Senior Product Manager, Gusto
HR Apps
$153-230k
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$153-230k
Salary shown is for US candidates and is dependent on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of product management experience with at least 4 of those years focused on customer facing products
- Demonstrated experience scaling platform products end-to-end. 0-1experience is a bonus
- Ideal candidates will have seen products through a period of growth, transition or change and will have proven methodologies and tangible examples for how they’ve driven adoption
What the job involves
- The Senior Product Manager, HR Apps will play a critical leadership role in the strategy and execution of this vision, playing a cross-organizational leadership role to inspire teams across Gusto to build on top of our platform
- Share impact they’ve had to their peers and cross-functional stakeholders in specific, tangible, and non-jargony terms
- Focus on client facing products though strong product-minded leaders in other crafts who fit the profile are also welcomed to apply
- Excellent technical acumen with the ability to understand technical diagrams and discuss tradeoffs in approach with senior engineers
- Strong opinions and high standards around the user experience — is particularly adept at thinking about systems, cohesiveness, and how to approach governance
- Has managed very senior people before and knows how to align them, when to give space, and when and how to coach and motivate
- Undaunted by organizational complexity and relishes in change management and unsticking sticky situations
- Energized by customer empathy and understanding, while being able to speak to how customer impact is driving the business forward
- Thinks of themselves as a cross functional business leader first — is not tied to a particular craft swim lane
- Able to move from high altitude brainstorming and architecture down into problem solving and unblocking teams in the weeds when it’s required
- Executive presence and strong storytelling skills — can craft a simple vision for a complex system, inspire people to rally around it, and drive iterative but meaningful results
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company values
- Embody a service mindset - Never stop advocating for the needs of others
- Dream big, then make it real - Be ambitious. Show and do, rather than tell and talk
- Be proud of the how - Ensure deep integrity in everything you do
- Embrace an ownership mentality - Take initiative to leave things better than you found them
- Debate then commit - Share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, commit fully
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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