Director of Engineering, Global Payroll Systems

Director of Engineering, Global Payroll Systems

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Overview

Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) is seeking an Engineering Director to lead Employee Success Technology within the CIO Organization, with a primary focus on Global Payroll Systems. As an engineering leader, you will focus on developing the team around you while delivering robust, scalable technology infrastructure that serves employees across international markets throughout the entire Hire to Retire employee lifecycle. You will drive the technical vision and ensure delivery of payroll operations and compliance across global employees.

What You Will Do

Technical Leadership & Strategic Vision : Drive the technical vision for comprehensive global Employee Success capabilities across all employee lifecycle stages, with specialized expertise in payroll systems

Build and evolve large-scale distributed systems to reliably process billions of data points across the complete employee technology stack

Lead development of cloud-native platforms on public cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure) with focus on scalability, security, and compliance

Team Development & Management : Build, lead, and scale multiple engineering teams (2+ teams) focused on Employee Success infrastructure and applications, with specialized teams dedicated to global payroll systems

Recruit and attract top engineering talent with expertise in enterprise employee systems, payroll operations, international compliance, and large-scale data processing

Invest in continuous employee development by mentoring and coaching engineers and technical leads on complex employee technology challenges

Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and customer focus

System Operations & Reliability : Ensure high availability and performance of mission-critical employee technology services serving global workforce across international markets

Proactively identify reliability and data quality problems, particularly in payroll infrastructure, and drive comprehensive remediation processes

Drive execution and delivery by collaborating with cross-functional teams, architects, product owners, and engineers across global time zones

Platform Integration & Development : Drive integration strategies across the complete Employee Success technology stack, including Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, ADP Payroll systems, and regional payroll solutions

Implement robust data processing pipelines, API integrations, and automation tools supporting comprehensive employee operations

Build frameworks, infrastructure automation tools, workflows, and validation platforms supporting international compliance

Cross-Functional Partnership : Partner with Product Management, UX, and business stakeholders to translate employee experience and payroll business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Collaborate with compliance, legal, and HR teams to ensure systems meet international regulatory requirements and data privacy standards

Work with Enterprise Architecture to align Employee Success technology roadmap with broader organizational technology strategy

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a seasoned, strategic, and technically excellent Engineering Director with a passion for building innovative Employee Success technology solutions in a complex, international environment. The ideal candidate is a visionary technical leader who excels at translating complex employee lifecycle challenges into scalable, compliant engineering solutions while building and mentoring world-class engineering teams.

Education & Experience Foundation

A related technical degree required

10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years managing engineering teams

5+ years of Workday HCM or similar Employee HRIS engineering experience

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Proven experience leading large-scale distributed systems, microservices, and distributed architecture

Hands-on experience with software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, CI / CD, build processes, testing, and operations

Experience with short release cycles, full software lifecycle, and products released for public consumption

Experience with Agile development methodologies and Scrum Master certification

Team Management & Development

Demonstrated success in hiring, mentoring, and leading engineering teams

Experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members

Strong customer service orientation with desire to help others succeed

Communication & Collaboration

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong organizational and time management abilities

Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and product management to understand requirements and describe technical solutions

Ability to be flexible, proactive, and comfortable working with minimal specifications

Leadership Qualities

Passionate, curious, creative self-starter who approaches problems with sound methodology and intelligent decision-making

Laser focus on impact, balancing effort-to-value ratio, and execution excellence

Preferred Qualifications

Strong knowledge of Salesforce products, platform features, and capabilities

Working knowledge of modern public cloud technologies and services

Experience with advanced Workday capabilities : Extend, Orchestration, WQL, RAAS

Understanding of enterprise architecture principles

Ability to articulate governance value to business and IT executives

Skills in quickly grasping and explaining both technological and business concepts

In office expectations are 10 days / a quarter to support customers and / or collaborate with their teams.

Accommodations and Posting Statement : Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment.

Posting statements, compensation information, and benefits details are provided where applicable and in accordance with local laws.

For context, this description includes the title, responsibilities, qualifications, and general expectations for the role. It is not a guarantee of employment or salary range.

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