Senior IT Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute
Posted 3 days ago by 1752298582
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Senior IT Project Manager will lead a global payroll implementation project, overseeing all phases from initiation to post-deployment stabilization. This role requires managing project plans, governance structures, and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements across multiple geographies. The position serves as the primary liaison among various departments and third-party vendors while ensuring quality assurance in payroll processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience and a strong understanding of payroll operations and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead global payroll implementation project from initiation to post-deployment stabilization.
- Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines across multiple geographies and workstreams.
- Manage project governance structure and manage scope, risks, and change controls effectively.
- Serve as the primary point of contact across Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and third-party vendors.
- Oversee the configuration and integration of CloudPay with Workday and downstream accounting systems.
- Coordinate payroll data flows between HCM, time & attendance, benefits, and finance systems.
- Support system testing, UAT, cutover planning, and data validation processes.
- Ensure alignment with statutory, regulatory, and internal compliance requirements across countries.
- Establish quality assurance mechanisms and audit controls for payroll outputs and processes.
Key Skills:
- 6+ years of project management experience
- Strong understanding of payroll operations, compliance, and HR/finance business processes.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed environment.
- Experience with Workday Payroll or HCM.
- Experience with CloudPay or similar global payroll platforms.
- Project management certification (PMP)
- Strong leadership, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent communication and executive reporting capabilities.
- Ability to navigate work across diverse global cultures and time zones.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on process improvement and automation
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Description:
Project Leadership s Governance
- Lead global payroll implementation project from initiation to post-deployment stabilization.
- Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines across multiple geographies and workstreams.
- Manage project governance structure and manage scope, risks, and change controls effectively.
- Serve as the primary point of contact across Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and third-party vendors.
- Oversee the configuration and integration of CloudPay with Workday and downstream accounting systems.
- Coordinate payroll data flows between HCM, time C attendance, benefits, and finance systems.
- Support system testing, UAT, cutover planning, and data validation processes.
Compliances Quality Assurance:
- Ensure alignment with statutory, regulatory, and internal compliance requirements across countries.
- Establish quality assurance mechanisms and audit controls for payroll outputs and processes.
Qualifications Required:
- 6+ years of project management experience
- Strong understanding of payroll operations, compliance, and HR/finance business processes.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed environment.
Preferred:
- Experience with Workday Payroll or HCM.
- Experience with CloudPay or similar global payroll platforms.
- Project management certification (PMP)
Key Competencies:
- Strong leadership, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent communication and executive reporting capabilities.
- Ability to navigate work across diverse global cultures and time zones.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on process improvement and automation