Senior Product Manager -Embedded

Paychex•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Imagine Your Future with Us! Since 1971, Paychex has been at the forefront of simplifying HR, payroll, and benefits for American businesses. Our digital HR technology and advisory solutions cater to the changing needs of employers and their employees. With our award-winning training and endless opportunities for growth and development, you can build a lifelong career with us. We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive and innovative culture. Our leaders are here to support your career journey; they and our dedicated employees embody the values that drive us to support each other, our clients, and our communities. Join us to pursue your passion and unleash your potential. Overview SurePayroll is looking for a dynamic product manager (mid and senior levels) to support our product strategy and development. Sitting at the crossroads of engineering, design, and go-to-market teams, Product Management is responsible for identifying short and long-term opportunities within our product platform and taking them to market. You have an entrepreneurial and innovation mindset, experience bringing initiatives forward through to execution, and a laser-focus on value creation for our customers and our business. You are deeply curious, data-driven, forward-thinking, and nimble. The ideal candidate has a strong background in SaaS, a proven record of managing the full product lifecycle, and desire to join a team of like-minded individuals to build best in class products.

Requirements

User research with partners, ability to understand unique needs of partners around reporting, administration, billing, in addition to core product functionality
Experience with embedded SaaS products in fintech a plus
Experience with white-labeled systems, APIs
Influencing cross functional partners, leading teams, managing stakeholders, getting buy-in from leadership
Execution rigor - Thinking through end-to-end operations, detailed requirements for engineering, and can see around corners in execution preventing technical problems from arising at launch
Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize the most important products to launch.
Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically
Experience building early stage products strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities for our embedded/reseller offering , in line with our product strategy.
Support product vision, strategy, roadmap, and full product lifecycle management in context of broader organizational goals and strategies.
Prioritize strategies and tasks based on evolving needs; generate buy in across teams and communicate effectively for full awareness.
Present roadmaps for our embedded offering , product enhancements, and recommended changes to senior management based on value and ROI.
Plan, kick off, and develop initiatives, collaborating across Engineering, Design, Sales, and Service.
Define features and communicate their function and requirements to stakeholders.
Create clarity and structure in ambiguous situations.
Monitors competition, identifies and analyzes significant market or internal data changes . Uses constructive thinking and innovative solutions to recognize trends and make impactful decisions.
Focus on user experience; conduct user interviews as needed to deeply understand user needs. Ability to ideate with design and engineering. Sketch wireframes, write clear briefing/requirements docs, and coordinate resources to action.
Defines success criteria and metrics for each release, evaluates in the post-launch phase, and leverages data to guide and influence future product/feature investment and prioritization decisions.
Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where process is fluid.
Manages ongoing relationships with external partners and monitors industry for possible new partners.

Benefits

We provide over 21 comprehensive rewards, including medical coverage, virtual wellness classes, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) + employer match, adoption assistance, financial assistance, and much more.
From paid time off to company holidays, culture days, and comprehensive work-life balance programs, we will ensure you have the flexibility you need to be your best.
Our award-winning training and development programs empower our employees with ongoing learning opportunities to give you the building blocks to grow your career.
Our company culture reflects the diversity of our employees. We want you to be you and your voice to be heard.
We offer paid time off for volunteerism and promote many company-wide and local initiatives that benefit organizations you care about.

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