Senior Product Manager- Core HR

Airbase; United States; À distance; USD 130 000 - 191 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Paylocity is seeking a senior Product Manager to own strategic direction and execution of multiple products, guiding the lifecycle from roadmap to delivery. You will lead cross-functional teams to create high-quality solutions that improve the employee experience and align with business goals.

As a product leader, you will leverage market insights to shape features, track KPIs, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ yrs experience in a Product Manager role
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience mentoring junior product managers
• Scrum Product Owner certification preferred
• Deep domain expertise in payroll, benefits, time & labor, or human capital management preferred
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Responsabilités

• Own the product roadmap and manage features from ideation to delivery; ensure timely execution across the product lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional teams (Engineering, Design, Marketing) to deliver product development and launches.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to inform strategy and stay ahead of trends.
• Define and track KPIs; use data to iterate and refine the roadmap.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to align goals and requirements into the roadmap.

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

Description du poste

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

Position Overview

Product management is the function that guides every step of a product’s lifecycle — by focusing on the product and its customers first and foremost. Product Managers identify the most valuable problems to solve, enable their team to ship and iterate high-quality solutions quickly, and validate market impact. They leverage customer insights to deeply understand their problems, define the correct backlog priorities and create a clear Product brief.

This role is responsible for owning the strategic direction and execution of multiple products or a high-impact product solution. You will take full ownership of the product's lifecycle, from defining the roadmap to ensuring timely, successful delivery. You will drive product strategy and execution with a customer-first approach, leveraging deep market and customer insights to shape product features that meet customer needs and align with business goals. As a leader within the product team, you will guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that have measurable business impact.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and manage features from ideation to delivery, ensuring high-quality, timely execution across the entire product lifecycle.
• Navigate complexities of product dependencies, risks, and milestones across multiple teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Prioritize and execute the most impactful features that align with customer needs, business goals, and security standards. Make data-driven tradeoff decisions to ensure successful product outcomes.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Design, and Marketing, to ensure seamless product development, delivery, and launch. Foster collaboration across teams to drive clarity and alignment on goals, timelines, and execution.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to inform product strategy, ensuring the product stays ahead of market trends and customer expectations.
• Regularly evaluate product outcomes against key performance indicators (KPIs) and use customer and usage data to iterate and refine the product roadmap.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to align on product goals and ensure all requirements are integrated into the roadmap and execution plan. Build strong, trust-based relationships with internal and external customers, partners, and vendors to deliver on business objectives.
• Define and track key metrics for product success, ensuring the team has clear visibility on progress and performance. Use insights from data to drive continuous product improvements, ensuring the product consistently meets business goals and customer needs.
• Provide strategic leadership in product planning and decision-making. Ensure alignment between product initiatives and broader company objectives, while guiding less experienced product managers and cross-functional team members.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8+ yrs experience in a Product Manager role with a proven track record of successfully delivering successful outcomes.
• Exceptional ability to execute product roadmaps, balancing strategic vision with tactical delivery. Ability to prioritize effectively and make tradeoff decisions in fast-paced environments.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration experience, with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders.
• Deep customer and market insight, with a passion for understanding customer needs and translating those insights into impactful product features.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, taking ownership of product direction and execution while driving clarity and alignment across teams.
• Expertise in using data and metrics to inform product decisions, track success, and optimize product performance.
• Strong understanding of security standards and how to balance these with customer requirements and market trends.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to evangelize product vision and strategy to both technical and non-technical stakeholders to gain buy-in.
• Experience managing and mentoring junior product managers or other team members.
• Scrum Product Owner certification preferred
• Deep domain expertise in payroll, benefits, time & labor, or human capital management preferred

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods: The role requires sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, typically 7-8 hours a day.
• Use of computer and phone systems: The employee must be able to operate a computer, use phone systems, and type. This includes using multiple software programs and inquiries simultaneously.

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail]. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $130,100/yr - $191,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.