Senior Director, Global Payroll Operations

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 188,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Teva Pharmaceuticals seeks a Senior Director of Global Payroll Operations to lead in-country payroll teams and partner with HR, Finance, and IT to deliver compliant, scalable payroll globally. The role includes strategy development, governance, and risk management across 30,000 employees, with oversight of in-house and provider models.

You will drive standardized, digitally-enabled payroll operations, optimize cost and performance, and mentor global teams while ensuring alignment with regulatory

Qualifications

• 15+ years of multi-country payroll experience in a large multinational
• Experience leading global teams and driving transformation
• Experience with payroll tech platforms and integration
• Strong stakeholder and executive influencing skills

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate, timely end-to-end payroll delivery across all countries
• Develop and execute the global payroll strategy and operating model
• Modernize payroll solutions and data governance across regions
• Lead and develop global payroll teams and drive continuous improvement
• Oversee payroll governance, controls, and SOX documentation

Skills

Global payroll leadership

SOX/compliance

Vendor management

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ADP payroll solutions

SuccessFactors

ServiceNow

Analytics

Automation

Job description

We Are Teva

We're Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it is innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we are dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

Teva is seeking a Senior Director, Global Payroll Operations, to lead in-country payroll teams and partner with HR, Global Mobility, Finance, Treasury, IT, Procurement, Legal, Compliance and payroll vendors. The role will drive operational excellence, controls, compliance and a standardized, resilient, digitally enabled and employee-focused global payroll model.

The role oversees payroll operations for 30,000 employees globally and reports to the VP, HR Operations. It provides strategic direction, governance, service performance and risk leadership across in-house, local-provider and global-provider models, including the integration of additional countries.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

• Ensure accurate, timely and compliant end-to-end payroll delivery across all countries, with effective oversight of payroll funding, reconciliations, accounting interfaces and issue resolution.
• Develop and execute the multi-year global payroll strategy, including the target operating model, provider strategy, roadmap, investment priorities, vendor transitions and plans to scale operations across countries.
• Modernize, consolidate and digitalize payroll solutions, reducing systems and integration points while defining data ownership and scalable global, regional and local delivery models.
• Improve employee experience through self-service, standardized knowledge, ServiceNow case management, analytics, automation and AI-enabled support such as our in-house AI Chatbot.
• Integrate new countries, teams, providers and controls into scalable global, regional and local delivery models, balancing standardization with mandatory local requirements.
• Own operational plans, annual budgets, transformation business cases, vendor costs and investment priorities; drive simplification, elimination of unnecessary activities and measurable service and cost improvements.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Treasury and other stakeholders on payroll funding, reconciliations, accounting, financial controls, performance, risks, investment needs and transformation progress.
• Lead and develop global payroll teams, build succession and capability plans, and foster an inclusive, high-performance culture through organizational and technological change.
• Design compliant workflows and controls with clear accountability, segregation of duties, traceable approvals, evidence retention, monitoring and audit-ready SOX documentation; oversee remediation and regulatory change.
• Own global payroll governance, service standards, KPIs, escalation, decision rights, risk reporting and operational and strategic reviews.
• Own business continuity, operational resilience and crisis readiness for global payroll.
• Lead payroll support for audits, entity changes, mergers and divestitures.
• Oversee global mobility payroll and payroll integration with time-and-attendance, HR and Finance systems; represent payroll in enterprise-wide change initiatives.

Your Skills And Experience

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.

Education

• Bachelors degree required

Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive, hands-on multi-country payroll experience in a large manufacturing or complex multinational organization, including global operations, governance and transformation leadership.
• Proven experience leading direct and indirect global teams, developing senior leaders, integrating teams and managing change.
• Experience with ADP payroll solutions and SuccessFactors is advantageous; global payroll platforms, ServiceNow, analytics, automation, digital knowledge management or AI-enabled employee support are highly desirable.
• Strong vendor-management experience across sourcing, contracting, implementation, SLAs, commercial governance, risk oversight and provider transitions.
• Demonstrated payroll transformation expertise spanning operating-model design, standardization, technology implementation, change management, automation, scalability, cost effectiveness and measurable benefits.
• Strong stakeholder and executive-influencing skills across HR, Finance, Treasury, IT, Procurement, Legal, Compliance and external partners.
• Strong program and project management skills across multiple countries, vendors, dependencies, milestones and concurrent initiatives.
• Highly analytical, able to convert payroll, case, control and vendor data into executive insight and improvement priorities.
• Deep knowledge of payroll governance, SOX, audit readiness, regulatory compliance, data privacy, segregation of duties, risk management, business continuity and operational resilience.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, attention to detail, confidentiality and concise communication with teammates, management and external contacts.

Salary Range

The annual starting salary for this position is between $188,320 - $235,400 annually. Factors which may affect starting salary within this range and level of role may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

How We’ll Take Care Of You

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.

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