The Role: Director, Payroll & Workforce Management Technology
Location: Virtual Based - Flexible across the UK and EU
Employment: Permanent
Come make the world and accelerate your success.
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.
The Job:
Are you ready to lead the technology behind a global workforce? We are looking for a strategic and forward-thinking leader to drive our Payroll & Workforce Management Technology agenda across a complex manufacturing organisation. This is an opportunity to own the roadmap for critical platforms including UKG Workforce Manager and ADP Payroll, delivering integrated, scalable, and compliant solutions that support employees around the world. Working at the intersection of HR, Payroll, Operations, and IT, you will help shape the future of workforce technology in a fast-moving global business.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the technology strategy and roadmap for Payroll, Time & Attendance, and Workforce Management, aligned to HR, Payroll, and business priorities.
- Serve as the senior IT leader for payroll and workforce management platforms across a global manufacturing environment.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a global team of IT professionals across delivery, support, architecture, and operations.
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery of system enhancements, upgrades, integrations, and transformation initiatives across platforms including Workday, UKG, ADP, ERP, and reporting tools.
- Ensure reliable, compliant, and scalable operations for payroll, timekeeping, attendance, and workforce data processes supporting both hourly and salaried employees.
- Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Operations, plant stakeholders, and external vendors to deliver solutions that support complex manufacturing requirements.
- Establish strong governance, service management, controls, and risk practices to protect payroll-critical operations, employee data, and regulatory compliance.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, process harmonization, better reporting, and adoption of new technology capabilities.
The Person:
You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
- Experience leading Payroll, Time & Attendance, Workforce Management, and related HR technology capabilities within complex enterprise environments.
- Strong leadership experience developing and supporting teams across areas such as applications, architecture, delivery, and operational support.
- Proven ability to support manufacturing or industrial operations, including environments with large hourly employee populations.
- Hands-on experience with platforms such as UKG Workforce Manager and ADP Payroll.
- Strong understanding of integrations across HCM, timekeeping, payroll, ERP, identity, and reporting ecosystems, including APIs and enterprise integration tools.
- Sound knowledge of payroll, timekeeping, attendance, scheduling, labour rules, compliance, controls, audit, and data privacy requirements.
- Ability to lead large-scale change, manage vendors and priorities, and build strong relationships with stakeholders across IT, HR, Payroll, and Operations.
The Details:
An attractive salary & benefits package
Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs
Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!
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