Product Manager Embedded Payroll Services

The Sage Group plc; United States; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Work away scheme

Training and professional development

Volunteer days

Hybrid working

Job summary

The Sage Group plc is seeking an experienced Product Manager to shape HR & Payroll domain services that power Sage’s own apps and an ecosystem of partners. This is a platform product role focused on APIs, reusable services, and scalable architecture for a broad set of personas including product teams, accountants, partners, and developers.

Compliance is central, and you will anticipate regulatory and technical shifts to weave them into the roadmap.

Qualifications

• Essential minimum 3 years of product management experience in a compliance-heavy domain
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret data and regulatory requirements
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Genuine interest in AI and how tech advances can improve product capability and team productivity
• Preferred experience with APIs, integrations, platform services, partner ecosystems, or embedded software
• Familiarity with payroll/tax/employment law compliance across markets
• Experience with product-led growth and usage-driven prioritisation

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the HR & Payroll services roadmap with Engineering, Data, Compliance and GTM teams
• Engage with partners and developers to validate needs and map requirements
• Translate regulatory shifts into roadmap and architecture decisions for scalable services
• Collaborate across internal Sage teams to deliver API-driven platform capabilities
• Measure success via adoption, revenue, retention and clear roadmap priorities

Skills

Product management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

AI interest

APIs & platform services

Regulatory awareness

Prioritisation

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Product Manager to work on the HR & Payroll domain services at Sage - platform capabilities that power Sage's own applications as well as a growing ecosystem of external partners. This is a platform product role, not a feature delivery role. You'll be thinking in terms of APIs, reusable services, and scalable architecture and you'll be building for a broad set of personas: Sage product teams, accountants, partners, and developer communities. Compliance is central to the domain, and your ability to anticipate regulatory and technical shifts and build them into the roadmap. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in our Newcastle office.

First 90 Days 30 Days: Get to grips with the existing payroll domain services: their architecture, current roadmap, partner integrations, and the internal and external customers who depend on them. Build relationships with Engineering, Data, Compliance, and GTM colleagues, and begin understanding the partner and developer ecosystem you'll be serving. 60 Days: Begin contributing actively to the HR & Payroll services roadmap, supporting your manager in shaping and evolving priorities - balancing compliance requirements, partner needs, platform scalability, and growth outcomes. Engage directly with partners and customers to validate assumptions and identify gaps. Begin briefing requirements into the team with well-defined, measurable outcomes. 90 Days: Contributing to the embedded payroll services roadmap end-to-end. Compliance priorities are sequenced and understood by the team. Partner and internal product team relationships are established. You have a clear point of view on where AI can drive productivity improvements - both in how the team works and in the services you're building - and that thinking is reflected in your roadmap.

Meet the Team

You'll join the HR & Payroll Services Product Management team, working in close partnership with Engineering, Data, Compliance, and Go-to-Market colleagues. The embedded nature of the services means your stakeholder map is broad: you'll work with internal Sage product teams who consume your APIs, external partners who embed your services in their own offerings, and the accountant and developer communities. This is a cross-functional, influence-led role in a domain where the stakes are high - payroll and compliance errors have real consequences for real businesses. You'll be expected to combine strong product instincts with regulatory awareness and a genuine understanding of the platform landscape.

How Success Will Be Measured

Adoption, revenue, and retention growth across embedded payroll services. Quality and clarity of the roadmap - measurable outcomes, well-sequenced priorities, and strong alignment with compliance requirements. Partner and internal product team satisfaction with the services and the collaboration. Clear feature briefs to enable a timely and well-scoped delivery in partnership with Engineering and Data teams. Product-led growth metrics: usage and value realisation of features and services shipped.

Qualifications

• Essential Minimum 3 years of product management experience, preferably within HR, payroll, or a related compliance-heavy domain
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - able to interpret data, regulatory requirements, and customer insight to make well-reasoned product decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams in a fast-paced environment
• A genuine interest in AI and how advances in technology can be applied to improve both product capability and team productivity
• Preferred Experience working with APIs, integrations, platform services, partner ecosystems, or embedded software
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in payroll, tax, or employment law across one or more markets
• Experience with product-led growth approaches and usage-driven prioritisation

At Sage, we offer you an environment where you can grow professionally without compromising your personal well-being.

Our benefits package is designed to provide stability, flexibility, and balance: Benefits video / Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year On-going training and professional development Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation Flexible work patterns and hybrid working