IT Director, Payroll and Time & Attendance Technology

** IT Director, Payroll and Time & Attendance Technology – Remote
**** Remote, United States
**** Come build something that matters.
** It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The WorldTM. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, CUB CADET, and HUSTLER.
** The Job:
** As a IT Director, Payroll and Time & Attendance Technology, you’ll be part of our IT team working as a remote employee.  You’ll get to:
* Responsible partnering with HR & Payroll for the strategy, delivery, integration, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise platforms that enable payroll, workforce management, timekeeping, and attendance tracking across a global manufacturing organization. This role leads the technology capabilities supporting UKG Workforce Manager and ADP Payroll, and a breadth of technologies globally – ensuring reliable, compliant, and scalable operations for both hourly and salaried employee populations.
* Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Operations, and external vendors to deliver solutions that support complex manufacturing environments. The role requires a strong blend of strategic leadership, operational discipline, systems integration expertise, and deep understanding of workforce management and payroll processes in a manufacturing setting.

Strategy and Leadership
* Define and lead the technology roadmap for Payroll and Time & Attendance capabilities, aligned with enterprise HR, Payroll, and Global Supply Chain strategies – prioritizing initiatives that improve workforce productivity, compliance, and employee experience.
* Serve as the senior IT leader for Payroll & Workforce Management solutions.
* Lead and develop a team of IT professionals, including technical leads, analysts, architects, and support resources, across global and regional operations.
* Establish governance, standards, and operating models for enhancements, releases, integrations, vendor management, and service delivery.

Delivery and Transformation
* Oversee end-to-end delivery of lifecycle management of Payroll & Workforce Management capabilities, including implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process transformation initiatives.
* Lead cross-functional efforts to improve time capture, attendance tracking, payroll accuracy, and workforce data flow across enterprise systems.
* Ensure seamless integration between Workday, UKG, ADP, ERP, and connected systems, and reporting tools.
* Drive standardization of global processes where appropriate while enabling plant-, country-, and region-specific requirements.

Manufacturing Operations Support
* Ensure technology solutions effectively support manufacturing workforce needs.
* Partner with operations and plant stakeholders to minimize payroll and timekeeping disruptions that could impact production or employee pay.
* Support workforce processes that require high reliability during payroll close, shift changes, and period-end processing.

Operations and Service Management
* Own production support and operational stability for payroll and time-related applications, with a strong focus on payroll-critical service windows.
* Establish and monitor service levels, incident response, problem management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement practices.
* Ensure timely resolution of issues affecting employee pay, time capture, attendance exceptions, interfaces, and downstream reporting.
* Oversee system health, interface monitoring, batch…