Senior Product Manager, Payroll Platform

Role overview Own product direction for the systems and shared data foundations that support payroll processing, including synchronization, calculations, payment operations tools, and the payroll data model. The role guides a gradual transition from legacy systems to a developing replacement while protecting payroll continuity, security, compliance, and downstream integrations.

Responsibilities - Plan and sequence legacy system migrations, including the cost and operational risk of keeping older tools running. - Set the direction for payroll data models with engineering, comparing event-driven updates with full resynchronization and validating against shared entity models. - Define permissions, audit practices, rollout controls, and least-privilege access in coordination with security partners. - Own payroll data retention positions and track regulatory changes with governance, risk, and compliance teams. - Measure system capabilities and latency, document findings, and turn decisions into clear written guidance. - Maintain a quarterly roadmap, weekly leadership updates, and operational readiness coordination.

Requirements - 5+ years of product management experience; payroll, HCM, or adjacent platform work is strongly preferred. - Experience coordinating many downstream teams that rely on shared system contracts. - Strong rollout discipline, including parallel runs, rollback planning, user acceptance testing, and release coordination. - Technical fluency with database schemas, APIs, and migration mechanics. - Comfort working with sensitive data and compliance partners; evidence-based judgment and proactive risk communication.

Nice to have Experience guiding a legacy enterprise platform through migration, payments or banking operations, event-driven data architectures, or software development.

Benefits and work setup Remote role available in the listed state. Benefits described include health, life, and disability insurance, four weeks of vacation, company holidays, parental and volunteer leave, retirement plan with up to 6% company match, and professional development support. Employment is contingent on background and credit checks.