Senior SAP Payroll Transformation Leader

eir business talent; Dublin; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

eir business talent are currently recruiting for a Senior SAP Project Manager with deep expertise in Payroll and Workforce Transformation, based in Dublin on a fixed-term contract. The role requires close collaboration with sponsors and senior leaders to shape delivery and ensure alignment with business outcomes.

You will oversee the full delivery lifecycle from design through hypercare, including payroll validation, parallel runs, cutover, go-live and post go-live support.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience delivering payroll transformation at a scale close to 8,000+ employees.
• Hands-on delivery across design, build, testing, payroll parallel runs, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Leadership of multi-stream programmes involving Payroll, HR, Finance and Technology stakeholders.
• Experience managing systems integrators, implementation partners and third-party vendors within governance and audit frameworks.
• Experience in labour-intensive environments (e.g., hospitality, facilities, retail).
• Experience supporting multi-company payroll environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the complete delivery lifecycle: design, build, test, payroll validation, parallel runs, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Collaborate with programme sponsors and senior business leaders to shape delivery and secure timely decisions.
• Ensure programme remains aligned to intended business outcomes and governance requirements.

Skills

SAP Payroll

Project management

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Payroll systems integration

Tools

UKG Workforce Management

SAP ERP

Job description

eir business talent are currently recruiting for a Senior SAP Project Manager with deep expertise in Payroll and Workforce Transformation, based in Dublin on a fixed-term contract. The role requires close collaboration with sponsors and senior leaders to shape delivery and ensure alignment with business outcomes.

You will oversee the full delivery lifecycle from design through hypercare, including payroll validation, parallel runs, cutover, go-live and post go-live support.