Director, Global Payroll
About Delinea: Delinea is a pioneer in securing human and machine identities through intelligent, centralized authorization, empowering organizations to seamlessly govern their interactions across the modern enterprise. Leveraging AI-powered intelligence, Delinea’s leading cloud-native Identity Security Platform applies context throughout the entire identity lifecycle – across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, SaaS applications, and AI. It is the only platform that enables you to discover all identities – including workforce, IT administrator, developers, and machines – assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and respond to threats in real-time. With deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime, Delinea delivers robust security and operational efficiency without compromise. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com , LinkedIn , X , and YouTube . Join our passionate, global team at Delinea and help us make the world a safer and more secure place. Our success is driven by world-class product leadership, outstanding engineers, and strategic investment from TPG. We value diversity, innovation, and a culture of respect and fairness. If you're ready to push boundaries and challenge the status quo in security, we want to hear from you. Apply today to help us achieve our mission. Job Summary We are looking for a strategic and detail-oriented Global Payroll Director to lead payroll operations across multiple countries and regions for our global workforce. This role requires expertise in managing complex payroll processes, as well as the ability to engage and collaborate with a range of stakeholders and cross-functional partners. What You’ll Do: Oversee global payroll processing, ensuring accurate, compliant and timely payments for employees across multiple countries and entities. Evaluate and recommend payroll technologies and software solutions to enhance efficiency, reduce errors and risks, and support scalability. Play an active role in supporting company expansion into new regions by establishing payroll processes in new jurisdictions, in collaboration with HR, Legal, and Tax teams. Partner cross-functionally with HR, HRIS, Accounting, and other key stakeholders to create policies and procedures that support a cohesive, compliant, and efficient global payroll framework. Manage payroll-related audit requests and ensure accurate compensation data reporting. Lead the integration of payroll systems for newly acquired companies. Stay up-to-date on relevant tax and labor laws to ensure ongoing compliance across all jurisdictions. What You’ll Need: 10+ years of experience in payroll, with at least 5 years in a global payroll leadership position, preferably within a software company with a distributed workforce. Extensive experience with international payroll operations, including multi-country payroll processing and compliance across jurisdictions. Proficiency with Workday and other global payroll related technologies. Strong leadership and team management skills with a proven track record of developing and leading global teams. Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field. Certifications such as the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred Delinea Culture & Benefits: Why work at Delinea? We’re passionate problem-solvers doing our part to make the world a safer place. We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative. What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression. At Delinea, our core values are STRONG—Spirited – Trust – Respect – Ownership – Nimble – Global – and guide our behaviors and success. We believe weaving these core values into our day-to-day actions, and our process for hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees, helps us cultivate a work environment that embraces collaboration and camaraderie. We take care of our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful equity and bonus program, and excellent benefits, including a full suite of medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous discretionary time off (DTO), and paid company holidays. We support all families with paid leave for new birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster-to-adopt primary caregivers. Delinea is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment, per employment policy. In addition, all publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed.