Senior Project Manager 

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: 31/12/2026, with potential extension

Location: Brussels

Languages: English: Fluent

Contract: Full-time preferred; 4/5 possible

Project Overview:

The client is expanding its use of SAP SuccessFactors from basic Employee and Organisational data towards a global Compensation solution. The programme includes:

• Moving salary/pay-related data from local systems into SuccessFactors.
• Implementing SuccessFactors Compensation/Compensation Review to replace current PowerBI and Excel-driven bonus and merit increase processes with automated planning and governance.
• Integrating payroll with local payroll system.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and drive an end-to-end project approach for the global SuccessFactors Compensation initiative.
• Lead requirements definition with business stakeholders, ensuring clarity, completeness, and prioritisation.
• Facilitate workshops to capture current state, pain points, and future-state needs.
• Coordinate the RFP process for implementation partner selection.
• Drive decisions on data migration scope and ensure documentation and sign-off.
• Ensure alignment and design decisions for compensation data model, review cycles, integration principles, and payroll integration approach.
• Lead stakeholder management across various departments and external vendors.
• Implement pragmatic governance, including decision forums, steering cadence, status reporting, actions tracking, and clear RACI.
• Track progress and ensure delivery quality through testing phases, cutover planning, and go-live preparation.
• Build and maintain project documentation and provide transparent reporting on timeline, risks, and budget assumptions.

Technical Profile Requirements:

• Proven Project Management experience in HR technology/HRIS programmes.
• Strong functional understanding of SAP SuccessFactors from a business perspective.
• Mandatory experience with SuccessFactors Compensation and/or Compensation Review.
• Strong knowledge of SF Employee Central.
• Experience with global data and process harmonisation.
• Vendor management experience and familiarity with RFP-driven selection.
• Good understanding of integration concepts impacting HR/payroll ecosystems.

Non-Technical Profile Requirements:

• Strong “push & pull” mindset to drive momentum and unblock stakeholders proactively.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Structured, pragmatic, and delivery-focused approach.
• Workshop facilitation skills and ability to translate discussions into clear decisions and actions.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building governance where it is not yet established.
• Resilient, diplomatic, and able to handle conflicting priorities and interests.

Methodology/Certification Requirements:

• Project Management certification is a plus (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, PMI, Agile/Scrum exposure).
• Ability to adapt methodology to vendor delivery approach and business readiness.

Language Proficiencies:

• English: Fluent (spoken and written)
• Other languages are a plus

Contract Details:

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: Programme runs until end of 2027; initial contract intended until end of 2026, with extension potential based on programme needs.
• Workload: Full-time preferred; 4/5 possible.

Skills Required:

• Experience in project management within HR Technology/HRIS: 10 years
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors Compensation module: 7 years
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors implementations: 7 years
• Strong knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: 7 years