DS Manager, Global Payroll Product 

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Role Profile 

The DS Manager, Global Payroll Product leads global payroll product strategy, process standardization, technology enablement, data migration, integrations, and operational readiness for Payroll and Time & Attendance. The role serves as a business product owner for payroll-enabling platforms and partners across Payroll, HR, Compliance, IT, Contact Center, vendors, and regional teams to deliver compliant, scalable, and employee-centered payroll solutions. This leader will guide transformation from country-based processes to global standards while ensuring business continuity during separation, implementation, go-live, and steady state. 

Key Responsibilities 

Payroll Product Strategy & Ownership 

• Define and execute the global payroll product roadmap, including ServiceNow, Genesys, Veeva, payroll platforms, integrations, and other GS solutions. 

• Serve as Business Product Owner across design, build, testing, deployment, enhancement prioritization, and global design approvals. 

• Ensure product decisions align with global standards, statutory requirements, controls, and the future-state payroll operating model. 

Transformation Delivery & Change Leadership 

• Lead global payroll separation and transformation initiatives from concept through implementation, go-live, hypercare, and steady state. 

• Develop transition plans covering process design, parallel payroll, data validation, testing, readiness, training, communications, and adoption. 

• Drive continuous improvement, automation, standardization, and operational efficiency across global and regional payroll teams. 

Data, Integration & Technology Enablement 

• Define data migration, integration, reconciliation, archival, and lifecycle management practices for Payroll and Time & Attendance products. 

• Partner with data, product, automation, HR, vendor, and technical teams to ensure accurate, secure, and compliant data movement. 

• Design and manage payroll integrations, controls, error handling, testing scenarios, and payroll-to-GL posting strategies aligned with ERP ecosystems. 

Governance, Compliance & Operational Excellence 

• Ensure payroll processes meet statutory, SOX, audit, user access, privacy, data protection, and operational control requirements. 

• Govern knowledge, case management, SOPs, work instructions, and change intake processes to support global consistency and quality. 

• Identify risks, dependencies, and process gaps; lead mitigation plans that protect compliance, service quality, cycle time, and cost efficiency. 

Stakeholder, Program & Team Leadership 

• Lead global, regional, country, vendor, and functional stakeholders through complex payroll process and technology decisions. 

• Facilitate governance forums, requirements workshops, issue resolution, escalation management, and cross-functional alignment. 

• Provide direction to SMEs, regional leads, and direct reports; support capability building, performance, and professional growth. 

Core Leadership Competencies 

• Strategic product leadership – Defines direction for payroll technology, process transformation, and scalable global standards. 

• Cross-functional influence – Aligns Payroll, HR, Compliance, IT, vendors, and regional teams around common outcomes. 

• Decision accountability – Owns priorities, requirements, solution design decisions, and implementation tradeoffs. 

• Change leadership – Drives adoption of new tools, processes, controls, and ways of working across countries. 

• Data and integration expertise – Translates business requirements into technical specifications and validates integration outcomes. 

• Operational excellence – Improves quality, compliance, cycle time, user experience, and cost efficiency. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Finance, HR, or equivalent experience required. 

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Payroll, Time & Attendance, payroll operations, process design, case management, or related transformation roles required. 

• Experience leading or supporting global payroll implementations, divestitures, acquisitions, carve-outs, or large-scale transformation programs preferred. 

• Hands-on experience with payroll and workforce platforms such as SAP ECC, SuccessFactors, ADP GlobalView, Workday, Kronos, Workforce Manager, ServiceNow, or Salesforce required/preferred based on scope. 

• Experience with data migration, integrations, testing, reconciliation, access controls, audit readiness, and compliance governance preferred. 

• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex business and technical concepts into clear messages for senior leaders and distributed teams. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead workshops, manage priorities, resolve issues, and deliver in a fast-paced, global environment. 

• Six Sigma, LEAN, Process Excellence training or certification preferred. 

• Ability to work across NA, EMEA, LATAM, and ASPAC time zones; up to 25% domestic and/or international travel may be required.