Senior Product Manager REF-J01-551

Job Description

Qualifications / Skills

Minimum Requirements for Candidates

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in product management within B2B SaaS environments, with at least 5 years in a senior or strategic product leadership role.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in a product management role at a payroll software or payroll SaaS company, with a demonstrable understanding of the industry’s operational and compliance challenges.
• Deep knowledge of global payroll processes, including gross-to-net calculations, statutory configuration, regulatory compliance, and localization across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven experience delivering compliance-sensitive product features across globally distributed platforms, including coordination with cross-functional teams (Compliance, QA, Security, Engineering).
• Strong technical proficiency in APIs, modular architecture, platform scalability, and data integration strategies with systems such as HRIS, ERP, and WFM.
• Demonstrated expertise in Agile product development, including backlog management, epic/story creation, sprint planning, and roadmap ownership.

Expectations for Ideal Candidates

• Master’s degree (MBA or MS) in Product Management, Innovation, Technology Leadership, or Business Strategy.
• Extensive knowledge of international payroll systems, global statutory compliance requirements, and localization frameworks, especially in multi-jurisdictional contexts.
• Hands-on experience with statutory configuration modules, compliance automation, and payroll rule engines.
• The ability to communicate well at all levels and build solid business relationships
• Familiarity with data privacy and information security frameworks such as GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and data residency controls.
• Proactive, communicative, organized, and well-spoken.
• Prior success in building or scaling white-label SaaS products, reseller enablement models, and partner-centric platforms.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, SAFe® Product Manager/Product Owner (PM/PO), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Pragmatic Institute PMC certification.
• Proactive, communicative, organized and well spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and delivery strategy for assigned verticals, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer priorities, and market trends.
• Translate business needs and compliance mandates into epics, features, and backlog stories with clear acceptance criteria and traceability.
• Analyze market trends, emerging technologies, competitive offerings, and customer feedback to identify product gaps and innovation opportunities.
• Define and deliver unique, forward-looking features that serve as clear unique selling points (USPs) and enhance Mercans’ market positioning.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Commercial teams to develop positioning frameworks, competitive battle cards, and feature differentiation collateral.
• Own the strategic direction and continuous improvement roadmap for Mercans’ global payroll engine, ensuring scalability, multi-country adaptability, and statutory compliance across all supported jurisdictions.
• Define product architecture and logic layers that support gross-to-net calculations, multi-currency processing, statutory deductions, tax rules, contributions, and retroactive adjustments.
• Collaborate with the Compliance team to embed country-specific rules and localization features, ensuring automated, up-to-date statutory configuration across all markets.
• Partner with Engineering and Implementation to architect scalable platform modules.
• Ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations, such as GDPR and SOC 2 for SaaS-based payroll solutions, and integrate compliance
• Collaborate with Customer Success/BAU Managers (CSMs) to ensure successful feature onboarding, usage optimization, and value realization.
• Define product features and APIs to support white-label clients, resellers, and channel partners.

Required Documents

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