Payroll Programme Manager
Posted 6 days ago by ITR | part of Ascent International Group
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Programme Manager involves leading a significant payroll transformation project, migrating from Workday to CloudPay for a global organization. This position requires a hands-on approach with expertise in global payroll migration and recent CloudPay implementation experience. The Programme Manager will oversee governance, risk management, and stakeholder coordination to ensure a successful transition across multiple regions. The role is remote with bi-weekly travel to London and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end global payroll migration programme
- Manage transition from Workday payroll to CloudPay
- Establish programme governance, reporting and controls
- Manage RAID logs and executive reporting
- Coordinate HR, Finance, IT, Payroll and Legal stakeholders
- Manage CloudPay vendor relationship and third-party providers
- Oversee data migration, testing strategy and parallel runs
- Drive country-level deployment and cutover planning
- Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions
- Deliver within agreed timelines and budget
Key Skills:
- Recent CloudPay implementation experience (critical)
- Proven experience delivering global payroll migrations
- Experience transitioning from Workday payroll (highly desirable)
- Experience across 20+ countries
- Managed programmes impacting 3,000+ employees
- Strong vendor management capability
- Deep understanding of multi-country payroll compliance
- Experience managing payroll data migration and parallel runs
- Strong governance and executive stakeholder management skills
- Experience within fast-paced, international environments
- Exposure to tech-enabled or global service organisations
- Strong payroll domain expertise
- Structured and delivery-driven
- Confident managing complexity
- Strong communicator at executive level
- Proactive risk manager
- Comfortable operating in a global matrix environment
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Programme Manager – Global Workday to CloudPay Migration 12 Month Contract | Outside IR35 Remote (UK Based) | Bi-Weekly Travel to London
Start: ASAP
We are supporting a global organisation on a major payroll transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the migration from Workday to CloudPay across a highly complex international footprint. This role requires a hands-on, delivery-focused Programme Manager with recent CloudPay implementation experience and strong global payroll migration expertise.
The Opportunity
You will take full ownership of a 12-month global payroll transformation programme, overseeing the transition from Workday payroll to CloudPay across multiple regions and regulatory environments. You will operate at programme level, managing governance, risk, vendors, stakeholders, and country-level deployments to ensure a controlled, compliant and timely migration.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end global payroll migration programme
- Manage transition from Workday payroll to CloudPay
- Establish programme governance, reporting and controls
- Manage RAID logs and executive reporting
- Coordinate HR, Finance, IT, Payroll and Legal stakeholders
- Manage CloudPay vendor relationship and third-party providers
- Oversee data migration, testing strategy and parallel runs
- Drive country-level deployment and cutover planning
- Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions
- Deliver within agreed timelines and budget
Essential Experience
- Recent CloudPay implementation experience (critical)
- Proven experience delivering global payroll migrations
- Experience transitioning from Workday payroll (highly desirable)
- Experience across 20+ countries
- Managed programmes impacting 3,000+ employees
- Strong vendor management capability
- Deep understanding of multi-country payroll compliance
- Experience managing payroll data migration and parallel runs
- Strong governance and executive stakeholder management skills
Desirable Experience
- Experience within fast-paced, international environments
- Exposure to tech-enabled or global service organisations
- Strong payroll domain expertise
Personal Profile
- Structured and delivery-driven
- Confident managing complexity
- Strong communicator at executive level
- Proactive risk manager
- Comfortable operating in a global matrix environment
If you are an experienced global payroll Programme Manager with recent CloudPay delivery experience and are looking to lead a high-impact international transformation, we would welcome a confidential conversation.