Global Director, Payroll

Delinea • Redwood City, CA

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About The Position

Delinea is a pioneer in securing human and machine identities through intelligent, centralized authorization, empowering organizations to seamlessly govern their interactions across the modern enterprise. Leveraging AI-powered intelligence, Delinea’s leading cloud-native Identity Security Platform applies context throughout the entire identity lifecycle – across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, SaaS applications, and AI. It is the only platform that enables you to discover all identities – including workforce, IT administrator, developers, and machines – assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and respond to threats in real-time. With deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime, Delinea delivers robust security and operational efficiency without compromise. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. Join our passionate, global team at Delinea and help us make the world a safer and more secure place. Our success is driven by world-class product leadership, outstanding engineers, and strategic investment from TPG. We value diversity, innovation, and a culture of respect and fairness. If you're ready to push boundaries and challenge the status quo in security, we want to hear from you. Apply today to help us achieve our mission. We are looking for a strategic and detail-oriented Global Payroll Director to lead payroll operations across multiple countries and regions for our global workforce. This role requires expertise in managing complex payroll processes, as well as the ability to engage and collaborate with a range of stakeholders and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in payroll, with at least 5 years in a global payroll leadership position (including countries in EMEA, APAC and LATAM), preferably within a tech company with a distributed workforce.
• Extensive experience with international payroll operations, including multi-country payroll processing and compliance across jurisdictions.
• Proficiency with Workday payroll module and other global payroll related technologies.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with a proven track record of developing and leading global teams.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications such as the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee global payroll processing, ensuring accurate, compliant and timely payments for employees across multiple countries and entities.
• Evaluate and recommend payroll technologies and software solutions to enhance efficiency, reduce errors and risks, and support scalability.
• Play an active role in supporting company expansion into new regions by establishing payroll processes in new jurisdictions, in collaboration with HR, Legal, and Tax teams.
• Partner cross-functionally with HR, HRIS, Accounting, and other key stakeholders to create policies and procedures that support a cohesive, compliant, and efficient global payroll framework.
• Manage payroll-related audit requests and ensure accurate compensation data reporting.
• Lead the integration of payroll systems for newly acquired companies.
• Stay up-to-date on relevant tax and labor laws to ensure ongoing compliance across all jurisdictions.

Benefits

• We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent benefits, including healthcare insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, time off plans, and paid company holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees