About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote. With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work! What this job can offer you This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global payroll space as a Manager, Global Payroll Implementation, joining our Payroll Implementation team. As a dynamic and detail-oriented leader, you’ll oversee a team of Global Payroll Leads responsible for the successful onboarding and implementation of new client payrolls across multiple countries. You’ll provide strategic direction, coaching, and operational oversight to ensure payroll implementations are accurate, compliant, and delivered on time — all while driving consistency, efficiency, and innovation in our processes. You will report to the Senior Director, Payroll Implementation and play a key role in connecting the dots between Sales, Payroll Operations, Product, and Client Experience to ensure seamless transitions from implementation to business-as-usual. What you bring Extensive experience managing global or regional payroll implementations in a complex, high-growth environment. Deep understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, from onboarding to compliance handover. Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and empower high-performing teams — you value autonomy and avoid micromanagement. Strong project management and organisational skills; capable of balancing multiple priorities and deadlines. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities — able to explain technical or regulatory topics clearly and confidently. Experience driving process improvement and working with payroll systems (e.g., SAP, Workday, or similar) and tools like Excel or Google Sheets. Analytical and solutions-focused mindset — you enjoy solving operational challenges and making systems better. Comfortable working asynchronously in a distributed, fast-paced environment. Fluent in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus. Prior experience working remotely is not required but considered an advantage. Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Development Lead, coach, and mentor the Global Payroll Implementation team — fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and excellence. Support the professional growth of team members, identifying development opportunities and promoting collaboration across regions. Act as a strategic escalation point for complex implementation issues and ensure timely, effective resolution. Implementation Oversight Own the delivery of global payroll implementation projects, ensuring timelines, quality, and compliance standards are consistently met. Monitor progress against KPIs and SLAs, identifying risks early and implementing corrective actions. Support team leads and specialists with issue resolution, prioritisation, and workload balancing across multiple projects. Ensure smooth transitions between Sales handover, Implementation, and Payroll Operations phases. Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement Standardise and continuously improve global payroll implementation processes, tools, and documentation. Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Payroll Ops, Legal, Customer Success) to enhance workflows, automation, and system integrations. Lead or support user acceptance testing (UAT), process validations, and change management initiatives for platform or procedural updates. Ensure that implementation documentation, SOPs, and audit trails are accurate, complete, and easily accessible to operational teams. Stakeholder Management Serve as the primary point of contact for key internal stakeholders, ensuring visibility into implementation progress, risks, and performance metrics. Collaborate closely with Sales and Customer Success to align implementation readiness and set realistic client expectations. Represent the implementation function in internal initiatives, contributing insights to shape global payroll strategy and operational excellence. Practicals You'll report to: Senior Director, Payroll Country Compliance Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; EMEA Start date: As soon as possible Application process Interview with recruiter Interview with future manager Interview with team members (no managers present) Bar Raiser Interview Prior employment verification check #LI-DNP Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis. The annual salary range for this full-time position is$112,500—$126,600 USD Benefits Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters: work from anywhere flexible paid time off flexible working hours (we are async) 16 weeks paid parental leave mental health support services stock options learning budget home office budget & IT equipment budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces How you’ll plan your day (and life) We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs. If that sounds like something you want, apply now! How to apply Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to. Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Manager, Payroll Implementations – EMEA

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