the overall communications strategy.
• Create targeted communications for different employee groups.
• Produce presentations, FAQs, briefings, newsletters and leadership communications.

Change Impact & Readiness

• Conduct organisational impact assessments covering processes, roles, systems and behaviours.
• Develop readiness frameworks and conduct regular readiness reviews.
• Monitor business preparedness for deployment and go-live.

Training & Adoption

• Define training requirements alongside functional and business teams.
• Develop role-based training strategies and learning plans.
• Coordinate training materials, user guides and supporting resources.

Programme & Governance Support

• Participate in governance and steering committee meetings.
• Provide regular change reporting and executive updates.
• Ensure change activity remains aligned with programme objectives and timelines.

Experience Required

• Strong experience in Organisational Change Management within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong experience supporting Workday implementations or major Workday transformation programmes.
• Experience with enterprise HR, Finance or Payroll technology implementations.
• Proven experience taking change initiatives from planning through to post-go-live adoption.
• Strong stakeholder analysis, impact assessment, communications and readiness experience.
• Experience delivering change across organisations of 2,000+ employees.
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies and best practice.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management capabilities.

Desirable

• Change Management certification such as Prosci, APMG or CCMP.
• Experience with Oracle HCM, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion HCM, SAP SuccessFactors or similar HR platforms.
• Experience supporting M&A, workforce integration, organisational restructuring or similar transformation activity.
• Background within energy, utilities, infrastructure, engineering or other regulated environments.