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Senior Product Manager – Payroll and Tax
| Company | Justworks |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $165000 – $181500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of product management experience in a modern technology business.
- A comprehensive understanding of the craft of Product Management and demonstrated success mastering the PDLC.
- Experience leading complex, cross-team initiatives from ideation to execution.
- Experience leading technical products and/or have a background in computer science (or similar).
- Track record of shipping continuous product improvements to an existing product portfolio at-scale.
- Proven ability to manage high-stakes delivery cycles and execute effectively under tight timelines.
- Experience owning internal tooling or backend-heavy product areas, especially those powering mission-critical operations with limited margin for error.
- Strong problem-solving skills, capable of breaking down complex problems for team execution against business needs.
- Deep user empathy and a high bar for user experience.
- Strong communication skills for effectively conveying product-related matters, including changes in scope or strategic direction.
Responsibilities
- Own the vision and roadmap for tax reporting and filing across Justworks’ Payroll and PEO products, with a focus on compliance, scale, and operational efficiency.
- Run End of Quarter and End of Year filing programs, partnering deeply with Operations, Program Management, and Engineering to ensure timely and accurate delivery.
- Conduct interviews with customers and end users to understand their pain around tax filing, reporting, and communications, especially in areas where regulatory language creates confusion.
- Conduct high-quality research to inform case development and product decisions.
- Demonstrate expertise in the PDLC and effectively tie insights to roadmap outcomes.
- Scope, prioritize, and execute projects to deliver measurable business impact while ensuring clarity on objectives, leverage, and accountability for outcomes.
- Partner deeply with Design and Engineering peers and organize and lead effective team processes and routines.
- Demonstrate a rich understanding of engineering concepts, concerns and tradeoffs, and effectively communicate them to manage stakeholder expectations around deadlines and scope.
- Drive camaraderie with your team while demonstrating effective collaboration with PMs across other pods/teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience at high-growth companies is preferred.
- Experience building products in a highly regulated domain (e.g. payroll, tax, fintech or healthcare) is a plus.
