HR/Payroll Migration Project Manager
About The Position
This role is for an HR/Payroll Migration Project Manager responsible for leading the full project lifecycle of HCM transformations and Payroll migrations. The position involves developing and maintaining project plans, managing budgets, and ensuring adherence to project methodologies. Key responsibilities include managing multiple payroll migration projects, overseeing scope, timelines, and change control, and acting as the primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders. The role also requires managing vendor relationships, chairing project boards, and providing regular progress reports. Additionally, the Project Manager will translate business requirements into delivery plans, oversee design, build, testing, data migration, and cutover, and support business readiness and change activities. The role also involves managing RFP processes and ensuring rigorous testing and documentation standards, including go-live readiness and post-implementation support.
Requirements
- Experience leading the full project lifecycle for HCM transformations and Payroll migrations
- Proficiency in developing and maintaining detailed project plans, RAID logs, budgets, and governance structures
- Experience with Phase Zero HR Transformation activities
- Knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, hybrid delivery)
- Experience in portfolio management of multiple payroll migration projects
- Skills in managing scope, timelines, dependencies, and change control
- Experience acting as the primary point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders
- Experience managing relationships with software vendors, implementation partners, and third-party payroll providers
- Experience chairing project boards, steering groups, and working sessions
- Ability to provide clear, concise reporting on progress, risks, and financials
- Ability to translate business requirements into structured delivery plans
- Experience overseeing design, build, testing, data migration, and cutover activities
- Experience supporting business readiness, training, and change activities
- Experience managing RFP processes
- Ability to proactively identify and mitigate delivery, compliance, and operational risks
- Experience ensuring rigorous planning and execution of testing phases (SIT, UAT, parallel payroll runs)
- Ability to drive high standards of documentation and auditability
- Experience managing go-live readiness and post-implementation support
Responsibilities
- Lead the full project lifecycle for HCM transformations and Payroll migrations (initiation through to go-live and hypercare)
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, RAID logs, budgets, and governance structures
- Project management Phase Zero HR Transformation activities
- Ensure adherence to agreed methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, hybrid delivery)
- Portfolio manage multiple payroll migration projects
- Manage scope, timelines, dependencies, and change control
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders
- Manage relationships with software vendors, implementation partners, and third-party payroll providers
- Chair project boards, steering groups, and working sessions
- Provide clear, concise reporting on progress, risks, and financials
- Translate business requirements into structured delivery plans
- Oversee design, build, testing, data migration, and cutover activities
- Support business readiness, training, and change activities
- Project manager RFP processes
- Proactively identify and mitigate delivery, compliance, and operational risks
- Ensure testing phases (SIT, UAT, parallel payroll runs) are planned and executed rigorously
- Drive high standards of documentation and auditability
- Manage go-live readiness and post-implementation support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
