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Senior Specialist, Global Payroll Project Management

Company Description

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Job Description

We are on the lookout for a Senior Specialist – Global Payroll (Project Management), to join the Global Payroll team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. 

Join the team that champions the employee experience at Delivery Hero. As part of the People & Culture Team, you’ll help attract, develop, and retain top talent, creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. With each initiative you support, you’ll be building a positive culture that fuels innovation, teamwork, and a sense of belonging across our global organization. 

You’ll provide essential support that helps optimize workflows and empower leaders to focus on strategic priorities. Your contributions will drive productivity and ensure that our teams are equipped to deliver great results, ultimately helping Delivery Hero achieve its vision and goals.

We are seeking an experienced professional with a strong focus on product and project management. This role involves leading and supporting payroll transformation projects, leveraging Agile methodologies, strategic roadmapping, stakeholder management, and employee experience best practices to ensure seamless Payroll operations globally.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive and manage the Global Payroll roadmap, aligning closely with business and strategic objectives to deliver value fast.

  • There is no one-size-fits all solution. Own the design and implementation of innovative payroll solutions, emphasizing staying humble to incorporate diverse needs, processes, and compliance requirements.

  • Bring good vibes to facilitate stakeholder meetings and cross-functional collaborations to deliver Payroll process enhancements and Payroll products.

  • Own Payroll migration and integration projects, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency during transitions.

  • Dive deep to develop detailed user journeys, process flows, and requirements documentation utilizing tools such as Figma, Jira, Confluence, Signavio, and Miro.

  • Dive deep to implement process optimizations, such as Straight-Through Processing (STP), to significantly reduce manual interventions and turnaround times.

  • Continuously raise the bar by establishing compliance/controllership frameworks and mitigate risk by ensuring Payroll solutions keep up to date with global regulations and industry standards.

  • Conduct workshops and training sessions, applying design thinking methodologies to continuously raise the bar of Payroll processes and technologies.

  • Utilize analytics and dashboard reporting to monitor project status, process effectiveness, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

  • Create and own a Payroll analytics product in Workday.

Qualifications

  • Customer obsessed! Striving  to deliver the best employee and stakeholder experience.

  • Proven experience as a Global Project Manager or in a similar role, owning global initiatives at scale in a multinational company.

  • Experience in managing vendors and ensuring compliance with service level agreements.

  • Demonstrated ability in owning complex global initiatives from inception to successful deployment. Strong experience managing end-to-end processes and implementing solutions that deliver results fast to employees and the company.

  • Proficiency with Agile/Scrum methodologies, product vision formulation, and project lifecycle management.

  • Extensive hands-on experience with personas and journey design and tools such as Figma, Jira, Confluence, and Miro.

  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges, and adept in data-driven decision-making. Proficient with tools for reporting and analytics.

  • Not afraid to challenge the status quo. Able to stay humble to disagree and commit.

  • Proven experience to learn and be curious in keeping up to date with changes in global regulations and technology advancements.

Additional Information

Who We Are

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

What’s in it for you

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

  • Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

  • We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

  • We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

  • Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

  • Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

  • The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.          

Ready to join our team? If you’re excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world’s leading delivery platform, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.

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