Apply Job Type Full-time Description

Location: Remote (Must be based anywhere in the Czech Republic)

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience. Take your career to the next level at one of G2's Top 100 Software Companies. Explore our Product & Technology positions to see where you fit!

The Senior Product Manager is a key leader within Product Development, working with dedicated product teams to ensure that our products deliver against our customers’ unmet needs. They are responsible for collecting and analyzing a variety of data to help the product team determine what needs to be built and in what priority. They contribute to and execute product vision and strategy, which includes conducting feature research, running discovery sessions, writing user stories and owning the product backlog. They should have a talent for conveying a clear and compelling narrative and an enthusiasm for creating vital functionality, while striving to innovate and expand our market-leading product suite. This position requires commitment to exceptional results, a strong desire for continuous improvement and the ability to build strong relationships with a multi-discipline team. 

Who you are: 

Product management is the function that guides every step of a product’s lifecycle — by focusing on the product and its customers first and?foremost.? Product Managers identify the most valuable problems to solve, enable their team to ship and iterate high-quality solutions quickly, and validate market impact. They leverage customer insights to deeply understand their problems, define the correct priorities and create a clear Product brief. 

Collaborative, Innovative and Humble Starts with the customer unmet need (both short and long term) Brings a point-of-view supported by variety of data Always curious about the customer experience and current market and technology trends, able to adapt accordingly Enthusiastic about quality and controls A strong communicator with an affinity for change management Steadfast in your desire for production stability   

During the first six months at Paylocity, you will: 

Identify, define, and drive impactful customer outcomes consistently Evangelize customer problems and expected outcomes to VP/Director leadership and stakeholders to gain buy-in. Operate autonomously and proactively seeks out ambiguous and impactful customer problems Lead product strategy for multiple opportunities Develop a strong knowledge of our customers, our business, our competition, and the industry  Regularly communicate with customers and internal stakeholders to get feedback on their wants and needs Collect and analyze a variety of data (e.g., industry, competitive, customer and stakeholder feedback) to identify key themes to determine customer value proposition (under guidance from Product Manager) and validate assumptions regarding product features  Contribute to development and pressure testing of product vision and strategy  Under guidance from Product Manager, propose product roadmap and leverages data to drive priorities and customer value.  Conduct roadmap feature research with product designers Help set up customer validation testing of designs and run discovery sessions  Write user stories in a manner clearly understandable to product teams. Begins to break down complex functionality into epics. Participate in all agile ceremonies Defines vision and strategy for product's marketing launch plan and own assigned components of the plan Regularly monitor utilization of released functionality, sharing data and trends with Product Manager to identify areas of opportunity and recommend ideas.  Own product backlogs and PDRs, and provide impact analysis of client issues to determine priority 

Required Experience:  

3+ years of experience in product management. 5+ years of experience in Payroll/Human Capital Management, preferably at a SaaS provider Deep domain expertise in payroll, benefits, time & labor or human capital management Experience working in an agile environment Data driven, with excellent problem framing and analytical skills Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills; you will need to develop strong relationships with software and software test engineers, operations, sales, marketing and other internal key partners Superior attention to detail with excellent communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills Must be able to collaborate with team to encourage and motivate team members to produce and deliver on objectives Must be customer focused and outcome driven Must be data and insights driven Must be focused and able to think strategically and creatively Must be able to lead and guide a product’s lifecycle  

Preferred Qualifications: 

In-depth understanding of WCAG, ADA, and global accessibility standards and regulations. Familiarity with assistive technologies such as screen readers, magnifiers, and voice recognition software. Experience with accessibility testing tools (e.g., Axe, Lighthouse, WAVE) and methodologies. Background in UX design, human-computer interaction, or related fields is a plus. 

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer.

Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact leavebenefits@paylocity.com.

This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a pension match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business. 

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