Change & Transition Lead, One Payroll Programme, Rome, Italy

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JOB TITLE

Change and Transition Lead, One Payroll Programme

TYPE OF CONTRACT

Regular Consultant Contract, Level 2

UNIT/DIVISION

Technology Division, Digital Services

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome, Italy (HQ)

DURATION: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, working towards achieving a world with zero hunger. WFP is seeking to bring improvement and modernization to its admin and HR processes. The One Payroll Programme consolidates three payroll populations, onto a single SAP S/4HANA platform. Phase 1 will go-live in 2027. Phase 2 extends the solution to additional employee populations in 2028. The programme runs through implementation, go-live, and stabilization to its close at the end of 2028. The programme is in its active build phase. Configuration begins following the enterprise platform upgrade, and the period ahead moves the programme from design into implementation, testing,



parallel run, go-live, and the stabilization that follows. This is a delivery role. It is concerned with converting an agreed design into an operating reality across a large and decentralized organization. The programme introduces the shift from payroll processing distributed across Country Offices to increased centralized processing at Headquarters. Managing this transition, and the readiness and confidence of the field through it, is the central purpose of this role. The Change and Transition Lead is accountable for organizational readiness and adoption of the One Payroll solution across its implementation, from the current build phase through Phase 1 and Phase 2 go-live and into stabilization. The role ensures that the organizational implications of the technical build are identified and addressed ahead of each go-live, that the functions and offices affected are prepared for the change to their operat

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