Product Manager - Payroll Systems

Job AdvertFancy working with an established, growth-stage UK Software product company (B2B SaaS), who are building their own payroll system from the ground up? If so, we are looking for a Payroll systems experienced Product Manager / Owner to take the lead!

The build is well advanced, but it needs someone with genuine product discipline and deep payroll expertise to finalise the spec, close the gaps and get it ready for customers to use. Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

This is a newly created role, and you would be the first person to bring professional product ownership to it. Location: Birmingham area office, mostly remote with occasional time required in the office. Very flexible location wise though.

Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 basic, plus benefits package. What you'll be doingOwn the payroll product end to end: requirements baseline, backlog, roadmap and release planWork day to day with engineering and the internal payroll team, testing changes yourself where neededAct as the go-to payroll authority for the teams, from a Product point of view.

Shape the long-term payroll product strategy & roadmap. What you need to bringDeep, current UK payroll knowledge PAYE, NIC, RTI, statutory payments, pensions and auto-enrolmentDemonstrable product management experience in software: discovery, requirements, backlog ownership and shipping releasesExperience moving payrolls between systems, including data migration, parallel running and reconciliation would be ideal.

Strong written communication comfortable producing specifications others can act on without you in the roomDesirable: high-volume hourly-paid workforce exposure, and/or CIPP qualificationWhy you'll love this jobGenuine ownership you're the first person in this seat, shaping the product from spec through to market leadershipA rare, genuinely differentiated proposition: workforce management and payroll combined natively in one systemA small, direct team backed by equity investment, where decisions move fast and the person who owns a product really owns itIf you combine real payroll depth with strong product craft and want to build something new, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now to find out more about this exclusive opportunity. SummaryDepartment: ProductJob Type: Full timeContract Type: Full timeClosing Date: 2026-10-22T23:59:00.000Z

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