Integration Lead

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • ASAP start | CBD/WFH hybrid

We’re partnering with a leading Univerity undertaking a major Scheduling, Time & Attendance (ST&A) and Payroll transformation. They are seeking an experienced Integration Lead to drive the end-to-end integration strategy across a multi-system landscape including Workday and UKG and other enterprise platforms.

This is a critical leadership role within the program, responsible for ensuring seamless system integration, data integrity, and go-live readiness.

As the Integration Lead, you will own the integration workstream from strategy through to cutover and transition to BAU. You will work closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, vendors, and system integrators to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant integration solutions.

Key activities

  • Define and deliver the end-to-end integration strategy
  • Lead integration planning, milestones, and dependency management
  • Oversee integration design, data mappings, and interface specifications
  • Coordinate vendor partners and technical teams through build and configuration
  • Manage integration-led data migration and reconciliation cycles
  • Oversee integration testing strategy, defect triage, and end-to-end validation
  • Drive integration cutover activities and go-live readiness
  • Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance, and security standards

Skills and experience

  • Proven experience leading integrations across HRIS, Payroll, and Workforce Management systems
  • Strong hands-on experience with UKG (Kronos) and/or Workday integrations
  • Understanding of APIs, middleware, data transformation, and interface design
  • Experience managing system integrators and third-party vendors
  • Strong background in integration testing, defect management, and data reconciliation (including payroll parallel runs)
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Ability to operate confidently in complex, multi-stream transformation programs

If you’re an experienced Integration Lead with strong UKG and payroll integration experience and are looking for your next complex transformation program, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now or email Alistair.barr@talentinternational.com

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