Who we are…
Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is the trusted provider of HR technology solutions to 2,000+ mid-sized organisations and more than one million end users across Australia and New Zealand.With a comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions that span the full employee lifecycle, ELMO Software is designed to scale as organisations grow. Flexible and configurable, ELMO’s one-stop HRIS fits to your specific needs and workflows.Through powerful technology, automation, data and analytics, ELMO Software empowers HR professionals to play an integral role in company decision making.
Life & Culture...
At ELMO you will be joining an epic team with the opportunity to make a big impact. We foster an authentic, collaborative, fun working environment and being an ELMOnian means you're part of an amazing team that will push you to grow, support you with challenges and allow you to shine. Some of our benefits include:
- Hybrid work set up
- Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary
- Birthday leave, YOU day each year, as well as connecting people leave (up to 2 weeks working from anywhere)
- Inhouse Learning and Development initiatives
- ELMO Social and Diversity clubs
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Mental Health/EAP programs
- Flare Benefits (great discounts, novated leasing, salary sacrifice)
Our values:
- Reimagine What's Possible - We believe innovation is human at its core. By staying open, fearless, and adaptive, we continuously push boundaries - while keeping people at the heart of everything we do.
- Obsess over Customers – Everything we do is designed to positively impact our customers.
- Help Others Thrive - Be they colleagues, communities or customers, we champion ways to help others thrive.
- Be Fearlessly Optimistic - We bring unwavering positivity to any challenge, as we know it will drive meaningful change.
Please note: Our internal Talent Acquisition team has got this covered, we’re not open to using an agency for this role.
At ELMO, we’re seeking a Senior Project Manager with strong Payroll and HR domain expertise to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex strategic initiatives. This is a highly hands-on role where you will act as both a Project and Product Owner to ensure successful delivery.
You must be an experienced project leader who can build robust plans, navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and bring business and technical teams together to deliver high-quality outcomes on time.
Reporting to the VP, Corporate Strategic Initiatives, you’ll work closely with executive sponsors and cross-functional leaders across People & Culture, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Enablement, Sales and Product.
About the role
This role plays an important part in delivering initiatives that support ELMO’s growth, customer outcomes and operational effectiveness. You’ll help drive alignment, decision-making and execution across a broad stakeholder group, combining strong project discipline with practical delivery leadership and domain credibility in HR and payroll-related work.
What you’ll do
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic projects, with ownership across scope, timelines, quality, dependencies and outcomes.
- Build and manage integrated project plans across business, operational, technical and change activities.
- Establish clear milestones, sequencing and delivery plans across all phases of work.
- Identify and manage risks, issues, decisions and dependencies to maintain delivery momentum.
- Drive stakeholder alignment, clarify ownership and help unblock delivery through timely decision-making.
- Lead workshops, project forums and working sessions to move delivery forward and resolve ambiguity.
- Partner across product, operations and commercial teams on initiatives with customer, business or go-to-market impact.
- Provide clear, concise reporting on progress, risks, dependencies and key decision points.
What you’ll bring
- Strong project management experience with a proven track record delivering complex cross-functional initiatives end to end.
- Deep capability in project planning, delivery management, dependency management, risk resolution and stakeholder leadership.
- Experience delivering technology-enabled business initiatives with meaningful operational or commercial impact.
- Experience in payroll-related programs, such as payroll implementation, payroll transformation or payroll go-to-market initiatives, will be highly regarded.
- Strong understanding of HR processes, payroll software and SaaS delivery environments.
- Working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches, with the judgement to apply the right structure to the work.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to turn complexity into clear actions and decisions.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or practical experience, with project management certifications viewed favourably.
ELMO Software Pty Ltd is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. We are also committed to advancing reconciliation at ELMO through our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
At ELMO, we are passionate about empowering HR with responsible, secure and safe AI, aiming to be among the first in Australia and New Zealand to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification. Handling sensitive employee data necessitates strict adherence to our ISO 27001:2022 Certified security policies, making data privacy and security paramount in every role.