SAP HR/Payroll Product Lead — Cloud Modernization Leader

Nova Scotia; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 4,004,000 - 4,732,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Vacation and EAP

Job summary

Government of Nova Scotia CSDS is seeking a SAP Product Lead for HR/Payroll to oversee SAP HCM, Payroll, and SuccessFactors landscapes. You will provide product leadership for day-to-day service delivery, modernization initiatives, and design/implementation of cloud-based solutions, partnering with stakeholders and partners to prioritize work across steady-state and projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Computer Science with 5+ years of relevant experience, plus a track

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Human Resources and Payroll functions through business transformation, enterprise technology implementation, or modernization projects.
• Experience working with business stakeholders, systems integrators, vendors, or external service providers to define priorities, resolve issues, and support decision-making
• Experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and system requirements.
• Experience managing project requirements, product backlogs, priorities, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Experience supporting solution design, business process transformation, testing, implementation, and deployment activities.
• Knowledge of systems development lifecycle, Agile delivery methodologies, and IT service management principles.
• Demonstrated strength in problem-solving, decision-making, verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with clients, staff, peers, and management.

Responsibilities

• Participate in business transformation and cloud adoption initiatives, including the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors and related workforce management solutions, while supporting continuity of existing solutions.
• Provide product support across project and operational lifecycles, including discovery, requirements definition, solution design, configuration validation, testing, cutover, deployment, stabilization, and operational support.
• Support business stakeholders and project teams in defining future-state processes and translating business needs into product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation priorities.
• Manage and prioritize product backlogs across steady-state and modernization, including enhancements, service requests, requirements, design decisions, defects, dependencies, risks, issues, and implementation deliverables.
• Coordinate business participation in project activities including migration, integration, testing, payroll validation, reconciliation, and implementation-readiness activities.
• Support product governance, roadmap development, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and project decision-making to ensure modernization outcomes align with the Province’s priorities.
• Collaborate with implementation partners and internal teams to monitor deliverables, resolve project issues, manage risks and support organizational readiness.

Job description

Government of Nova Scotia CSDS is seeking a SAP Product Lead for HR/Payroll to oversee SAP HCM, Payroll, and SuccessFactors landscapes. You will provide product leadership for day-to-day service delivery, modernization initiatives, and design/implementation of cloud-based solutions, partnering with stakeholders and partners to prioritize work across steady-state and projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Computer Science with 5+ years of relevant experience, plus a track