Senior Group Product Manager- Tax

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture. Paylocity develops tools that go beyond basic HR automation to meet the expectations of the modern workforce.

About the role

This role manages a portfolio of products supporting Payroll Tax and Compliance workflows. You will lead and mentor a team of individual contributors, helping them define long-term strategies, outcomes, and success metrics. The position involves overseeing product development from ideation through execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions that foster customer loyalty and contribute to business growth. Success requires close partnership across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Customer Experience, and Executive Leadership teams.

The ideal candidate can build alignment across diverse stakeholders, navigate complex regulatory and operational requirements, and balance customer, business, compliance, and technical considerations to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. Candidates should bring experience in Payroll, Tax, Payments, Financial Technology, Human Capital Management (HCM), or other regulated domains.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute customer-centric product strategies, focusing on user engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
• Help Product Managers establish long-term strategies, success metrics, and competitive intelligence within their product areas.
• Build business cases for product initiatives, ensuring alignment with customer needs and market trends.
• Monitor product performance and adjust strategies based on feedback and market opportunities.
• Oversee the product lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of solutions and addressing roadblocks and risks.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design leadership on timelines, vision, and risks.
• Drive transparency, collaboration, and idea validation within the team to ensure alignment on product direction.
• Guide Product Managers in making opportunity/cost/resource trade-offs, with input from leadership.
• Identify customer pain points and emerging trends to drive product improvements and innovation.
• Foster a data-driven, experimentation-driven culture to continuously improve product offerings.
• Promote adoption of new technologies (AI, automation) to enhance product capabilities and customer value.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure alignment of product strategies with business goals.
• Guide Product Managers in evangelizing product visions to senior leadership and securing buy-in.
• Report on product progress and adjust strategies based on business trends and customer insights.
• Mentor and guide Product Managers, fostering a customer-first mindset and driving operational excellence.
• Promote a collaborative culture across teams, ensuring alignment on objectives and successful product delivery.
• Support the professional development of Product Managers and cultivate data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

• BS degree or higher in a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in product management with at least 3+ years in a leadership role within a fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Strong preference for candidates with Payroll Tax, Tax Filing, Tax Compliance, Treasury, Banking, Payments, or Financial Technology experience.
• Experience with federal, state, and local payroll tax processes, tax filing, tax payments, or compliance workflows is highly desirable.
• Candidates without direct tax experience should possess significant experience within payroll, human capital management (HCM), HR technology, workforce management, or adjacent regulated domains.
• Experience balancing customer needs, operational requirements, compliance obligations, and technical constraints while delivering solutions in regulated environments.
• Proven experience leading large-scale customer migrations, platform transformations, or complex operational change initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Proven success in developing product vision and strategy, working backward from the customer.
• Strong track record of guiding a product’s lifecycle through strategic thinking and creative problem-solving.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to relate product metrics to business outcomes.
• Ability to successfully interface with stakeholders (technical and non-technical) at all levels, with exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Experience collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment on customer-focused product strategies.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, written, and oral communication skills.
• Experience managing competing priorities and aligning multiple areas of the business around common goals.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and secure buy-in on product strategies.
• Experience reporting on progress in business reviews and surfacing necessary adjustments based on data insights.
• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability to change, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• A strong sense of curiosity, with a passion for innovation, continuous learning, and staying ahead of industry trends.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Perks that support employees, their families, and finances.
• Career development opportunities.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $130,100/yr - $229,000/yr. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance, in addition to a full range of benefits.