Global Change Lead - Payroll Transformation

Genesis Digital Solutions; Almada; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance

Job summary

Grafton, on behalf of its client, seeks a hands-on Change Management Lead to drive stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and business readiness across global payroll and time transformation programs.

The role partners with project managers and deployment teams to ensure adoption by HR, payroll, managers, and local stakeholders in multiple countries; 6-month interim contract with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Change Management or Transformation experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale business or technology transformations.
• Experience in multinational, matrix organizations.
• Experience managing change across regions and cultures.
• Experience in HR, IT, or Global Business Services transformations is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall change management strategy for the program.
• Conduct stakeholder and impact assessments across countries and functions.
• Identify change risks, resistance points, and adoption barriers.
• Build engagement plans for leadership, HR, payroll teams, managers, employees, and employee representatives.
• Establish and coordinate local Change Champion networks. Communications & Engagement.
• Develop and execute the program communication strategy.
• Create messaging explaining the transformation, benefits, impacts, and timelines.
• Support go-live, hypercare, and issue management communications.
• Define training and readiness plans for all impacted audiences.
• Coordinate creation of user guides, training materials, FAQs, and support content.
• Monitor readiness and adoption throughout implementation and stabilization.
• Gather feedback, measure adoption, and identify improvements actions.
• Partner with Project Managers to integrate change activities into plans.
• Provide regular reporting on readiness, engagement, risks, and adoption metrics.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Training design

Change management

Project management

Cross-cultural / international

HR/payroll transformation domain

Job description

Grafton, on behalf of its client, seeks a hands-on Change Management Lead to drive stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and business readiness across global payroll and time transformation programs.

The role partners with project managers and deployment teams to ensure adoption by HR, payroll, managers, and local stakeholders in multiple countries; 6-month interim contract with a competitive salary.