Senior Program Manager / Program Director

Talent Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 203,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Corp is seeking a Senior Program Manager/Project Director to lead a large-scale SAP HCM and Payroll transformation in Sydney. The role requires end-to-end accountability for consolidating HR systems, payroll processes, and operating models across multiple entities.

You will oversee governance, budgets, delivery teams, and executive stakeholder engagement, with a strong SAP SuccessFactors background. This is a senior leadership opportunity for a transformation leader based in Sydney.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior program management experience overseeing enterprise transformations.
• Delivery across HCM and Payroll disciplines, not just one area.
• Strong SAP transformation background including SAP SuccessFactors exposure.
• Proven governance, budgets, and multi-workstream leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and end-to-end accountability for SAP HCM and Payroll transformation.
• Oversee consolidation of HR systems, payroll processes, and operating models across entities.
• Lead program governance, budgets, delivery teams, and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Manage dependencies across SAP components, data migration, testing, cutover, and business readiness.
• Drive transformation outcomes across technology, people and processes.

Skills

Senior PM

HCM Transformation

Payroll Transformation

Executive Stakeholder Mgmt

Tools

SAP

SuccessFactors

Job description

Senior Program Manager / Project Director - SAP HCM & Payroll Transformation

Sydney CBD Hybrid | 6-9 Month Contract

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Program Manager / Project Director to lead a complex, enterprise-wide SAP HCM and Payroll transformation for a large national organisation.

This is a senior leadership opportunity focused on consolidating multiple businesses, HR systems, payroll processes and workforce operating models into a unified platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and end-to-end accountability for a major SAP HCM and Payroll transformation.
• Oversee the consolidation of HR systems, payroll processes, workforce data and operating models across multiple business entities.
• Lead program governance, budgets, delivery teams, implementation partners and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Manage complex dependencies across SAP SuccessFactors, payroll, integrations, data migration, testing, cutover and business readiness.
• Drive successful transformation outcomes across technology, people and business processes.

Essential Experience

• Extensive Senior Program Management or Project Director experience leading large-scale enterprise transformations.
• Significant delivery experience across BOTH HCM and Payroll, not solely one discipline.
• Strong SAP transformation background, including SAP SuccessFactors exposure.
• Proven accountability for complex, multi-workstream programs involving substantial budgets, delivery teams and implementation partners.
• Exceptional executive stakeholder management, commercial acumen and program governance capabilities.

This opportunity requires an established transformation leader with proven end-to-end program accountability, rather than an individual project or functional workstream lead.

Candidates must be based in Sydney to be considered.