Payroll Vendor Relationship Manager

Location: EMEA; hirify.global work with asynchronous collaboration.

Company

hirify.global builds a global employment and HR platform with automation and AI capabilities.

What you will do

• Research and evaluate payroll vendors globally through market research, questionnaires, demos, cost analysis, and stakeholder presentations.
• Manage end-to-end payroll onboarding for new countries, including vendor selection, contract negotiations, legal risk mitigation, stakeholder alignment, migration, testing, and communications.
• Manage relationships with external payroll partners and evaluate performance against SLAs, KPIs, and company expectations.
• Track invoices, contractual costs, country and department expenses, headcount, and legal entity costs; investigate anomalies and support efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with Tax, FP&A, Legal, Security, Operations, and Onboarding teams on payroll solution deployments.
• Create internal training resources, quick start guides, and deployment training plans.

Requirements

• Experience in regional or global payroll vendor operations.
• Experience implementing payroll software across multiple countries and managing third-party payroll relationships.
• Strong contract negotiation skills and a deep understanding of global payroll best practices.
• Excellent time management, organization, attention to detail, and spreadsheet skills.
• Fluent spoken and written English is required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced international environment with predominantly asynchronous collaboration.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global, asynchronous work with flexible working hours.
• Work-from-anywhere approach and flexible paid time off.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave and mental health support services.
• Budgets for coworking, learning, wellness, home office equipment, and IT equipment.
• Stock options and a focus on pay equity, employee growth, and life-work balance.

Hiring process

• Asynchronous profile review followed by a recruiter interview.
• Interviews with team members, the future manager, and a Bar Raiser.
• Asynchronous offer and prior employment verification check.