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Project Manager – HR & Finance IT Transformation Program

Horse Racing Ireland -
County Kildare

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Job details

Full-time

Qualifications

Vendor management
Payroll
Agile
HRIS
Communication skills

Full job description

Role Overview

The Project Manager will lead a cross-functional transformation program to evaluate, select, and implement integrated solutions for human resources (HR), rostering, payroll, and employee expense refunds. This role is responsible for delivering a scalable, compliant, and user-friendly system landscape that can support multi-entity people operations and financial processes.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership

Lead the end-to-end program lifecycle from initiation through vendor selection, implementation, and post-go-live support.
Define program scope, objectives, success criteria, and governance structure.
Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.

Stakeholder Management

Collaborate with senior stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and Procurement
Facilitate workshops to gather business requirements and align priorities.
Provide regular status updates to steering committees and executive sponsors.

Requirements & Solution Design

Capture and document functional and technical requirements for payroll, HR, rostering, and employee expense management
Ensure alignment with local compliance, tax regulations, and reporting requirements.
Define future-state processes and identify opportunities for standardisation and automation.

Vendor Selection

Working in collaboration with procurement, lead the RFP/RFI process including vendor evaluation, scoring, and selection.
Coordinate product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and reference checks
Support contract negotiations in collaboration with procurement and legal teams.

Implementation Oversight

Manage system implementation in partnership with selected vendors, business leads and internal IT teams.
Oversee data migration, integrations (e.g. finance systems), and testing phases.
Ensure robust change management, training, and communication plans are executed.

Risk & Governance

Identify, track, and mitigate program risks and issues.
Ensure adherence to governance frameworks, timelines, and budget constraints.
Maintain program documentation and audit readiness.

Key Deliverables:

Business requirements documentation
Vendor evaluation and selection assessments
Implementation roadmap and project plan
Configured and tested HR, payroll, rostering and employee expense management systems
Training materials and user adoption strategy
Post-implementation review and optimisation plan

Skills & Experience

Proven experience managing and delivering large-scale, complex system selection and implementation projects

Knowledge of HRIS, payroll systems, and employee expense management platforms an advantage.
Experience with RFP processes and vendor management.
Ability to clearly articulate project plans, progress reports, and potential roadblocks.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
Familiarity with Agile or hybrid project methodologies.
Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).

HRI Core Values:

Empowerment

Ambition

Excellence

Pride & Passion

Integrity

Respect

HRI is an equal opportunities employer. Interview candidates will be provided with any necessary reasonable accommodations when called for interview.

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