Senior Product Manager, Payroll Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Utah.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the modernization of the payroll platform and the migration sequence from outdated operational tools to new replacements while ensuring payroll integrity.

• Assess the costs and risks associated with maintaining legacy systems.

• Lead the product strategy for the redesign of the payroll data model alongside payroll engineering leadership.

• Validate payroll data models against canonical platform entity models using actual client scenarios.

• Manage permissions, enforce audit discipline, implement least-privilege controls, execute deny-by-default rollouts, and maintain feature-flag discipline.

• Collaborate with security teams and keep audit records of system activities.

• Oversee payroll compliance, data retention, regulatory updates, and governance, risk, and compliance audit interfaces.

• Test and document the capabilities, limitations, and latency curves of the payroll system.

• Conduct quarterly payroll roadmap reviews, provide weekly written updates to leadership, and coordinate operational readiness.

• Develop a timeline for the retirement of legacy systems and successfully retire at least one system without any payroll incidents.

• Establish the payroll data-model direction as a documented consensus among engineering teams.

• Set up payroll permissions and audit configurations as a benchmark for internal tools.

• Complete validation of the canonical model for each payroll domain.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in product management.

• Strong preference for candidates with experience in HCM, payroll, or related platforms.

• Proven experience in coordinating with downstream consumers at scale, including multiple teams interacting with a single system's contracts.

• Familiarity with parallel runs, instant rollback, user acceptance testing, and release trains.

• Technical knowledge of database schemas, APIs, and migration processes.

• Comfort in working within regulated environments that handle sensitive data.

• Proficiency in evidence-based decision-making and thorough documentation of decisions.

• Ability to identify risks ahead of deadlines.

• Alignment with the core values of BambooHR.

• Employment is contingent on successfully passing background and credit checks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.

• 4 weeks of vacation.

• 12 company holidays.

• Parental leave.

• Volunteer time off.

• 401k plan with a company match of up to 6%.

• $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Headspace.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• A positive company culture recognized by several organizations.