Product Director, Payroll

Remote; Remote; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A global employment solutions provider is seeking a Product Director for Payroll to lead a team and drive strategic product management in payroll. This fully remote role will focus on building a talented product team, managing a diverse portfolio, and communicating effectively across the organization. Ideal candidates will have extensive product management experience, particularly in high-growth environments, and be skilled in payroll solutions. A commitment to working asynchronously is essential to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Work from anywhere

Flexible paid time off

Mental health support services

Learning budget

Home office budget & IT equipment

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in the payroll area as a product manager.
• Extensive product management experience, ideally in high-growth environments.
• Experience leading teams of product managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product strategy for global payroll.
• Build and lead a diverse product team.
• Communicate product roadmap and changes across the organization.

Skills

Product management

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

UX design

Strategic decision-making

Job description

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About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations' biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease.

We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams.

With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world.

You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

The position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space.

As a Director of Product, Payroll, you'll lead a team of Group Product Managers and product managers and drive our product strategy for global payroll.

You'll raise the bar for our vision and product management discipline at Remote by fostering a team of kind, talented individuals doing the most impactful work of their careers.

What This Job Can Offer You

• Complete scope to drive Remote in the right direction by leading on a shared vision for the global payroll product area
• Integrate qualitative and quantitative feedback to set ambitious, measurable goals for your team's success
• Leadership of a team of Group Product Managers and Product Managers to deliver on our shared strategy and goals
• Attract and build a talented, diverse, and thriving product team driving results in a key area of our business
• Communicate and evangelize the product, roadmap, and process changes inside and outside of Remote

What You Bring

• Hands on experience of working in the payroll area as a product manager
• Extensive experience in product management, ideally at high-growth companies
• Demonstrable experience leading teams of high-performing product managers
• Great judgment making both strategic (what to prioritize) and tactical (feature scope) decisions
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, including senior leadership
• A strong sense of design and UX
• A passion for products that just work, even if the problems they solve are complicated
• Fluent written and spoken English

Reports & Location

• You’ll report to: VP of Product
• Direct reports: 2 Group Product Managers and 12 Product Managers
• Location: We welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from EMEA
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with future manager
• Interview with Design & Engineering stakeholders
• Interview with VP Engineering
• Bar Raiser Interview
• Prior employment verification check

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• Flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How You'll Plan Your Day (and Life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings).

Read more at / async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive.

When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting.

Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

How To Apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.

We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.

If you don't have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.