Program Manager - Global Workday Transformation

We are recruiting a Program Manager, for a leading international industrial group with strong European roots, which is setting up a Group Business Services hub in Porto.

The hub will bring together expertise in selected support activities to serve the Group’s international operations.

- Own the end-to-end program from planning to global deployment;

- Set governance, PMO standards, reporting, decision-making and delivery controls;

- Oversee the global deployment across Core HCM, Talent, Performance, Compensation, Recruiting and other modules;

- Control scope, budget, timeline, risks, quality and implementation partners;

- Coordinate international project teams and stakeholders across a complex matrix environment;

- Oversee data migration, integrations, security, GDPR and compliance with IT;

- Align senior stakeholders and lead communication, training, change management and business readiness.

- University degree or equivalent professional qualification;

- Strong international program management experience;

- 5+ years leading Workday implementation programs, with strong knowledge of the Workday ecosystem and deployment methodology;

- Proven experience delivering at least two global Workday deployments, including Talent & Performance and Recruiting implementations;

- Fluency in English required;

- Experience managing complex deployments across multiple countries;

- Experience managing significant transformation programs;

- Strong executive communication, influencing, negotiation and change-management skills, with the ability to lead in a complex global matrix.

An opportunity to join a renowned multinational in the industrial sector and contribute to the future of its new unit in Portugal.