Senior Process Manager - Payroll & Time Management (Ingelheim, Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz)

The Position

As Senior Process Manager Payroll & Time Management, you will play a key role in shaping and safeguarding Boehringer Ingelheim’s global payroll and time management process landscape. You will act as a senior subject matter authority, driving global standards, system optimization and large‑scale transformation initiatives. With your deep process and system expertise, you will lead complex cross‑country initiatives end‑to‑end, ensure compliance, and actively contribute to the strategic evolution of Payroll & Time processes within the GBS Total Rewards framework.

Tasks & responsibilities

You will take full end-to-end ownership, you will oversee global payroll and time management processes, ensuring their standardization, harmonization, and audit-proof design across all regions.

Furthermore you will lead complex global initiatives and programs, you will collaborate closely with IT, HR, and GBS Centers to drive system rollouts, major enhancements, regulatory changes, and transitions.

By translating the global process strategy, you will create actionable roadmaps, implement change initiatives, and deliver measurable outcomes aligned with the SAP/ERP target landscape and Boehringer Ingelheim's transformation priorities.

As a senior sparring partner, you will provide expert guidance and act as an escalation point for payroll and time-related process, system, and compliance topics.

In this role, you will assume or delegate system ownership and senior functional governance responsibilities for global payroll and time management platforms, including lifecycle management and release governance.

Designing and safeguarding global governance models will be part of your responsibilities, including the creation of SOPs, controls, roles, and authorization concepts to ensure compliance with internal and external audit requirements.

With a proactive approach, you will monitor process performance, stay updated on regulatory developments and industry trends, and initiate improvement measures to enhance efficiency and compliance.

Requirements

Master's degree in business administration or a related field or a comparable qualification

Several years of relevant working experience in designing and implementing global payroll and time processes

Subject matter expertise with common payroll and/or time management applications such as SAP, Success Factors or Workforce

Experience in designing efficient, user-centric processes on a global scale as well as understanding and reflecting needs for localizations

Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders across all levels of the organization

Proven track record in designing and deploying audit-proof role and authorization concepts along payroll and time processes and systems

Experience in complex projects in a globally dispersed team is a considerable plus

Excellent command of written and spoken English

As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness, salary information will be shared during the recruitment process. We also offer a comprehensive benefits and wellbeing package.

Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.

Ready to contact us?

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: hr.de@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Recruitment process:

Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until "October 27th, 2026". We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to "October 13th, 2026" are guaranteed to be considered.

Step 2: Virtual meeting in the period from mid till end of October

Step 3: On-site interviews beginning of November

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