Senior Project Manager

eir business talent; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

eir business talent is recruiting a Senior SAP Project Manager with extensive payroll and workforce transformation expertise in Ireland. The role covers the full delivery lifecycle from design through go-live and hypercare, with a focus on SAP Payroll delivery for a large workforce.

The ideal candidate will display leadership across multi-stream programs involving HR, Finance and Tech, and will manage vendors within governance and risk controls. Starting ASAP for a fixed-term engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading SAP Payroll transformation programmes.
• Eight+ years of project management experience delivering complex enterprise transformations.
• Led end-to-end SAP Payroll implementations or major payroll transformations.
• Delivery across design, build, testing, parallel runs, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Managed multi-stream programmes with HR, Finance, Ops and Tech stakeholders.
• Experience with payroll in multi-company environments.

Responsibilities

• Shape delivery with sponsors and senior leaders to align with business outcomes.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery lifecycle including design, build, testing, cutover and hypercare.
• Coordinate with SI/partners within governance and risk controls.

Skills

SAP Payroll

Project management

SAP Payroll implementation

Payroll transformation

Payroll lifecycle

Program leadership

UKG Workforce Management

Workforce management

Multi-entity payroll

Industry experience (hospitality/retai

Tools

SAP System

UKG

Job description

eir business talent are currently recruiting for a Senior SAP Project Manager with high experience in Payroll and Workforce Transformation.

• Fix term contract – 15 – 18 months initially
• Starting ASAP
• The Senior Project Manager will work closely with programme sponsors and senior business leaders to shape delivery, secure timely decisions and ensure that the programme remains aligned to its intended business outcomes.
• The role will oversee the complete delivery lifecycle, including design, build, testing, payroll validation, parallel runs, cutover, go-live and hypercare.

Essential Experience

• This role requires an experienced transformation leader with direct, relevant SAP Payroll delivery credentials.
• A minimum of eight years of project management experience delivering complex enterprise transformation programmes.
• Leadership of at least one end-to-end SAP Payroll implementation or major SAP Payroll transformation programme.
• Payroll transformation experience at a scale close to an 8,000+ employee workforce.
• Hands-on delivery experience across design, build, testing, payroll parallel runs, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Leadership of complex, multi-stream programmes involving Payroll, HR, Finance, Operations and Technology stakeholders.
• Strong management of systems integrators, implementation partners and third-party vendors within structured governance, risk, financial control and audit frameworks.
• UKG Workforce Management implementation experience.
• Experience delivering workforce management, scheduling, or time and attendance solutions.
• Experience in labour-intensive environments such as food services, facilities management, hospitality, retail or outsourced services.
• Experience supporting multi-company or multi-entity payroll environments.

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.
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