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Ryanair’s award-winning HR & Payroll transformation: Discussing challenges, lessons and outcomes

What does it take to support a workforce of 27,000+ employees across 37 countries? Join aviation leader Ryanair as they discuss their HR & Payroll transformation journey

2026-09-10 11:0011:00 CETOnline

Join HR Grapevine, Ryanair, and Zalaris for an exclusive webinar exploring Ryanair's HR and payroll transformation journey. As one of Europe's largest and fastest-growing airlines, Ryanair faced the challenge of scaling its people operations while managing complex payroll requirements across multiple countries, systems, and business entities.

In this candid customer story, Ryanair will share how it moved from a fragmented landscape of local payroll providers, manual processes, and disconnected data towards a modern, cloud-based HR and payroll environment. Learn how the organisation established a global HR foundation, tackled the challenges of multi-country payroll, and successfully completed an award winning 10-country payroll transformation programme impacting more than 11,000 employees.

Why attend?

The session will provide practical insights into programme governance, data quality, stakeholder engagement, localisation, testing, and change management. You'll also hear how close collaboration between Ryanair and Zalaris helped navigate complex requirements, accelerate delivery, and create a scalable platform for future growth.

Whether you're planning an HR transformation, looking to modernise payroll operations, or seeking lessons from a large-scale international deployment, this webinar will offer valuable real-world experiences and actionable takeaways from one of Europe's most recognised brands.

You will learn:

  • Building a scalable HR and payroll foundation for growth
  • Managing payroll complexity across multiple countries
  • Lessons learned from a large-scale cloud transformation
  • The critical role of data quality and governance
  • Creating a future-ready HR and payroll operating model

Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from the leaders behind Ryanair's transformation journey.

Register now!

Speakers

Neil Worthy

Neil Worthy

Senior Project Manager

Stephen Burr

Stephen Burr

Executive Vice President, Zalaris UK & Ireland

Michael Guerrini

Michael Guerrini

Head of HRIS at Ryanair

Sandra Fallon

Sandra Fallon

Head Of Payroll at Ryanair