US Payroll Product Lead - Enterprise SaaS (Remote)

Darwinbox; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Darwinbox is an HR technology platform expanding in the US, owning the payroll engine for hourly and salaried workforces. You’ll define what gets built, write requirements, and stand behind outcomes with customers across federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

Approximately 80% of your scope is payroll, with the remaining 20% handling time-to-pay, timesheets, and rate differences, in collaboration with US Time & Workforce Management. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on experience with US payroll in enterprise HCM or payroll product environment.
• Product ownership experience in enterprise SaaS: prioritization, roadmap, and engineering handoff.
• Hands-on configuration and go-live experience of US payroll on a fresh tenant.
• Proven ability to run client conversations independently, including pushback when needed.
• Working knowledge of US time and attendance: overtime, multiple rates, shift differentials.
• Experience using AI tools in product work with a validation method.

Responsibilities

• Own the US payroll roadmap: translate strategy into a prioritized plan and prototype requirements.
• Be the authority on US statutory requirements and regulatory changes.
• Decide what earns product focus and translate decisions into roadmap commitments.
• Stay hands-on: configure US payroll on a new tenant and support go-lives.
• Lead client conversations with US customers and prospects and manage escalations.
• Own the time-to-pay boundary with input on data flows into payroll.

Skills

US payroll

Product decisions

Go-live support

Client conversations

Time & attendance

AI fluency

Job description

Darwinbox is an HR technology platform expanding in the US, owning the payroll engine for hourly and salaried workforces. You’ll define what gets built, write requirements, and stand behind outcomes with customers across federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

Approximately 80% of your scope is payroll, with the remaining 20% handling time-to-pay, timesheets, and rate differences, in collaboration with US Time & Workforce Management. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.