Staff Product Manager — Labor Time Tracking & Payroll

AccelerateHC; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing technology organization is seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of labor time tracking and payroll systems. This role involves defining the product vision and enhancing user experiences for both field and back-office operations. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of product management experience in data-sensitive product areas and will work cross-functionally to deliver impactful solutions. Remote flexibility is offered in this high-impact role.

Benefits

Remote flexibility

Opportunity for high impact in a growing role

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Product Management experience.
• Experience with time tracking, payroll systems, ERP workflows, costing, labor management, or construction tech.
• Strong understanding of workflow-heavy, data-sensitive product areas.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and evolution of labor time tracking and payroll readiness.
• Write clear PRDs and manage roadmap execution.
• Collaborate with internal teams to represent customer needs.

Skills

Product Management experience

Time tracking and payroll systems

Strong product discovery and communication skills

Agile methodologies

API and integration experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business or related field

Job description

Staff Product Manager — Labor Time Tracking & Payroll

Client: Our Client
Position: Staff Product Manager, Labor Time Tracking & Payroll

Job Summary:

Our Client is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own the strategy, execution, and evolution of the labor time tracking, payroll readiness, labor costing, and mobile time-entry product domains. This senior individual-contributor role is responsible for defining the product vision, improving financial accuracy, and delivering seamless experiences for both field and back-office users.

About:

Our Client is a fast-growing technology organization serving operationally complex industries. The company builds modern software solutions that streamline field and office workflows, enabling customers to run more efficient and more profitable operations. This role joins a rapidly scaling product team that values strong execution, deep domain understanding, and collaborative leadership.

About the Role:

The Staff Product Manager will lead all product areas related to Labor Time Tracking, Payroll Readiness, Labor Costing, mobile worker experiences, financial data workflows, and supporting APIs and integrations. This includes ownership of time capture, approvals, exceptions, audit trails, and the data foundation required for payroll accuracy and costing integrity.

This position serves as the senior individual-contributor authority across all payroll and time-tracking workflows. Intake guidance indicates that priority areas may include integrations, mobile UX, costing accuracy, and API expansion. Year-one outcomes should emphasize reducing payroll-cycle friction, improving integration reliability, and strengthening labor data quality.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Vision

• Deeply understand customer workflows across time tracking, payroll, costing, and field operations.
• Develop the long-term strategy and roadmap for time tracking, payroll readiness, and labor costing capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce friction and improve the mobile time-entry experience for field technicians.
• Shape architectural decisions around APIs, data models, and financial workflows.

Execution & Delivery

• Write clear PRDs, requirements, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, QA, and Implementation to deliver high-quality features.
• Manage ongoing prioritization, roadmap execution, release planning, and customer rollout.
• Ensure smooth user adoption and effective internal communication during launches.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with CX, Sales, Implementation, and other internal teams to represent customer needs.
• Support go-to-market readiness for upcoming product enhancements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for time tracking, payroll, and labor costing.

Integrations & APIs

• Own APIs related to time, payroll hours, labor costing, and expenses.
• Guide integration pathways with payroll, ERP, and accounting systems.
• Partner with Engineering to drive accuracy, scalability, and workflow integrity.

Additional Responsibilities

• Create intuitive mobile and web experiences that streamline time capture and review.
• Support implementation teams with customer rollout and acceptance testing.
• Ensure workflows reflect financial and operational best practices.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Product Management experience.
• Experience with time tracking, payroll systems, ERP workflows, costing, labor management, or construction tech.
• Strong understanding of workflow-heavy, data-sensitive product areas.
• Experience with APIs and third-party integrations.
• Strong product discovery, research, and communication skills.
• Experience with lean agile methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business, or related field.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building mobile or consumer-facing applications.
• Background in ERP, payroll technology, or construction software.
• Startup or high-growth environment experience.
• Experience using analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Pendo).
• Familiarity with financial best practices related to labor workflows.

Additional Information:

• Remote flexibility available, with minimal travel.
• This is a net-new, high-impact role created due to organizational growth.
• Priority outcomes for year one include reducing payroll-cycle friction, improving integration reliability, and enhancing labor data accuracy.