Purpose in Every Position
At Velocity Global, we believe that success knows no borders—and it’s built by teams working together across them. Our unified, tech-enabled platform empowers businesses to hire, pay, and support talent in 185+ countries, making global growth not just possible, but seamless. Behind every expansion and every solution is a spirit of collaboration between our teams and the companies we serve. With AI-powered tools and human-first service, we simplify the complexity of global workforce management so businesses can focus on what matters: their people, their purpose, and their potential.
Where Your Work Moves the Needle.
At Velocity Global, every team member helps shape our success. When you join us, you don’t just fill a role—you live our values. They guide how we work, collaborate, and make an impact across borders. By bringing these principles to life, you’ll help us grow stronger, move faster, and lead the future of global work.
What Makes You A Great Fit
We're looking for a strategic, transformational leader to head our Global Payroll and Payments product that we offer within our Employer of Record (EOR) services, international payroll and expense management solutions, and a growing suite of innovative, tech-enabled payroll and payment solutions. This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible not only for operational excellence but also for shaping the future of payroll and payments as a global product offering.
If you've advised global organizations on large-scale internal transformations, reimagined payments and payroll as more than just a back-office function, and partnered with clients to streamline and enhance their payroll operations, this is your opportunity to make an industry-defining impact.
You'll lead a diverse global team of 50+ professionals and serve as a strategic partner across product, engineering, and finance, while engaging directly with clients across 185+ countries.
How You'll Make an Impact:
- Lead the global payments and payroll strategy, setting the vision across Employer of Record services, technology innovation, client service, and operational delivery.
- Transform payroll into a product by owning the global payments and payroll roadmap in close partnership with R&D, driving scalability, automation, and differentiated customer experiences.
- Drive global operational excellence in payroll execution, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant delivery in all regions.
- Advise and partner with clients on payroll transformation, bringing a consultative, problem-solving mindset to help optimize their global payments and payroll processing.
- Architect internal transformation initiatives to modernize workflows, integrate systems, and scale delivery through intelligent automation and metrics-driven decision-making.
- Lead, inspire, and scale a high-performing global team, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and operational rigor.
- Ensure compliance and risk mitigation, partnering with Legal, Compliance, and regional experts to uphold the highest standards in regulatory adherence.
Let's Connect If You Have:
- A demonstrated history of partnering with clients to enhance payroll/payments/financial services processing, particularly across complex, multi-country environments.
- Proven experience driving internal transformation efforts at scale within fast-moving, global organizations.
- A deep understanding of payroll and payments as a strategic product, not just a process, with experience designing and launching payroll capabilities as part of a broader tech or platform offering. We will require examples of past client engagements in payroll and payments, ideally in high-growth, technology-enabled businesses.
- A strong consulting or strategic operations background, with a track record of data-driven decision-making, KPI management, and stakeholder influence.
- Experience managing global teams, delivering under pressure, and navigating ambiguity with clarity and purpose.
- A passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and customer-centricity.
This is more than a payroll leadership role; it's an opportunity to redefine how global payments and payroll is delivered, experienced, and scaled worldwide. If you're ready to bring strategic vision, operational depth, and transformational leadership to one of the most dynamic categories in the global employment space, we'd love to meet you.
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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay depends upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified.
Our Commitment to You
At Velocity Global, we’re committed to supporting our team with comprehensive rewards and benefits designed to meet diverse needs across roles and locations. Our core offerings include:
- Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge.
- Parental Leave – Support for growing families.
- Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones.
- Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success.
Please visit our career page for more information.
Velocity Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We power global teams and believe diverse perspectives drive innovation and impact. Employment decisions at Velocity Global are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive and do the best work of their career—anywhere in the world.
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What We Do
Velocity Global accelerates the future of work for anyone, anywhere, anyhow. Its Global Work Platform™ simplifies the employer and talent experience through its proprietary cloud-based talent management technology, backed by personalized expertise and unmatched global scale. The platform offers a full suite of talent solutions, including global Employer of Record and Contractor Management, to help companies onboard, manage, and pay talent in more than 185 countries and all 50 United States.
Founded in 2014, the company has hundreds of employees across six continents, with plans to double in size in 2022.
As a work anywhere company, Velocity Global employees can create a work experience to fit their lifestyle, giving them the freedom to pursue their passion without the hassle of long commutes, rigid schedules and overlapping work-life demands. We empower people to live life fully, supported by a dynamic culture, growth opportunities and unique benefits. In the words of our founder, Ben Wright: “Professional experiences of a lifetime start here.”
