Our US Product Team is hiring and seeking a Product Manager for our Payroll division.
In this role you will be responsible for executing 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.

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
  About IRIS
  As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organizations.
  IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
  Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
  Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
  It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
  That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
  IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
  They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
  We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
  These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
  IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
  This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team

• Strategic Product Vision & Roadmap:
• 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.
• Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Leadership:
• 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-Driven Product Management:
• 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.
• Agile Methodology & Product Development:
• 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.
• Customer and Market Insight:
• 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.
• Strong Communication Skills:
• Storytelling: Ability to articulate complex ideas and product narratives in a clear and compelling manner to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Presentation Skills: Comfort with presenting to senior executives, cross-functional leaders, and key customers.