Senior Expert Payroll Solutions EMEA (x|f|m)

Please submit your application in English only. Thank you.

Grow with us - Your Responsibilities

• Drive the continuous improvement and harmonization of global payroll solutions, processes, and governance frameworks across EMEA
• Lead and contribute to international HR and Payroll transformation projects, ensuring scalable and sustainable solutions
• Act as a subject matter expert for payroll-related processes, systems, and data flows
• Collaborate with payroll providers, HR teams, HRIT, Finance, and external partners to enhance payroll service delivery
• Identify process inefficiencies, data quality issues, and automation opportunities and translate them into sustainable solutions
• Support the implementation and optimization of payroll technologies and digital HR solutions
• Develop meaningful reporting, dashboards, and KPIs to promote transparency, compliance, and operational excellence
• Enable data-driven decision-making through the analysis of payroll and HR data
• Contribute to the ongoing standardization of payroll processes across countries and regions

What will convince us

• Academic degree in Management, Business Administration, Business Informatics, or a comparable field
• Several years of experience in Payroll, Global Payroll Operations, Payroll Solutions, HRIS, HR Technology, or a related field
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, payroll governance, and payroll data structures within an international organization
• Experience working with payroll vendors and external service providers
• Knowledge of payroll-related systems such as Workday, SAP, SuccessFactors, Alight, or comparable platforms is highly desirable
• Proven experience in driving process improvement, standardization, and transformation initiatives
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Project management experience in international and cross-functional environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across different functions and cultures
• Fluency in English

What We Offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
• Work Life Balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules, sabbaticals, Workation
• Large, Modern Campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center
• Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business
• This position is filled within the Sartorius Corporate Administration GmbH

We promote diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, age groups, disabilities, and cultural backgrounds.

About Sartorius

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.

www.sartorius.com/careers