Senior Product Manager – Extended Workforce Management

Atlas HXM; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Generous Parental Leave Program

Opportunities for growth and development

Job summary

Atlas HXM in Chicago is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of their Extended Workforce Payments products. This role involves defining the vision, overseeing contractor onboarding, and ensuring compliance with regulations across North America. Applicants should have experience in high-growth environments and familiarity with regulatory processes, along with being AI-literate. The position offers a diverse environment with flexible PTO and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years in product management, preferably in early-stage or high-growth environments.
• Experience with global payroll or contractor payments.
• Familiarity with compliance-heavy or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and build Extended Workforce Payments products from inception.
• Define vision and ship fast to scale systems handling contractor onboarding and payments.
• Work collaboratively with legal, compliance, finance, and operations teams.

Skills

Product ownership

Contractor lifecycle management

Compliance and regulatory understanding

AI literacy

System thinking

Tools

AI tools (LLMs, automation)

Payment solutions knowledge

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and build our Extended Workforce Payments products from the ground up. This is a 0 to 1 and 1 to N role. You’ll define the vision, ship fast, and scale systems that handle contractor onboarding, compliance, and global payouts while navigating the messy realities of regulations and payments infrastructure.

You’ve ideally built something similar before. You understand the nuance. You know where things break.

What You’ll Own

• End-to-end product ownership of new Extended Workforce solutions, beginning with AOR.
• Contractor lifecycle:
  • Onboarding & classification
  • Contracts & documentation
  • Invoicing & payouts
• Build compliant flows for North America (US + Canada) with extensibility for global expansion
• Design and scale multi-currency, cross-border payment experiences
• Partner deeply with legal, compliance, finance, and ops to translate regulatory complexity into product
• Define and drive core metrics:
  • Activation & onboarding completion
  • Payment success rates
  • Compliance coverage
  • Revenue & margin
• Work closely with engineering to build reliable, scalable systems (not duct-taped workflows)
• Talk to users constantly - HR, finance, operations, independent contractors, customers and turn insights into product bets

What Makes You Fit

You’ve done this before

• Built or led products in AOR / COR / EOR, Contractor management platforms, Global payroll or contractor payments
• Understand Worker classification, Tax forms (W-9, W-8BEN, 1099 workflows), Cross-border payments (FX, rails, delays, failures)
• AI-literate and forward-thinking, comfortable using AI tools (LLMs, automation, Claude, Figma, etc.) in your day-to-day workflow
• Identify opportunities to embed AI into product experiences (compliance automation, document processing, risk detection)
• Stay current with emerging AI capabilities and apply them pragmatically

You’re a builder

• 3-5+ years in product, with experience in early-stage or high-growth environments or within the hiring services spaces
• Comfortable going from zero structure to shipped product to scaled system
• Balance speed vs risk vs quality without getting stuck

You think in systems

• Payments, compliance, onboarding - these aren't features to you, they are systems
• Design for edge cases, failures, and scale

You’re pragmatic

• Don’t overbuild, but don’t cut corners where it matters
• Work through ambiguity without waiting for perfect clarity

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with payment rails (ACH, wire, wallets, Stripe, etc.)
• Exposure to compliance-heavy or regulated environments

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a purpose - simplifying global expansion across borders and cultures
• A diverse and inclusive environment
• Country-specific benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Your birthday off and a day to volunteer with the organization of your choice
• Generous Parental Leave Program
• Growth and development opportunities with access to a top learning content provider
• Opportunity to challenge yourself in a high-performing organization and leave each day knowing you have made an impact

Equal Opportunity Employer

Atlas Technology Solutions, Inc. (Atlas HXM) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Atlas HXM is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Atlas HXM are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Atlas HXM will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Atlas HXM encourages applicants of all ages.

Atlas HXM will provide accommodation on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring decisions are based upon Atlas HXM's operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, and location.

This role will be subject to a background check under local law after an employment offer has been made. Employment may be subject to results. In addition, references may be requested at the final stage of the process.

Atlas HXM will only email candidates from an "@atlashxm.com" email address. Candidates should ignore communications purporting to be from Atlas HXM that originate from any other email address. Atlas HXM will never ask candidates or employees to purchase gift cards or otherwise make payments in connection with applying for a job with Atlas HXM.