Remote Project Manager – Payroll Transformation

Job description

For a global payroll transformation programme, we are looking for an experienced Country Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of a local payroll implementation. In this role, you will be responsible for driving all in-country project activities, ensuring alignment with the wider global programme, managing local stakeholders, and coordinating the implementation with external vendors and cross-functional teams. This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished Project Manager with payroll, HR transformation, ERP, or business transformation experience to lead a high-profile implementation in a fast-paced, international environment. Lead local project planning, scheduling, execution, and progress tracking for the country payroll rollout. Coordinate local implementation activities and ensure alignment with the global programme timeline, milestones, and objectives. Align local vendor plans with the overall programme plan and actively manage dependencies. Establish and maintain local project governance in line with the global programme governance framework. Act as the primary programme representative within the country and coordinate all in-country project activities. Manage the country’s Change Request process, ensuring requests are documented, assessed, prioritised, and progressed appropriately. Apply recognised project management methodologies to ensure structured and controlled delivery. Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies. Maintain the RAID log throughout the project lifecycle and ensure transparent reporting to programme stakeholders. Coordinate resource planning across global and local workstreams. Proactively manage resource conflicts, delivery risks, and cross-workstream dependencies. Own and manage the local cutover plan, ensuring alignment with programme templates, principles, and overall cutover approach. Support readiness activities, stakeholder alignment, and transition into hypercare or business-as-usual operations. Ensure project deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and to the required quality standards. Proven experience managing large-scale payroll, HR, ERP, or business transformation projects. Strong project management background with experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder implementations. Experience working within global transformation programmes and coordinating local country deployments. Strong understanding of project governance, RAID management, change control, planning, and resource management. Experience working with third-party vendors, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills. Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining focus on delivery, quality, and governance. Strong planning, coordination, and problem-solving skills. Structured, proactive, and delivery-oriented working style. Ability to work effectively in an international, remote, and matrixed project environment.