Senior Manager of Global Payroll
About The Position
Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles. Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. We are looking for a Senior Manager of Global Payroll to lead, optimize, and scale our global payroll function in support of the company’s continuing growth and international expansion. This role acts as the primary internal subject matter expert on multi-channel, multi-region payroll execution, compliance, and systems integration. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in enterprise system configuration, public company controls, and cross-functional partnership.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive payroll management experience, ideally within a high-growth consumer technology or hardware manufacturing environment.
- Deep Payroll expertise: Knowledge of employer tax, social security, statutory leave, and benefits-related payroll obligations across multiple countries.
- Global Exposure: Knowledge of foreign entity reporting rules, global mobility taxation, and cross-border payroll compliance parameters.
- Analytical Soft Skills: Exceptional communication skills with the capability to see the big picture while translating complex tax and equity withholding logic into digestible guidance for senior leadership.
- System Implementation Track Record: Direct experience participating in or leading enterprise-level payroll system implementations, software integrations, or multi-country migrations.
- Equity Payroll Experience: Deep experience with equity payroll, including stock-compensation taxation and withholding operations.
Nice To Haves
- Public Company Experience: Strong understanding of public company operational compliance standards, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls and external financial statement audit support.
- Deep Workday Proficiency: Hands-on experience administering, configuring, and optimizing the Workday payroll module for domestic and international entities.
Responsibilities
- Lead Global Payroll Operations: Own and scale the end-to-end processing of multi-entity global payrolls, ensuring absolute accuracy, compliance with localized tax laws, and timely execution.
- System Administration & Optimization: Act as the primary business owner for our core payroll systems, specifically focusing on the configuration, data integrity, reporting, and automated workflows within Workday Payroll.
- Lead Migration and Transformation Initiatives: Lead and participate in complex financial/HR system migrations or implementation projects, partnering with external consultants and internal Business Systems teams to scale infrastructure, including process redesign, testing, cutover, and stabilization.
- Internal Controls: Design, implement, and maintain robust internal control frameworks over global payroll processing to ensure compliance with internal control requirements and audit readiness.
- Equity & Mobility Partnership: Partner closely with Stock Plan Administration, Legal, and Corporate Tax to accurately process stock-based compensation distributions (RSUs/Options), net settlements, and withholding taxes across global jurisdictions.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a trusted thought partner to People/HR, FP&A, Accounting, and legal teams to align payroll execution with broader corporate strategies and company goals.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An ŌURA Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
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