[Hiring] IT Director, Payroll and Time & Attendance Technology @Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Role Description

As a IT Director, Payroll and Time & Attendance Technology, you’ll be part of our IT team working as a remote employee. You’ll get to:

• Responsible for partnering with HR & Payroll for the strategy, delivery, integration, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise platforms that enable payroll, workforce management, timekeeping, and attendance tracking across a global manufacturing organization.
• Lead the technology capabilities supporting UKG Workforce Manager and ADP Payroll.
• Ensure reliable, compliant, and scalable operations for both hourly and salaried employee populations.
• Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Operations, and external vendors to deliver solutions that support complex manufacturing environments.
• Define and lead the technology roadmap for Payroll and Time & Attendance capabilities.
• Serve as the senior IT leader for Payroll & Workforce Management solutions.
• Lead and develop a team of IT professionals, including technical leads, analysts, architects, and support resources.
• Establish governance, standards, and operating models for enhancements, releases, integrations, vendor management, and service delivery.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of lifecycle management of Payroll & Workforce Management capabilities.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to improve time capture, attendance tracking, payroll accuracy, and workforce data flow across enterprise systems.
• Ensure seamless integration between Workday, UKG, ADP, ERP, and connected systems.
• Drive standardization of global processes while enabling plant-, country-, and region-specific requirements.
• Ensure technology solutions effectively support manufacturing workforce needs.
• Partner with operations and plant stakeholders to minimize payroll and timekeeping disruptions.
• Support workforce processes that require high reliability during payroll close, shift changes, and period-end processing.
• Own production support and operational stability for payroll and time-related applications.
• Establish and monitor service levels, incident response, problem management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement practices.
• Ensure timely resolution of issues affecting employee pay, time capture, attendance exceptions, interfaces, and downstream reporting.
• Oversee system health, interface monitoring, batch processing, reconciliation processes, and data quality controls.
• Ensure systems support compliance with wage and hour laws, payroll tax and reporting requirements, labor regulations, and data privacy obligations.
• Maintain strong controls over payroll and employee data, including access management and audit logging.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Legal, and Cybersecurity teams to support audits and strengthen control environments.
• Identify and mitigate operational, technology, compliance, and vendor risks related to payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Provide leadership on solution architecture and integration design across the HR, timekeeping, and payroll technology landscape.
• Drive automation, simplification, and process harmonization across system workflows.
• Improve reporting and analytics capabilities related to labor, attendance, payroll accuracy, and workforce trends.
• Evaluate new capabilities from platform vendors and recommend enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in IT, with at least 8+ years of direct experience supporting and delivering Payroll, Time & Attendance, workforce management, and related HR technology capabilities.
• 5+ years of people management experience leading employees, including direct management of analysts, architects, or application support professionals.
• Demonstrated experience supporting manufacturing or industrial operations with large hourly employee populations.
• Hands-on leadership experience with UKG Workforce Manager and ADP Payroll platforms.
• Strong understanding of integrations across HCM, timekeeping, payroll, ERP, identity, and reporting ecosystems.
• Experience leading large-scale implementations, upgrades, and support models in complex operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of payroll processing, timekeeping, attendance, scheduling, labor rules, and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to manage vendors, budgets, project portfolios, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication and executive stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of SOX controls, audit requirements, and data privacy regulations.
• Experience with middleware, APIs, and enterprise integration platforms.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

Company Description

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative.