Job Description

Our mission Ivy Partners is a Swiss consulting firm that supports businesses in their strategic, technological, and organizational challenges.


We are dedicated to providing our employees with a career that promotes both their personal and professional development. We support them in enhancing their skills and offer them genuine opportunities for advancement.


As a

Senior Workday Adaptive Implementation Lead at Ivy Partners

, you will:

Take ownership of the Workday Adaptive Planning for workforce planning use cases including headcount, vacancies, workforce costs, and scenarios. Translate evolving business requirements into a scalable planning design which includes planning granularity, baseline vs forecast vs scenarios, and defining drivers and assumptions. Define the target operating model for workforce planning, covering roles, cadence, controls, and governance. Lead workshops with key stakeholders, structure and document requirements and outcomes, and drive alignment between global standards and local needs. Own the functional design of the planning model structure and ensure its usability and robustness for enterprise cycles. Define and validate data needs and flows, coordinate with technical teams on integrations, ensure testing readiness, and support change, adoption, and training preparation.

About you You are our ideal candidate if:

You have senior experience (10+ years) implementing Workday Adaptive Planning, ideally within workforce planning/headcount planning scope. You are experienced in working within large, global organizations with complex governance and multi-entity settings. You are comfortable operating in environments where requirements evolve and multiple stakeholders need alignment. You possess a strong understanding of workforce planning concepts and are capable of designing solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise planning cycles. You have strong technical literacy in Adaptive Planning including model structure, dimensions, versions, and data import concepts. You can challenge and govern technical delivery from integrators and are focused on adoption and sustainability. You have excellent facilitation and stakeholder management skills and are structured, decision-oriented, and able to arbitrate trade-offs.

Why join Ivy Partners?

Care |

We care about our employees by creating a supportive environment where everyone is valued and empowered with training and growth prospects.

Trust |

We believe in building strong and long-lasting relationships with our clients. Working with us is about establishing a partnership based on trust, professionalism, and transparency at all times.

Innovation |

We empower effective digital transformation through a unique blend of innovative technology and creative thinking.

Responsibility |

Community is at the heart of everything we do, and we take that responsibility seriously by working hard to create a positive impact.