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Product Manager, Payroll (New York City or Remote)

Check is leading a revolution in the payroll industry. Payroll is the backbone of the US economy, and yet it has not undergone significant innovation in decades. We invented the embedded payroll space to change that (see: Check: Solving the $150 Billion Payroll Problem, Bank On It; Episode 438), both for the business owners who spend countless hours per week running payroll and for the millions of Americans who depend on their next paycheck. At Check, our mission is to empower the most innovative software platforms to create new payroll businesses, and enable those businesses to transform the way companies pay their employees.

Check’s culture is intensely caring: to each other as teammates, to our partners, and to the businesses and workers we serve. Our teams are made up of creative problem solvers and empathetic cross-functional collaborators who can simplify the complexities of payroll. We bring hustle and grit to our day-to-day, while building enduring solutions and relationships.

For this role, we are seeking an entrepreneurial product manager who will have a hand in building Check’s most critical infrastructure to run payroll for the thousands of businesses and workers on top of our platform. This product manager will serve as a leader who deeply understands our technology stack, our core payroll rules engine, how payroll and tax works and how to design and grow our infrastructure to be the most accurate and robust in the entire payroll industry. They will work closely with Check leadership, engineers, internal operators and our partners to deliver a high quality product that will be responsible for running payroll for thousands of companies on a weekly basis, paying hundreds of thousands of workers.

In this role, you will:

Serve as editor of Check’s core Payroll product with a goal to make it accurate, exhaustive and intuitively designed
Drive Check’s product execution with an opinionated perspective, seeking to push new boundaries in Payroll and ensure we’re solving the right customer problems with urgency
Work closely with experts across our business, engineering and payroll to understand how our core Payroll calculation works, where gaps are and where opportunities for improvement exist
Deeply understand engineering, payroll and tax requirements, including compliance and regulation standards, to level up the accuracy and exhaustiveness of our most important infrastructure
Working with engineering and operations, develop a detailed roadmap for how we will scale our core Payroll infrastructure

Many backgrounds could fit this role, but ideal candidates will have some or all of the following:

3+ years of experience in product management for technology companies serving enterprise businesses. 6 years of cumulative work experience
Experience in working in very complex domains with detailed regulatory and operational requirements. Payroll and tax expertise is not required, but is a bonus
Software engineering or general technical expertise is not required, but is a bonus
Experience leading large, cross-functional product initiatives that spanned multiple quarters and drove significant business impact
Experience working in situations with high ambiguity
Passion for diving into technical and operational details and becoming an expert in your domain
A deep passion for the customers you serve and a high standard for execution
An ability to work with a variety of stakeholders of varying background to drive alignment and positive outcomes
A bias for action in all of your day to day work
Willingness and ability to attend our annual 3-day company offsite in the fall

What we offer:

In the US, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability and basic life insurance coverage to all full-time employees, effective on your first day of work. We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents and flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses. Benefits may vary outside the US.

The expected annual salary for this role is between $185,000 and $215,000, dependent upon each candidate’s unique experience and qualifications.

Check is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Check is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at hello@checkhq.com with “accommodations” in the subject line.