Senior Project Manager - SuccessFactors

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - SAP SuccessFactors (Senior Consultant)

Location: City of London - 3 days per week (must be able to work across different timezones)

Duration: 6-12 month Fixed Term Contract (potential to extend)

Salary: £75,000 - £85,000, dependent on experience

Start: 9th February 2026

At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are problem solvers' who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.

Our mission is to create environments that thrive for our customers; we enable this by providing transformation, process optimisation, and automation services, all with the aim of enabling our customers to harness human autonomy.

We are reimagining how transformation services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people's lives. If this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you.

Role:

We are seeking to hire an experienced Project Manager to lead the second phase of a successful SAP SuccessFactors implementation across a multi-region, partner-led global law firm. The Senior Project Manager will drive global process harmonisation, extend and optimise SuccessFactors modules, coordinate downstream integrations (payroll, time, identity, finance), and embed measurable business change across jurisdictions.

You'll own delivery from design, build, test, deployment and stabilisation ensuring benefits realisation and audit-ready compliance.

These roles demand strategic leadership and agility. You'll act as the bridge between diverse teams and stakeholders, ensuring requirements are cleared captured and ensuring every detail of the HRIS/Payroll Transformation programme is flawlessly executed.

The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:

Essential:

• Extensive experience leading global HRIS/Payroll transformations (multi-region, multi-entity), including SuccessFactors (Employee Central as core)
• Track record of chairing SteerCo/Design Authority as well as driving decision logs and potential change control
• Proven delivery experience of: Onboarding, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Time Off/Time Tracking, EC-Payroll or third-party payroll integrations
• Track record harmonising global HR processes (hire-to-retire, job architecture, comp cycles), balancing global template vs. local statutory needs
• Deep integration leadership: SAP BTP/CPI or Boomi, payroll connectors, identity (Entra/AD), ServiceNow HRSD/ITSM, finance/time solutions
• Strong testing and cutover leadership (SIT/UAT, payroll parallel, migration, mock cutovers, hypercare)
• Legal-sector or highly regulated industry experience (desirable): understanding partner models, mobility, and confidentiality constraints
• Methodologies: Prince2/PMP/Agile (Scrum/Kanban); ITIL familiarity for HR service operations.
• Excellent stakeholder management with C-suite, HR leadership, Partners, local HR/payroll teams, and managed service providers.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis, reporting, and executive presentations
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable:

• SAP SuccessFactors Associate/Professional (EC; additional modules advantageous)
• PMP/Prince2 Practitioner; Agile (PSM/SAFe); ITIL Foundation
• Data privacy/security credentials (eg, CIPM/CIPP or equivalent) beneficial

What's in it for you?

• An opportunity to join a high-growth, scale-up consulting firm making a material difference in how clients are served
• Personal development focus with annual appraisals, development plans, and bi-weekly coaching conversations
• Access to a personal training budget (subject to approval).

Compensation and Benefits:

• 25 days' annual leave, plus an extra day for your birthday
• Option to purchase up to 10 additional days of leave per year
• Reservist leave: up to 10 days paid
• AVIVA workplace pension scheme
• Save 30-60% on an electric car through The Electric Car Scheme
• Access to Pace's APM Corporate Partner benefits
• ADS Group Reward benefits
• Additional benefits available upon conversion to a permanent position

Your Pace team:

Harnessing Human Autonomy means putting human needs at the heart of system and process design.

At Pace, we help organisations align technology with human behaviour - designing systems that empower people, automate the routine, and unlock greater efficiency and innovation.

Imagine if you worked for a company that has integrity at its core and truly values its people, social responsibility, and the real-world impact of its work.

We recognise that we are only as good as our people. Apply today to discover the great things we're achieving together - and the fun we have doing it.