Senior Payroll Product Manager

at  Bright HR Limited

JOB PURPOSE

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Payroll Division. This position is to be based in the UK but will serve global teams. As a Senior Product Manager at BrightHR, you will play a pivotal role in the success of our payroll propositions. Utilising your in-depth knowledge of payroll product development, coupled with excellent commercial acumen growing and scaling a payroll offering, this role will enable the success of BrightHR’s additional services and make a significant impact on our clients’ financial well-being. The successful candidate will need tremendous depth in driving product planning and execution throughout the lifecycle of the business to support our broad customer base, rapid growth rate, and the scale at which we’re currently operating. This individual will report to our Associate Director – Payroll as well as matrix reporting into the CEO and CTO.

JOB OVERVIEW AND DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

You will work closely with the Executive Team, supporting continued growth and new client acquisition. Your responsibilities will include, however are not limited to:

• Lead and champion technology product initiatives specifically focused on Payroll solutions by understanding the market sector through profiling the competitor landscape.
• Maintaining own knowledge with current UK payroll legislation, informing clients about any changes that may affect their business and people.
• Work closely with business partners and resellers to understand and research business and functional requirements and translate them into prioritised feature roadmaps.
• Break down processes so they can be rebuilt in ways that fundamentally challenge the industry status quo.

• Lead across the entire product lifecycle by working with partners, sales, and service team members to conceptualise, design, develop, measure impact, and optimise.

• • Monitor the health of product initiatives with the associated risks and implications to timelines and lead the resolution of cross-functional issues.
• Own the delivery and quality of product initiatives and the business outcomes.
• Foster software product management consistent with all policies and practices to create a highly predictable software delivery model and go to market process.
• Keep stakeholders up to date on product progress and the team connected across locations and strategic initiatives.
• Liaising directly with clients to fully understand their payroll needs, build relationships, and manage expectations.