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 has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

Position Overview:

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. Your role 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 in this role 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. 

Primary Responsibilities

The below represents the primary duties of the position, others may be assigned as needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Hands-on experience with building integrations and driving integration sales, or platform architecture.
• A background in technical product management, data platforms, or B2B SaaS integrations leveraging iPaaS or APIs.
• Experience scaling partner ecosystem to drive measurable business impact, with a focus on partner experience and extensibility.  
• Define and execute customer-centric product strategies, focusing on user engagement, satisfaction, and retention. 
• Help PMs 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 PMs in making opportunity/cost/resource trade-offs, with input from your 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 PMs 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 PMs, 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 PMs and cultivate data-driven decision-making. 

 Education and Experience

• BS degree or higher in 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 produce 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. 

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $130,100/yr - $229,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.