PeopleSoft Payroll Technical Application Manager

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Your Role And Responsibilities

The PeopleSoft Payroll Technical Application Manager leads the technical management, maintenance, and enhancement of a large-scale PeopleSoft-based Payroll solution. This role demands deep expertise in Oracle/PeopleSoft HCM applications combined with strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills to guide a cross-functional team. The position is critical to ensuring system stability, compliance, and continuous improvement while driving technical excellence across the platform.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Must reside in Canada, and be eligible for security clearance (minimum: Reliability Clearance).
• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive experience with PeopleSoft HCM Applications, including hands-on knowledge of Payroll, General Ledger, Time and Labor and related modules.
• Must have Technical or functional leadership experience, preferably within AMS environments.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Candidate should have experience managing and supporting escalation calls.
• Coordinate and support application changes, patches, migrations, and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate closely with functional analysts, business stakeholders, and architects to resolve escalations and ensure timely issue resolution.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for application incidents, ensuring clear communication and proactive risk management.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Effective leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience with Canadian payroll implementations.
• Proven experience in several completed software development life cycles.
• Project Management experience.
• Bilingual - Speaks French & English