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About the Role

As the Business Systems Lead for Payroll & Time at Lyft, you will spearhead the global migration to Dayforce following recent acquisitions. This role, within People Technology in Corporate Engineering and IT (CEIT), offers a unique opportunity to shape the implementation, governance, and vendor management of a critical system during its initial rollout across 12-15 countries over two-plus years. You will bridge the gap between operations, executives, and technical teams, translating complex payroll concepts for engineers and system constraints for business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Own Requirements and Direct the Implementation Partner: Serve as the internal functional owner for the Dayforce payroll and time migration, driving requirements and directing the systems integrator partner.
Translate payroll policy, collective bargaining terms, and statutory requirements into actionable technical specifications.
Validate vendor configurations against country-specific rules, with joint sign-off alongside Payroll Operations, before go-live.
Act as the primary functional escalation point, facilitating trade-off decisions between Payroll Ops, Legal, and vendor teams.
Partner with Program Management to identify and mitigate risks across migration waves.
Drive Migration Waves End-to-End: Scope requirements with cross-functional stakeholders ahead of each phased migration wave.
Lead parallel testing and payroll validation cycles to verify system logic against live pay rules prior to cutover.
Manage cutover and hypercare support, serving as the technical escalation point until system stabilization.
Own integration architecture between Dayforce and upstream/downstream systems, ensuring resilient, well-governed data flows.
Align migration schedules with Workday and Oracle ERP initiatives to prevent deployment conflicts.
Own Steady-State Configuration and Continuous Improvement: Assume direct functional ownership of Dayforce payroll and time configuration post-implementation, as the platform's long-term product/service owner.
Establish and run governance frameworks and formal vendor management practices.
Maintain system documentation and runbooks to keep governance transparent and auditable.
Evaluate new vendor releases, system updates, and regulatory changes to proactively plan platform updates.
Ensure system configuration is built and maintained to the wage-and-hour, statutory pay, and data privacy requirements.
Streamline operations by automating manual payroll and time-tracking workarounds.
Support future expansion into scheduling configuration and provide system evidence for internal and external payroll audits.

Requirements

6+ years of functional payroll and time tracking systems experience, with strong hands-on configuration expertise in Ceridian Dayforce.
Experience establishing governance frameworks and formal vendor management practices as a product or service owner.
Hands-on experience with middleware/integration architecture connecting payroll and time systems to upstream HCM and downstream ERP/finance systems; Boomi experience strongly preferred.
Proven track record as an internal functional owner managing system integrator delivery and holding vendors formally accountable.
Deep domain expertise in core payroll: earnings, deductions, tax setup, accruals, overtime, and multi-country/multi-state compliance.
Strong payroll literacy with a demonstrated ability to translate between payroll/operations terminology and technical/systems language.
Demonstrated ability to translate business policy, legal, and collective bargaining agreements into system requirements.
Strong root-cause troubleshooting skills across complex payroll and time tracking scenarios.
Experience leading system strategy across multi-country, multi-phase transformation programs.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of bridging technical detail with business and executive audiences.
Experience leading global payroll transformations or M&A integrations with third-party implementation partners — international/cross-border experience strongly preferred.
Familiarity with in-country payroll providers (e.g., TMF, IRIS, Paylocity) used during transitional phases.
Hands-on experience with Dayforce time tracking and scheduling modules.
Understanding of Workday HCM and enterprise HRIS/ERP integration patterns.
Knowledge of payroll compliance across the specific countries in scope for this program.
Exposure to HR integration and automation platforms (e.g., Workato).
Prior experience operating in high-growth technology environments or navigating active M&A integrations.

Skills

Ceridian Dayforce configuration
Governance frameworks
Vendor management practices
Middleware/integration architecture
System integrator delivery management
Payroll domain expertise
Stakeholder management
Global payroll transformations
M&A integrations
Workday HCM
HRIS/ERP integration patterns
Boomi

Location

Toronto

Work Type

Hybrid
In-office

Experience Level

6+ years

Salary/Compensations

$129,000-$161,250 CAD

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage options
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Mental health benefits
Family building benefits
Child care benefits
Pet benefits
Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
RRSP plan with company match
Flexible paid time off policy (salaried team members)
15 days paid time off + additional day per year of service (hourly team members)
18 weeks paid parental leave (top-up plan)
Subsidized commuter benefits
Lyft ride credits

About the Company

Lyft's purpose is to serve and connect, cultivating an inclusive environment where all team members can thrive.
Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging.
Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination.
Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.

Equal Opportunity

Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy.
Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process.