Global Payroll Process Lead

Role Description

RTX Corporation is looking for a standout professional to join our Global Payroll Team. In this role, you’ll take the lead in driving innovative payroll process improvements, advancing standardization initiatives, and elevating operational excellence. Our Global Payroll Team thrives in a fast‑paced, high‑volume, metrics‑driven environment where collaboration, agility, and high-performance fuel our success.

• Analyze current-state payroll processes and identify inefficiencies.
• Design future‑state processes; document workflows and SOPs.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or PDCA methodologies.
• Create and maintain a payroll improvement roadmap.
• Define and maintain payroll standards and governance.
• Ensure consistency across global payroll operations.
• Serve as change lead for system and process updates.
• Develop communication, rollout, and adoption plans.
• Partner with technical teams to clarify requirements and minimize rework.
• Facilitate workshops and collaborative design sessions.
• Lead and coordinate payroll projects and operational initiatives.
• Manage all phases: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure.
• Create project plans, deliverables, and timelines; report risks and progress.

Qualifications

• This role typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field and 10+ years of relevant experience, OR an advanced degree and 7+ years or relevant experience with HR, Finance, Timekeeping, and Payroll data.
• 7 or more years of experience with international payroll to include strong understanding of global payroll practices, compliance requirements, and governance frameworks.
• Experience with structured project management methodologies.
• Strong experience analyzing and redesigning end-to-end payroll processes in a complex or global environment.
• Proven experience applying process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or PDCA.
• Ability to identify inefficiencies, root causes, and implement scalable process solutions.
• Experience in creating and documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, and process maps.

Requirements

• Experience with ADP GlobalView, ADP Celergo and Workday.
• Experience with Planview, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Capacity to effectively manage a project team.
• Strong initiative, innovation, and critical thinking skills combined with the ability to challenge the status quo and facilitate new and different perspectives.
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations with strong change leadership capabilities.
• Ability to make strategic decisions and proven success communicating effectively to all levels throughout the organization.

Benefits

• Robust total rewards package with compensation.
• Healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits.
• Career development and recognition programs.
• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care.