Senior IT Manager (Payroll Applications)

Title: Senior Manager IT (Payroll)

Salary: $160K - $170K base + bonus + benefits

Location: Springdale, AR - onsite

Industry: Retail

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**This role is not eligible for sponsorship/visa transfer - sorry!**

We are working with a leading global food manufacturing company seeking to hire a Senior IT Manager of Payroll applications. This is an exciting opportunity to join an industry leader in quality food manufacturing and lead a team where you will be responsible for their growth and development help drive business transformation projects.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with senior leadership to align IT initiatives with business goals, drive strategic projects, and ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality technology solutions across Payroll systems (Time & Attendance)

Oversee multiple IT teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture, mentoring team leads, and supporting professional growth and career development.

Drive continuous improvement in IT operations through performance management, data-driven decision-making, resource optimization, and effective budgeting.

Lead the successful delivery of complex projects, manage risks proactively, and maintain alignment with organizational standards and timelines.

Maintain effective communication with cross-functional teams, manage vendor partnerships, and ensure seamless collaboration to meet organizational objectives.

Qualifications:

Strong people leader to coach and motivate team; demonstrated ability to develop strong teams that are globally dispersed with a range of skillsets.

Familiarity with tools such as UKG payroll and other UKG products.

Strong experience managing vendors and contractors/consultants.

Strong experience with IT management with a strong focus on deploying payroll domestically (global deployment experience is a huge plus)

Experience with Time is a must & Attendance is a plus (Experience with Unions and legal related items with Attendance to optimize solutions)