Lead, Payroll Architect
L3Harris • Remote • Full Time • $122,000–$227,000 / year
Posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2026
Job Title: Lead, Payroll Architect
Job Code: 44916
Job Location: Remote
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
This role is responsible for providing comprehensive technical support, maintenance, and optimization of the organization’s Human Resources and Payroll platforms. The individual will act as a key liaison between HR, Payroll, and Information Technology, translating business needs into effective system solutions and technical designs that support operational efficiency to meet the broader business goals.
Essential Functions:
- Serve as a HRIT primary point of contact for HR and payroll functional team, coordinating and providing technical solutions and support of HCM systems.
- Collaborate with MSP technical team and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical design.
- Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies.
- Develops and documents the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards.
- Design maintainable architectural solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Create and maintain technical documentation and implementation plans.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks.
- Oversee system maintenance, upgrades, and patches, ensuring smooth functionality and optimal performance.
- Identify opportunities for system enhancements and implement solutions to improve efficiency and automation.
- Ensure system and process compliance with data security, retention, and privacy regulations.
- Maintain proper segregation of controls to ensure compliance with regulations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- 5+ years of experience in HRIT with strong HR system experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of HCM platforms, programing language & PeopleSoft HR 9.2.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical users.
- Experience collaborating with teams of developers and managing consecutive IT projects
- Proficient in programming language SQR.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to align technical solutions with business goals
- Experience managing and executing system upgrade projects
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Ability to handle confidential information with the highest level of integrity
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $122,000 - 227,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, Vermont and Virginia is $106,000 - $197,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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- Advertised pay for Payroll Manager in Remote - US: a median of $120,000 across 106 priced postings. This posting advertises $122,000 to $227,000, 45% above that median. Explore the market
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