# Payroll Program Manager

**Company**: Figma
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $140,000-$202,000 USD
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Figma is looking for a Payroll Program Manager to help scale its global payroll operations and lead complex payroll initiatives across AMER and EMEA.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role that combines deep payroll expertise with program management, operational execution, and cross-functional partnership.

Responsibilities:

- Lead delivery of payroll initiatives from planning through implementation, including vendor implementations, new-country launches, process improvements, systems integrations, automation, and other initiatives that span Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, Accounting, People, and external partners.

- Partner with regional Payroll teams to define requirements, manage dependencies, identify risks, and drive projects to completion.

- Work closely with Benefits, HRIS, Accounting, People, and other partners to translate business changes into effective payroll solutions.

- Partner with global payroll vendors to drive project delivery, resolve implementation or operational issues, and escalate risks as needed.

- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve payroll processes across regions.

- Support payroll operations across the full cycle, including review, validation, troubleshooting, and processing coverage when needed.

- Help establish scalable program management practices, documentation, and visibility across the global payroll portfolio.

- Use data, technology, automation, and AI where appropriate to improve payroll efficiency, controls, and Figmate experience.

Requirements:

- 8+ years of experience in global or multi-country payroll, including hands-on support across AMER and EMEA.

- Proven experience leading payroll implementations, vendor transitions, system integrations, or other complex payroll programs, including international expansion or new-country launches.

- Hands-on knowledge of payroll operations from processing through reconciliation and issue resolution.

- Experience working with global payroll vendors and cross-functional stakeholders; Workday experience required.

- Excellent program management, prioritization, and execution skills, with the ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without direct authority, and strong judgment and communication in a high-growth global environment.

Benefits:

- Competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off.

- Annual Base Salary Range: $140,000-$202,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- global payroll
- program management
- payroll operations
- Workday

### Nice to have
- ADP Compliance
- APAC payroll operations
- equity
- mobility
- benefits
- pension-related payroll
- automation
- AI

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