Product Design Manager, Payroll

United States Digital Space LLC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Denver is seeking a Product Design Manager for Payroll to lead the end-to-end design of a critical financial product used by millions of small businesses. You will shape UX strategy, mentor a team of designers, and partner with product, engineering, research, data, and compliance to reduce payroll complexity.

This senior role emphasizes AI-assisted design, automation, and a long-term vision for payroll experiences that are faster, more accurate, and easier to

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for Payroll — shaping experiences that help small businesses pay their teams correctly, on time, and with confidence.
• Define and communicate the long-term UX vision for Payroll, and rally multiple teams around it.

Job description

About the company

At the company, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.

All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build the company should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at the company. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.

About Design at the company

Design at the company is made up of over 80 creative, collaborative people who care deeply about our mission to empower small businesses and their employees. We're a cross-functional group that is always looking for opportunities to build understanding and empathy for the people who use the company. We don't care much about swim lanes and though we care deeply about quality and craft, we are never precious about it. We work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to design, build, and ship experiences that make a real difference. We believe great design can make hard things possible, even delightful.

We are building an AI-native design organization — and we mean that seriously. We're looking for designers who are already working this way: using AI to prototype ideas quickly, shorten customer feedback loops, and ship quality UX directly to customers. This isn't a future aspiration — it's how we work now, and it’s changing what the design role looks like at the company and across the industry.

About the Role

For the hundreds of thousands of small businesses we serve, our mission starts with one of their most critical responsibilities: paying their team. Getting payroll right isn’t just a feature—it’s the foundation of trust with every business that relies on us.

As the Product Design Manager for Payroll, you'll lead design in this senior level position for one of the company's most complex and consequential product areas, shaping the future of a product that millions of people rely on for financial stability and personal prosperity. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with broad scope. You'll manage a team of designers and set the UX direction for Payroll, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, Ops, Compliance, and others to take on payroll complexity so our customers don’t have to.

Your work will include simplifying complex, reciprocal workflows, defining a long-term UX vision and rallying others around it, and leading automation and AI initiatives that make the work of paying a team disappear. You'll also mentor designers, set the quality and judgment standard for AI-assisted design work across the broader Design team, and contribute to platform standards that help others across the company build consistent, high-quality experiences.

About the Team

Payroll is the foundation of the company and our most-used, most-loved product. It’s the first the company experience many customers interact with, and it continues to power their success as they grow. Payroll also underpins our broader ecosystem, enabling the adoption of Benefits, Time Tracking, HR tools, and so much more. Our team is tasked with evolving and scaling this core experience for small businesses of all sizes, from solo entrepreneurs to growing companies. We focus on taking on the complexity of payroll so our customers don’t have to—making payroll faster, more flexible, and increasingly hands off.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day

• Lead end-to-end design for Payroll — shaping experiences that help small businesses pay their teams correctly, on time, and with confidence.
• Define and communicate the long-term UX vision for Payroll, and rally multiple teams around it.