• Leading the end to end delivery of the HRIS/Payroll Upgrade Project.
• Managing project governance, planning, budgets, timelines, risks and vendor relationships.
• Leading a cross-functional project team spanning People & Culture, Payroll and Technology.
• Driving the selection, procurement and implementation of a fit-for-purpose HRIS and payroll solution.
• Ensuring system configuration, data migration, integrations, testing and payroll validation are completed successfully.
• Leading stakeholder engagement and change management activities to support adoption across the Institute.
• Overseeing go live, business continuity and post-implementation stabilisation.
• Building internal capability and ensuring effective knowledge transfer to support long-term ownership and sustainability.
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A critical aspect of the role will be partnering closely with the newly established People Systems & Analytics Lead, ensuring capability, system knowledge and operational ownership are progressively transferred throughout implementation.