Team lead for Workday Service & Delivery

Do you want to be a valued part of the critical infrastructure that serves communities across Europe and beyond? Are you looking for a position in which you can set direction and help shape our company, If so, then you could be the newest member of our team as Team Lead for Workday Service & Delivery 

As part of our new 2030 strategy, Moving Together Towards 2030, a key ambition is to be a Great Place to Work. Being a great place to work includes delivering a strong manager and employee experience. We’re delivering on that by implementing Workday as our new HRIS/HCM platform. Workday will be a key strategic enabler of our standardized process landscape across the HR organization, providing scalability and consistency for future growth. 

About the role 

Be part of the movement - and play your part.  

You will be heading up a team of 6 both senior and junior resources responsible for running a strong support and operations organization. As a team lead you will be engaging with stakeholders across the organization to ensure first class support and operations.

What kind of exciting challenges can you expect to meet in this role? 

• Overall responsibility for our global Workday HCM operation covering governance, support, architecture and related operational procedures

• Ensure that end-user experiences and employee journeys are optimized wherever possible with focus on benefit realization and optimization

• Lead the change management effort required to gain support from relevant stakeholders while driving adoption and usage

• Help identify needs for re-configuration of People processes to improve efficiencies, using metrics both inside and outside the system

• Promote data consistency, accuracy, and completeness with our HR master data across DFDS business units and the entire organization

• Oversee and refine the Workday security model, conducting recurring security checks as well as audits and updates in line with data privacy regulations

• Manage solution integration in relation to M&A initiatives

About you

We think the strongest teams are built on diversity and inclusivity. Contrasting opinions, varied skills and strong characters bring out the best in us all. With this in mind, we think that you bring a positive mindset, a proactive attitude, and a constant drive to always find the best solution based on collaboration and the will to find the compromises where they are needed.

The ideal person for this position will have the following qualifications:  

•  Strong experience managing Workday

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Solid knowledge of HR processes, workflows and HR systems

• Excellent collaboration skills and teamwork approach.

• Proven experience from a people management role

Working at DFDS 

Join the movement and grow with us. 

You will report to the Head of Employee Experience and join a vibrant and engaging Technology & Innovation division with more than 500 colleagues spread out across the European continent.

We’re a diverse and international crowd, all working towards the same common goals: growing the business, growing the people, improving the customer experience and just constantly raising the bar for what we can achieve on sustainability and CSR. This is some of the reasons we’re pushing for green technologies and why we openly and whole heartedly support equal rights and opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age and citizenship.

The position is located at our newly built headquarters in Copenhagen, just 5 minutes from the nearest train & metro station and therefore offers great opportunities if you are commuting from outside Copenhagen. Our headquarters is a unique, modern workplace which received the award "Office building of the year 2023". Here, we enjoy our own game room, fitness facilities, cantina and café and a rooftop terrace with a beautiful ocean view.

We promote a great workplace with a diverse and vibrant community and a healthy work/life balance with flexible work arrangements. While you are with us, we want you to develop and move yourself on. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace, and if needed we will also offer training courses that can directly support you in your role.

Are we a match? Then what are you waiting for? Apply Now.  

If you think your personality, skills, experience and ambition match this role, we’d love to hear from you. Due to summer vacation applications will be reviewed in end July/beginning of August - Have a great summer!
Is there something you need to know, we haven’t covered here, please do not hesitate to reach out to Head of Employee Experience, Morten Nordholt Andersen   

We look forward to hearing from you.