Remote Project Manager – Payroll Transformation

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 escaloate 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 work streams.

• 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.