SAP Technical Program Manager

HCLTech is looking for a highly talented and self-motivated SAP Technical Program Manager in advancing the technological world through innovation and creativity.

Job Title: SAP Technical Program Manager

Job ID: 99615

Position Type: Full Time

Location: Seattle, WA

Role/Responsibilities:

HCLTech is seeking a SAP Technical Program Manager to support a large-scale Global Payroll Transformation initiative. This role will drive the implementation and enhancement of payroll integrations between SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) and outsourced payroll providers, primarily ADP GlobalView. The TPM will partner with HR, Payroll, Product, Engineering, and Vendor teams to ensure employee data is accurately mapped, transformed, and delivered to downstream payroll systems across more than 100 countries. This is a highly visible role supporting multiple payroll implementation programs, country rollouts, and post-go-live enhancement initiatives through 2027

Program Leadership:

• Lead global payroll transformation initiatives across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Drive execution of payroll implementations, country rollouts, and enhancement backlogs.
• Manage project plans, dependencies, risks, issues, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate activities across internal HR teams, payroll vendors, implementation partners, and product organizations.

Payroll & HR Process Design:

• Facilitate blueprinting workshops with HR, Payroll, and Business stakeholders.
• Analyze Hire-to-Retire processes and identify payroll data requirements.
• Define employee data requirements needed to support payroll processing.
• Evaluate design options and provide recommendations based on business and payroll impacts.
• Drive requirements clarification and ensure alignment across stakeholders.

Examples include:

• Bank account and payment data requirements
• Future-dated employee changes
• Backdated transactions
• New hire processing
• Employee lifecycle events
• Terminations
• Data conversion requirements
• Cutover planning and deployment readiness

HRIS & Payroll Integration Oversight:

• Act as the bridge between SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and payroll platforms.
• Understand how employee data is structured within Employee Central and how it maps into ADP GlobalView and other payroll solutions.
• Partner with integration teams supporting SAP CPI/BTP integrations and payroll data exchanges.
• Validate business requirements and ensure alignment with payroll processing needs.
• Assess impacts of new enhancements, country-specific requirements, and regulatory changes on payroll integrations.

Testing & Deployment Support:

• Support scenario identification and payroll validation activities.
• Participate in UAT planning, test readiness reviews, and defect management.
• Drive deployment planning and cutover activities.
• Ensure payroll-related requirements are addressed prior to go-live.

Stakeholder Management:

• Influence and align stakeholders across HR, Payroll, Product, Engineering, and Vendor organizations.
• Present solution options and recommendations to leadership and business teams.
• Drive decisions and execution with minimal oversight.
• Facilitate discussions across globally distributed teams and functions.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of Program Management or Technical Program Management experience.
• Strong experience delivering Global Payroll transformation initiatives.
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.
• Experience with ADP GlobalView or other enterprise payroll platforms.
• Understanding of HR Core and Payroll business processes.
• Experience leading requirements gathering, discovery sessions, and blueprinting workshops.
• Experience with payroll data mapping and employee lifecycle scenarios.
• Experience supporting global implementations and multi-country payroll rollouts.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently in complex, cross-functional environments.
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC)
• SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding (Recruiting, ONB
• SAP CPI / SAP BTP
• Compound Employee API

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ADP GlobalView implementations.
• Experience working with SAP CPI/BTP integrations.
• Knowledge of SAP HR/HCM or SAP Payroll.
• Experience supporting outsourced payroll operating models.
• Experience working with multiple global payroll providers.
• Experience supporting large-scale HRIS transformation programs.
• Experience operating in organizations with 100+ country footprints.

Pay and Benefits:

Pay Range Minimum: $160,000 per year

Pay Range Maximum: $180,000 per year

HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to View email address on click.appcast.io for investigation.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.

How You’ll Grow

At HCLTech, we offer continuous opportunities for you to find your spark and grow with us. We want you to be happy and satisfied with your role and to really learn what type of work sparks your brilliance the best. Throughout your time with us, we offer transparent communication with senior-level employees, learning and career development programs at every level, and opportunities to experiment in different roles or even pivot industries. We believe that you should be in control of your career with unlimited opportunities to find the role that fits you best.