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Global Program Manager, HR Time & Payroll Transformation
·Poland
HybridFull-timeProject ManagementMarineEnergyIndustrial Machinery Manufacturing
Own and lead a multi-year, multi-country, multi-vendor HR Time and Payroll Transformation Program. Drive end-to-end delivery, vendor management, stakeholder governance, and change management to harmonize processes and digitalize operations globally.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global HR Time & Payroll transformation as an end-to-end program, integrating multiple projects, regions, vendors and timelines into one coherent delivery roadmap.
- Define and maintain the overall program plan, milestones, dependencies, resourcing model and critical path.
- Ensure consistent application of common program and project management principles across all sub-initiatives.
- Proactively manage scope, risks, issues and inter-project dependencies to secure predictable outcomes.
- Lead and orchestrate delivery across multiple external vendors, implementation partners and internal teams.
- Ensure clear accountability, contractual alignment and performance tracking for all vendors.
- Drive consistent ways of working across countries while respecting local requirements.
- Act as senior counterpart to key HR, IT, Finance and Business stakeholders up to executive leadership.
- Prepare and steer program governance forums, steering groups and executive updates.
- Secure timely decisions, escalations and alignment across all impacted functions and regions.
- Own overall program communication cadence for transparency on progress and risks.
- Track overall program budget and benefits realization aligned with the business case.
- Embed change, communication and adoption activities across all projects.
- Partner with change leads to secure business readiness and sustainable adoption.
Requirements
- Extensive experience leading multi-country, multi-vendor and multi-year transformation programs, ideally in HR, Time, Payroll or adjacent enterprise platforms.
- Demonstrated success in delivering complex programs on time, within budget and within scope.
- Strong track record in stakeholder management at senior and executive levels.
- Deep understanding of program and project management methodologies (PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent).
- Ability to translate strategy into executable delivery plans and align diverse stakeholders around common objectives.
- Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence without authority.
- Strong analytical and structuring skills to navigate complexity, dependencies and trade-offs.
- High level of delivery discipline, ownership mindset and resilience.
- Experience with HRIS, Time and Payroll ecosystems (e.g., SuccessFactors, payroll platforms) is a strong advantage.