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≈ $17k – $36k per year (Estimated)
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In office (Kuala Lumpur)
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Senior

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 9, 2026.

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Founded in 2009, Salt is a global digital talent, recruitment, and workforce consultancy specializing in technology, creative, marketing, and sales staffing. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom - with an international network of offices spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America - the agency serves fast-scaling startups, mid-market companies, and multinational enterprises. Through its permanent and contract recruitment models, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), nearshore/offshore talent delivery (Salt: Labs), and strategic HR advisory services, it enables organizations to build, scale, and manage high-performing teams across AI, technology, and digital transformation initiatives.
Salt is looking to hire a Senior Payroll Project Manager for one of the tech clients in Malaysia for 6-9 months & renewable contract role. The Senior Project Manager will lead a complex, multi-country HCM payroll project, ensuring successful delivery within budget and on schedule. The role brings together business, technology and vendor teams to move toward a single and consistent payroll system and operating model. The role is responsible for making sure the program is delivered within its schedule, quality and budget, while coordinating a broad stakeholder group across P&C, Finance, Technology, local country SMEs, Workday and third-party vendors.

Job Responsibilities Manage project stakeholders, including executive sponsors, project team members, and external vendor

Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among project team members

Lead the end-to-end delivery of the project from mobilization through design, build, testing, cutover, hypercare and country BAU handover

Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path, dependencies, RAID log and decision register

Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, HR leaders, and IT stakeholders

Effectively communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders at all levels

Manage expectations and resolve conflicts to ensure project success

Establish and run fit-for-purpose governance forums, reporting cadence, escalation paths and decision checkpoints across clients and vendors. Qualification Demonstrated experience delivering complex enterprise projects or programs involving multiple business and technology teams, vendors and stakeholders

Strong project management capability across planning, governance, risk, RAID management, reporting, budget tracking and delivery control

Experience managing third-party vendors, implementation partners, and commercial delivery obligations

Ability to lead cross-functional delivery across business, technology, and operations stakeholders

Experience delivering payroll, HRIS, ERP, SAAS or other enterprise platform transformations

Demonstrate knowledge of HCM payroll systems, processes, and regulations across multiple countries

Experience in multi-country implementations or APAC delivery environments Apply now!

To explore other tech jobs in Malaysia, feel free to contact our team to learn more.

CEI No: R1659595 / EA No: 07C3147

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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