Software Development Team Leader (Workday)
Role Description
About us
Time for a change? Looking for a new challenge? At York we are embarking on a journey to transform our HR and Finance services by implementing a unified, cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system - Workday. By streamlining current processes and systems, we'll reduce bureaucracy, duplication and multiple systems, allowing us to focus on delivering better outcomes for our staff. It's a step towards creating a more connected, efficient, agile, and future-ready University focused on high-quality education and fulfilling our vision of public good. The Enterprise Business Platforms Team will be at the forefront of our transformation journey.
About the role
The Software Development Team Leader will provide technical leadership and line management of a team of Workday developers. We expect Team Leaders to take a hands-on development role working within Workday Studio on complex integrations to meet business and system requirements.
You will collaborate closely with Product Owners, the Head of Enterprise Business Platforms and other members of the ERP Platform Team with the overall goal of enabling seamless, robust and supportable data flow between Workday and other enterprise systems.
The post holder will manage a development team that:
- Develops, maintains and improves integrations between Workday and other enterprise systems at the University
- Works within the ERP Platform Team to provide configuration support for Workday
- Develops new processes, workflows and reports
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
- Experience developing and supporting real-world IT systems in production
- Experience developing team members through training, mentoring and coaching
- Knowledge of current software development practices (unit testing, continuous integration etc.)
- Hands-on experience of Workday Studio, building and maintaining complex integrations
- Knowledge of Web Services (SOAP, REST), XML, XSLT, Java, SQL, JSON
- Experience of developing, deploying, scheduling reports
- An understanding of agile software development models (Scrum, Kanban)
- An ability to adapt to new languages, technologies and frameworks
- Experience developing and supporting real-world IT systems in production
We have multiple roles available with the ERP Platform Team. To help us assess your application please let include details about experience you have in any of the following areas in the CV or covering letter:
- Experience of Workday Studio
- Workday Extend
- Workday Orchestrate
- Prism
- Experience of supporting a Workday platform, configuring Workday, supporting upgrades and changes
- Experience of creating reports in Workday
Interview date: To be confirmed
The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.
We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.
We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork
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