This role ensures that required inputs, decisions, dependencies, approvals, and deliverables across Legal, HR, Benefits, Finance, IT, Payroll, local business stakeholders, and external vendors are identified, sequenced, tracked, and delivered in time to support a successful payroll go-live. Coordinate data readiness and testing milestones with Payroll, IT, and implementation partners, ensuring data migration and validation, integration testing, user acceptance testing, and parallel payroll testing, where applicable, have clear owners, completion criteria, issue resolution plans, and required sign-offs.