Remote Lead Project Manager — Payroll & Rostering Transformation

Urban Consulting Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Consulting Ltd is advising a long-established UK provider on a payroll and rostering transformation. A new SaaS rostering and payroll platform is being rolled out across sites with early live deployments and final payments due by year end.

The lead will own the rollout plan and ensure milestones are met, liaising with HR, Finance, Ops and IT. You will escalate issues, maintain a backlog, oversee fixes with the supplier, and provide clear updates to programme and board level stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering system implementations to fixed deadlines, ideally payroll/HR/workforce systems.
• Payroll knowledge is a real bonus; frontline or shift-based workforce experience helps.

Responsibilities

• Own rollout plan and turn it into a live document you manage.
• Capture requirements from HR, Finance, Operations and IT and agree live order.
• Maintain a clear backlog for later phases and manage issue/defect logs.
• Hold the software supplier to account on fixes and escalate quickly when needed.
• Write clear reporting for the programme board and the main board.

Job description

Urban Consulting Ltd is advising a long-established UK provider on a payroll and rostering transformation. A new SaaS rostering and payroll platform is being rolled out across sites with early live deployments and final payments due by year end.

The lead will own the rollout plan and ensure milestones are met, liaising with HR, Finance, Ops and IT. You will escalate issues, maintain a backlog, oversee fixes with the supplier, and provide clear updates to programme and board level stakeholders.