Global Workforce & Payroll Systems Lead

Stryker Group; Newbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Group is seeking an experienced Business Analysis Manager (BAM) to partner with Global HR, Payroll, and Operations to align UKG and ADP capabilities with business goals. You will drive workforce management and payroll platforms across production countries and future deployments.

The role requires strong governance, process improvement, and stakeholder management, with responsibilities spanning design, testing, and transition-to-support for multi-country implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience supporting HR, payroll, workforce management, or enterprise business systems.
• Experience managing enterprise platforms in a production environment, including enhancements, support, governance, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage UKG and ADP functional domains, ensuring alignment with business goals and operational needs.
• Drive the workforce management and payroll technology roadmap, balancing support, enhancements, compliance requirements, and future expansion initiatives.
• Own platform roadmaps, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate across business and technical teams to deliver scalable, compliant, and efficient solutions.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Operations, IT, and vendors to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and optimization.
• Lead planning and prioritization of system enhancements in alignment with business priorities and available resources.
• Act as primary liaison between business and technical teams for workforce management and payroll initiatives.
• Support production countries through issue resolution, root cause analysis, enhancement delivery, and governance activities.
• Provide functional expertise for future country implementations, including solution design, testing, and transition-to-support planning.
• Collaborate across the HR technology ecosystem, including UKG, ADP, Workday, and related integrations.
• Support audits, compliance activities, and documentation requirements.
• Document requirements, configurations, testing, and operational processes to ensure long-term supportability.

Skills

Bachelor's Degree

HR systems

Payroll systems

Workforce management

Enterprise platforms

Roadmap planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

UKG Pro

UKG Workforce Management

ADP GlobalView

ADP Workforce Now

Azure DevOps

Workday

Job description

Stryker Group is seeking an experienced Business Analysis Manager (BAM) to partner with Global HR, Payroll, and Operations to align UKG and ADP capabilities with business goals. You will drive workforce management and payroll platforms across production countries and future deployments.

The role requires strong governance, process improvement, and stakeholder management, with responsibilities spanning design, testing, and transition-to-support for multi-country implementations.