Payroll Product Compliance Manager

HiBob; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A modern HR technology company is seeking a Payroll Product Compliance Manager in the UK. This role focuses on ensuring compliance with UK payroll regulations while supporting US and international standards. You'll collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create user-friendly payroll solutions, making this position ideal for someone passionate about regulatory complexities and technology. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered, including hybrid working options.

Benefits

Company share options plan

Cash allowance for health insurance

Annual vision allowance

Hybrid working from day 1

Work from home allowance

Social impact and referral days

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in UK payroll compliance.
• Strong knowledge of US payroll legislation.
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monitoring and application of UK payroll legislation.
• Translate regulations into user-friendly product features.
• Collaborate with Product and R&D on the full product lifecycle.

Skills

UK payroll compliance experience

US payroll legislation knowledge

Experience with product and engineering teams

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Technical mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance, or HR

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll systems like ADP or Workday

Job description

About Us

HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people-empowering HR and managers with everything they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we've achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, fueled by our incredible team of Bobbers across the globe. Today, over 3,500 midsize and multinational companies trust Bob to help create better employee experiences.

Our platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Fast-growing companies like Airtasker, GoCardless, Fiverr, and VaynerMedia choose Bob to support their people and their growth.

About the Role

We\'re looking for a Payroll Product Compliance Manager with deep expertise in UK payroll regulations and strong knowledge of US and other international frameworks. Your primary focus will be on ensuring HiBob\'s Payroll UK solution is compliant, accurate, and trusted, while also supporting compliance needs across Payroll US and additional regions as our global footprint expands.

This is a unique opportunity to combine compliance leadership with product management capabilities-ensuring HiBob\'s Payroll solutions (Payroll UK, Payroll US, and Payroll Hub for integrated payroll solutions) are not only compliant but also innovative, scalable, and user-friendly.

In this role, you\'ll act as a bridge between regulation and technology. You\'ll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Legal to translate complex payroll requirements into simple, robust, and delightful product workflows. If you love turning regulatory complexity into intuitive solutions, understand how technology is built, and want to empower customers globally, this role is for you.

Job requirements

What You Bring

Must Haves

• Several years of hands-on experience in UK payroll compliance, with proven ability to interpret and apply regulations.
• Strong knowledge of US payroll legislation, plus familiarity with compliance in additional markets.
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams, with a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• A technical mindset-comfortable understanding system capabilities, integrations, and technological constraints.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills to build trust, guide teams, and simplify complex topics by bridging between compliance, product, and technical stakeholders.
• A Bachelor\'s degree in Law, Business, Finance, HR, or a related field.

Nice to Haves

• Experience working in a SaaS, HR tech, or global environmentFamiliarity with HRIS or payroll systems like ADP, Workday, or similar.
• Exposure to modern, all-in-one HR platforms.
• Product management experience (roadmapping, feature prioritisation, trade-off discussions).
• Curiosity to explore and stay ahead of evolving international payroll legislation.

Core Competencies

• Detail-oriented mindset: Ability to spot risks and ensure accuracy in a highly regulated domain.
• Product thinking: Ability to balance compliance requirements with usability, scalability, and product vision.
• Collaboration: Skilled at working across teams and functions in a fast-paced, global company.
• Problem-solving: Turning regulatory complexity into user-friendly workflows.
• Adaptability: Thriving in a fast-changing environment with evolving compliance and product needs.
• Customer focus: Always keeping the end-user experience at the heart of decisions.

Job responsibilities

What You\'ll Do

• Own payroll compliance: Lead the monitoring, interpretation, and application of UK payroll legislation and tax regulations as your primary focus, while also supporting US and other international compliance requirements.
• Translate regulations into product features: Partner with Product and R&D to transform complex compliance needs into user-friendly solutions aligned with our roadmap.
• Champion the product process: Work across the full product lifecycle, balancing trade-offs, dependencies, and prioritisation within the SDLC.
• Bring regulations to life: Translate payroll rules into clear, actionable product features that deliver both compliance and excellent user experience.
• Be the go-to expert: Serve as subject matter expert for UK payroll compliance and provide broader guidance across US and international markets.
• Collaborate across functions: Work with Product, R&D, Sales, Customer Success, Legal, and other teams to keep customers informed about updates and changes.
• Guide and document: Create clear documentation and explain the "why" behind compliance strategies to empower internal teams.
• Drive process improvement: Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and evolve compliance processes.

Job benefits

HiBob is a village filled with amazing people, and we\'re especially proud of that. It\'s a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We\'re about fun, dreams, hopes, and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you\'ll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:

• Company share options plan - every employee can eventually become a Shareholder
• Cash allowance for health insurance
• Annual vision allowance
• Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
• Travel support (cycle scheme and season ticket loans)
• Hybrid working from day 1 if based within a commutable distance to London, fully remote if based elsewhere
• Work from home allowance - to get your home office set up!
• Temporary remote work from anywhere in the world for up to 2 months (after 6 months of employment)
• Bob balance days - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter
• 2 Social Impact days per year for volunteering
• Awesome employee referral program- $2,500 for each successful referral with an additional ambassador programme
• Pension scheme auto-enrolment from day 1
• Fun company and team social events (locally and virtually with our global teams)
• We love birthdays - take the day off and receive a special gift

If this sounds like something you\'ve been looking for, we\'d love to have you. Come on, join our village!

*** Learn about HiBob\'s hybrid working model ***

BELONGING AT HIBOB

Our success depends on our people, and we want HiBob to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive, so we\'re committed to being proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities in which we live, work, and hire.

We are open to all talent. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(US only).

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