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Join Figma as a Payroll Program Manager to scale global payroll operations and lead initiatives across AMER and EMEA. This role combines payroll expertise with program management to enhance payroll processes.
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world.
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Lead delivery of payroll initiatives from planning through implementation, including vendor transitions, new-country launches, system integrations, and process changes.
- Partner with regional Payroll teams to define requirements, manage dependencies, identify risks, and drive projects to completion.
- Work closely with Benefits, HRIS, Accounting, People, and other partners to translate business changes into effective payroll solutions.
- Partner with global payroll vendors to drive project delivery, resolve implementation or operational issues, and escalate risks as needed.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve payroll processes across regions.
- Support payroll operations across the full cycle, including review, validation, troubleshooting, and processing coverage when needed.
- Help establish scalable program management practices, documentation, and visibility across the global payroll portfolio.
- Use data, technology, automation, and AI where appropriate to improve payroll efficiency, controls, and Figmate experience.
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 8+ years of experience in global or multi-country payroll, including hands-on support across AMER and EMEA.
- Proven experience leading payroll implementations, vendor transitions, system integrations, or other complex payroll programs, including international expansion or new-country launches.
- Hands-on knowledge of payroll operations from processing through reconciliation and issue resolution.
- Experience working with global payroll vendors and cross-functional stakeholders; Workday experience required.
- Excellent program management, prioritization, and execution skills, with the ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without direct authority, and strong judgment and communication in a high-growth global environment.
At Figma, we offer:
- Equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
- Mental health and wellness benefits; paid time off, paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable laws.
- Flexible paid sick leave and employer-provided paid flexible PTO.
- Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and lifestyle spending accounts.
- Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.