The RoleAre you an experienced product leader with a passion for solving complex and highly impactful problems? As a
Senior Product Manager, you will take strategic ownership of critical workstreams across our cloud-based payroll, HR, Time, and benefits ecosystem. This is a hands-on role where you will not only be a strategic visionary obsessed with client satisfaction, but also a tactical team player focused on successful delivery. You will define a multi-year product strategy, lead cross-functional execution across complex domain boundaries, and serve as a business owner responsible for scaling our platform, ensuring regulatory precision, and driving measurable customer and revenue growth.
What You'll Do- Strategic Vision & Roadmap Ownership: Define, champion, and execute the multi-year product vision and strategic roadmap for core payroll capabilities, aligning workstreams directly with key company objectives, ARR expansion, and customer retention.
- Architect Complex Regulatory Solutions: Serve as a strategic partner to a variety of stakeholders, including Engineering, Revenue, and Operations leadership to architect scalable, automated solutions that solve complex multi-state wage laws, tax updates, and HR compliance requirements.
- Cross-Product Alignment & Governance: Drive alignment across disparate engineering, UX, sales, operations, and leadership teams, effectively managing complex system dependencies and mitigating cross-domain technical risks.
- Drive AI & Automation Initiatives: Identify and champion high-impact opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence (LLMs, machine learning, dynamic workflows) to automate payroll setup, streamline tax calculations, and enhance self-service client experiences.
- Lead 0-to-1 & Strategic Scaling: Lead end-to-end product discovery for broad, highly ambiguous opportunities-taking complex platform capabilities from 0-to-1 ideation through enterprise-grade scaling.
- Market & Domain Authority: Act as the internal authority and market expert on payroll, benefits, and labor technology trends, competitive dynamics, and evolving client needs.
- Mentorship & Operational Excellence: Elevate the product organization by mentoring PMs and POs, evolving product discovery frameworks, and refining internal go-to-market processes.
- Data-Driven Outcomes & Performance Tracking: Define and track comprehensive product metrics and KPIs to measure feature impact, validate underlying hypotheses, and continuously optimize user experience and platform health.
What You Bring- Domain Expertise (Preferred): Hands-on experience or deep familiarity with payroll, HRIS, benefits administration, time and attendance, or financial technology systems.
- Strategic Business Acumen: Ability to connect granular product details to macro business drivers, enterprise sales enablement, and unit economics.
- AI & Emerging Tech Experience: Practical understanding or hands-on experience identifying, scoping, and shipping AI-powered capabilities or automation tools within a SaaS ecosystem.
- Technical Fluency & Problem Solving: Ability to hold technical discussions with engineering, navigate complex system constraints, and simplify complex workflows into elegant product designs.
- High Autonomy & Ambiguity Navigation: Demonstrated ability to lead without explicit playbooks, making sound business and product decisions in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.
- Executive Presence: Clear, persuasive verbal and written communication skills tailored for executive leadership, enterprise clients, and external stakeholders.
Education and Experience- Minimum of 5+ years of Product Management experience required, preferably B2B SaaS experience and/or Payroll, Fintech, HRIS, or Tax Compliance platforms.
- Experience shipping AI-enabled features, automated workflows, or next-generation software solutions preferred.
- Proven track record of launching and scaling complex enterprise software products from inception to market success.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree or relevant industry certification preferred.
Why OnPay?- Momentum that matters: We're backed by over $100MM in new funding and scaling rapidly.
- Market-leading product: OnPay consistently ranks among the highest-rated payroll solutions, earning top marks for usability, customer satisfaction, and support.
- Remote flexibility: Work from anywhere in the U.S., or join our collaborative HQ team in Atlanta's Ponce City Market if you reside in the Atlanta metro area.
- Competitive compensation: Base salary + bonus + stock options = real upside for high performers.
- Comprehensive benefits: 4 weeks PTO + paid holidays, Medical/Dental/Vision, Short- & Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Fertility Benefits, Parental Leave, and a 401(k) with company match.
- Growth culture: Join a team with deep employee benefits experience, payroll expertise, market momentum, and a genuine commitment to helping employees grow their careers.
- Client-first ethos: OnPay is built on a culture of transparency and service - from our transparent pricing to our commitment to making small business simpler.
Location & Compensation- Remote (U.S.) | Atlanta HQ Optional
- Compensation includes a base salary range of $145k - $190k. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
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