Senior Product Manager, Payroll

The Vacancy

Our Americas Team is hiring and we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Manager to join us to execute the vision and roadmap for IRIS Payroll, the flagship payroll and HR portal serving CPAs and Payroll Service Bureaus in the Americas. This secure online software provides a tailor-made experience for professionals who provide outsourced payroll services to the small business market.

As an expert in creating clear and concise customer-oriented requirements and outcomes, you will own the translation of the product vision to development deliverables, to ensure our objectives and key results are fully met.

To be successful in this role, you must be able to demonstrate experience in working closely with technical resources while solution and delivery are in motion. You will be responsible for ensuring the technical delivery meets business needs, and for updating and communicating with business stakeholders.

You will be a specialist in Payroll & HR software, working with different areas of the business to identify requirements, scope, benefits, and desired outcomes for your areas of change.

You will also already be competent in Agile Methodologies of product development, with a focus on innovation and positive disruption. You’ll know how to get the best from data analytics through analysis, and be experienced in bringing out the best in design, UI and UX.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a growing customer‑centric business, with significant opportunities for you to grow your skillsets into the wider Payroll product management within the IRIS Human Capital Management (HCM) function.

Responsibilities

• Roadmap Ownership: Develop and manage a detailed product roadmap that outlines priorities, key initiatives, and timelines.
• Business Impact Analysis: Evaluate the business impact of new features and capabilities to ensure they contribute to strategic goals.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, UX, marketing, sales, and other internal teams to deliver on the product roadmap.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Regularly communicate product vision and updates to internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership and customers.
• Conflict Resolution: Manage conflicting priorities and ensure alignment across different teams.
• Data Analysis Skills: Ability to analyze data, build models, and use analytics tools to drive product decisions.
• Outcome-Oriented Mindset: Focus on outcomes over outputs, ensuring each feature or product update delivers measurable value.
• Experience in Agile Development: Deep understanding of Agile principles, Scrum, and Kanban. Experience in leading product sprints and backlog prioritization.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Proven experience managing the full lifecycle of SaaS products from ideation to launch and continuous improvement.
• Technical Roadmap Prioritization: Balance technical debt, feature delivery, and product enhancements.
• Voice of the Customer (VoC): Act as the advocate for customer needs and incorporate feedback into product development.
• Competitive Analysis: Conduct ongoing competitive research and industry trend analysis to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Develop strong GTM strategies in collaboration with sales and marketing teams to drive adoption and growth.

Experience

• Experienced Product Owner or Product Manager, with background in software deliverables
• Excellent track record of translating and delivering clear, detailed requirements and supporting backlogs – experience ideally with Microsoft Azure DevOps
• Demonstrable experience of engaging with and putting the customer first
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Collaborative and flexible approach to agile software development, tools and processes
• Disciplined management ability: caring about process, quality, and managing expectations
• Good planning and proactive in problem solving
• Commercial and revenue awareness and understanding
• Demonstrable ability to embrace change and adapt to continuous improvement
• Experience in usage of HR or Payroll software products