Product Manager

Trinet Group; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TriNet is seeking a Product Manager to own the payroll product area within its HR services platform. You will translate complex payroll, tax, and compliance requirements into intuitive, reliable product experiences for employers and employees.

The ideal candidate has deep payroll domain knowledge, strong product thinking, and can collaborate across engineering, design, operations, and compliance to deliver end-to-end solutions across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years total experience with 4+ years in product management, ideally for B2B SaaS or HR/fintech platforms.
• Demonstrable payroll domain depth – pay calculation, tax withholding, deductions, garnishments, off-cycle/on-cycle runs, and compliance.
• Experience building or managing products in HCM, HRIS, payroll, benefits, or PEO/ASO environments.
• Strong product thinking: problem framing, prioritization, and balancing customer, business, and technical constraints.
• Proven ability to write crisp PRDs/user stories and partner effectively with engineering and design.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for the payroll domain - from discovery through delivery and adoption.
• Translate payroll, tax, and compliance requirements into clear, prioritized product requirements (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria).
• Partner with engineering and design as a single-threaded owner to scope, sequence, and ship features with quality and on time.
• Drive payroll accuracy, run-cycle reliability, and exception/error handling as first-class product concerns.
• Use data and product analytics (especially Pendo) to measure adoption, identify friction, and inform prioritization.
• Manage the run-the-business (RTB) backlog alongside roadmap initiatives, balancing defect resolution with strategic investment.
• Engage stakeholders across operations, customer success, compliance, and leadership; communicate trade-offs in clear, decision-ready language.
• Stay current on payroll regulations, multi-jurisdiction tax handling, and competitive/industry trends to inform product direction.

Skills

Payroll domain depth

Product thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

PRD / user stories

Data-informed decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Pendo

Job description

Job Summary

TriNet is seeking a Product Manager to own and drive the payroll product area within its HR services platform. This role sits at the intersection of payroll domain expertise and modern product craft - translating complex compliance, tax, and pay-processing requirements into intuitive, reliable, and scalable product experiences for employers and their employees.

The ideal candidate combines deep payroll domain knowledge with strong product thinking and the ability to work across engineering, design, operations, and compliance teams to deliver outcomes end-to-end across the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for the payroll domain - from discovery through delivery and adoption - aligning with business strategy and customer needs.
• Translate payroll, tax, and compliance requirements into clear, prioritized product requirements (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria).
• Partner with engineering and design as a single-threaded owner to scope, sequence, and ship features with quality and on time.
• Drive payroll accuracy, run-cycle reliability, and exception/error handling as first-class product concerns.
• Use data and product analytics (especially Pendo) to measure adoption, identify friction, and inform prioritization.
• Manage the run-the-business (RTB) backlog alongside roadmap initiatives, balancing defect resolution with strategic investment.
• Engage stakeholders across operations, customer success, compliance, and leadership; communicate trade-offs in clear, decision-ready language.
• Stay current on payroll regulations, multi-jurisdiction tax handling, and competitive/industry trends to inform product direction.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years of total experience with 4+ years in product management, ideally for B2B SaaS or HR/fintech platforms.
• Demonstrable payroll domain depth - pay calculation, tax withholding, deductions, garnishments, off-cycle/on-cycle runs, and compliance.
• Experience building or managing products in HCM, HRIS, payroll, benefits, or PEO/ASO environments.
• Strong product thinking: problem framing, prioritization, and the ability to balance customer, business, and technical constraints.
• Proven ability to write crisp PRDs/user stories and partner effectively with engineering and design.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfort with product analytics and data-informed decision-making.
• Bachelors degree; equivalent practical experience considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with US payroll and multi-state tax compliance, or comparable regulated payroll markets.
• Exposure to PEO (Professional Employer Organization) or ASO (Administrative Services Organization) models.
• Familiarity with payroll integrations - GL, time attendance, benefits, and tax-filing partners.
• Experience with analytics tools such as Pendo, and discovery practices for B2B products.
• Prior work on platforms serving small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) at scale.

Core Competencies

• Domain credibility - can hold their own with payroll operations and compliance experts.
• Ownership - drives outcomes end-to-end rather than executing tickets in isolation.
• Clarity - frames decisions, trade-offs, and edge cases in PM-ready, stakeholder-friendly language.
• Customer obsession - anchors prioritization in real user problems and measurable impact.

Work Environment

• Work in a clean, pleasant, and comfortable office work setting. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• This position is 100% in office.