Principal Product Manager, Payroll

We are seeking a customer and data-driven Principal Product Manager to join our Payroll team at Gusto. In this role, you will be responsible for re-imagining and building the Payroll of the future. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineers, Designers, Data Scientists, Compliance, Legal, and Operations partners, you will drive strategy, build products, and impact Gusto's P&L. The ideal candidate will have experience in a highly regulated industry, managing complex products at scale, and leading engineering and cross-functional teams.

Tackle complex and ambiguous problems in a highly regulated domain while partnering with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and other cross-functional teams

Set goals and strategy for your domain then translate it into a roadmap, milestones, and requirements collaboratively to drive alignment and excitement with your cross-functional partners and stakeholders

Understand, track and improve key product and business metrics

Conduct user research to deeply understand customers’ needs, jobs-to-be-done, and then translate into actionable strategy

Distill insights and data from key stakeholders, industry trends, competitive analysis, business and product metrics, and other sources to guide strategy

Drive the product development process from concept to launch

8+ years of hands-on product management experience with a proven track record of building products customers love preferably in rapidly scaling companies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: ability to articulate and build business models and prioritization

Ability to set a strategy and translate it into a roadmap requirements and actionable plan

Ability to define and track metrics to successfully launch and land high impact features

Experienced driving at-scale features/improvements to mature products

High attention to detail, strong bias for action and highly organized

Driving end-to-end execution with cross functional partners while building strong partnership and collaboration to garner buy-in across all level

• Competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation
• Cash compensation range of $186,000/yr to $222,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $219,000/yr to $261,000/yr in San Francisco & New York
• Total Rewards Approach page for more information on compensation philosophy and benefits offerings
• Equal opportunity employer with no discrimination in hiring or employment decision based on various characteristics
• Commitment to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures