Strada Pay CoE Team Lead (SPIs)

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Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Team Leader – COE (Global Payroll Reporting & Configuration) to lead a high‑performing team responsible for delivering the core configuration, calculation logic, and reporting frameworks that power Strada Pay.

In this leadership role, you will guide a team of COE Specialists who design, build, and maintain complex payroll reports, calculation rules, and client/country‑specific configurations across our global payroll platform. You will ensure global consistency, technical excellence, compliance, and innovation — while embodying and reinforcing our values: Anticipate, Own, Challenge, Empower, Care.

Your leadership will strengthen the quality and scalability of our platform, streamline operational processes, and elevate Strada Pays value for clients worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Strategy
• Provide strategic direction, coaching, and day‑to‑day leadership to a multi‑country team of COE specialists.
• Set clear performance expectations, ensuring accountability for quality, accuracy, efficiency, and delivery timelines.
• Build a culture of innovation, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Plan capacity, prioritize work, and allocate resources across competing client and platform demands.
• Drive cross‑team alignment through structured governance, knowledge sharing, and global standards.
• Operational & Technical Excellence
• Ensure high‑quality delivery of all calculation rules, country/client configurations, and reporting frameworks owned by the COE.
• Oversee team execution of product releases, configuration updates, and regulatory changes across markets.
• Maintain consistency of global payroll design while allowing for local statutory variations.
• Ensure rigorous documentation, version control, configuration libraries, and reusable assets.
• Identify process inefficiencies and drive improvements that reduce defects, rework, and manual intervention.
• Stakeholder Partnership & Influence
• Act as the primary liaison among COE, Product, Engineering, Implementation, Operations, and Country Champions.
• Influence product roadmaps by translating frontline technical insights into scalable platform enhancements.
• Provide leadership oversight during client implementations, expansions, and complex solution requests.
• Partner with Compliance & Country SMEs to ensure alignment with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Support Sales and Pre‑Sales teams by validating solution feasibility and contributing technical expertise.
• Compliance, Quality & Risk Management
• Guide the team in monitoring global payroll regulatory changes and assessing configuration impacts.
• Ensure timely updates to Strada Pays calculation engines, country logic, and statutory reporting.
• Lead quality governance, including defect reviews, impact assessments, and root‑cause analysis.
• Establish strong internal controls and enforce consistent QA processes across the team.
• Platform Innovation & Continuous Improvement
• Foster a mindset of challenging the status quo — improving rule design, reporting logic, automation, and platform scalability.
• Champion the development of standard templates, reusable configuration assets, and global frameworks.
• Promote the adoption of AI‑driven tools, validation engines, and diagnostics embedded in Strada Pay.
• Drive initiatives that improve client experience, reporting accuracy, data visibility, and operational efficiency.

Anticipate

You foresee upcoming regulatory, technical, or client needs and proactively position the team to deliver scalable, future‑ready solutions.

Own

You take full responsibility for the teams output and the accuracy, quality, and stability of the configurations and reports they deliver.

Challenge

You constructively challenge assumptions, legacy processes, and inefficient designs — encouraging innovation and smarter solutions.

Empower

You coach and develop your team, ensure knowledge flows across functions, and remove blockers so people can do their best work.

Care

You create an environment of trust, respect, and psychological safety — and ensure that every employee whose pay depends on Strada Pay receives a flawless, compliant outcome.

Required

Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in global payroll, payroll configuration, HR technology, or similar domain.
• 2–3+ years of team leadership or people‑management experience in a technical or operational function.
• Strong expertise in payroll calculation logic, statutory rules, and cross‑country variability.
• Demonstrated experience with complex reporting frameworks and data models.
• Proven ability to lead teams in fast‑paced, matrixed, multi‑country environments.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and conflict‑resolution abilities.

• Experience with Strada Pay, Workday, SAP, Oracle, or enterprise payroll/HCM platforms.
• Multi‑country payroll expertise and familiarity with global compliance landscapes.
• Experience with SAFe/Agile environments, product‑driven organizations, or configuration COEs.
• Background in automation, testing frameworks, data analytics, or integration workflows.

• Team delivery quality, accuracy, and compliance.
• Reduction in defects, rework, and escalations.
• Efficiency of global templates, rules, and reusable components.
• Positive feedback from Product, Engineering, Implementation, and Country SMEs.
• Team engagement, development, and retention.
• Contribution to platform improvements and innovation velocity.

• Anticipate Customer Needs – We stay ahead of trends so our customers can grow and succeed.
• Own the Outcome – We take responsibility for delivering excellence and ensuring things get done right.
• Challenge Ourselves to Work Smarter – We move faster than the world around us to drive change and accomplish more.
• Empower Each Other to Solve Problems – We tackle challenges head on, ask tough questions, and collaborate to find the best solutions.
• Care About Our Work and Our People – We understand that what we do impacts millions, and we have a responsibility to get it right.

At Strada, we support your whole self—offering a range of benefits for your health, wellbeing, finances, and future. These include health coverage, wellbeing programs, paid leave (vacation, sick, parental), retirement plans, learning opportunities, and more.

All offers are contingent on successful completion of background checks, where permitted by law and as appropriate for the role. These may include identity, education, employment, and in some cases, criminal history verification, checks against global watchlists, credit reports, and/or drug testing. Youll be informed of the specific checks applicable to your role and location during the recruitment process.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that embracing differences strengthens our teams and drives innovation and success.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. We actively support the advancement of underrepresented groups and provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religious practices. Applicants may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

• To be considered, you must have current and future work authorization in the country where youre applying, without the need for visa sponsorship by Strada.
• Please note: This job description does not limit Stradas right to assign or reassign responsibilities, including to subsidiaries, partners, or future business purchasers.
• We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Disclaimer

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.