Senior Global Payroll Strategy and Compliance Manager, Remote
£97.5-109.7k
+ Equity
HR solutions for distributed teams
Be an early applicant
HR solutions for distributed teams
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£97.5-109.7k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up the world of work for every person, business, and country.
Role
Who you are
- Deep understanding of global payroll, employment, tax, and labor compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience translating complex regulatory requirements into scalable product capabilities, business requirements, and operational processes
- Strong understanding of payroll technology, product development lifecycles, and compliance-by-design principles
- Ability to balance regulatory obligations with customer experience, automation, and commercial objectives
- Experience supporting global payroll products in highly regulated environments
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams within Compliance, Product Compliance, Payroll, or related functions
- Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with a track record of building team capability and future leaders
- Experience establishing strategic priorities, operating models, and governance frameworks
- Ability to drive alignment and execution across multiple workstreams and stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Ability to assess complex regulatory requirements and determine practical, scalable implementation approaches
- Experience developing long-term strategies that support business growth while maintaining regulatory compliance
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with a risk-based mindset
- Ability to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and risks that may impact product strategy
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and navigating competing priorities
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into clear business recommendations
- Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Legal, Operations, and Executive stakeholders
- Strong facilitation, influencing, and negotiation skills
- Ability to build trust and credibility across technical, operational, and leadership audiences
- Comfortable presenting strategic recommendations and regulatory insights to senior leadership
What the job involves
- The opportunity to shape the future direction of Remote’s global payroll products
- Strategic ownership of how compliance requirements are translated into scalable product capabilities
- Direct influence over product roadmap decisions, regulatory readiness, and market expansion initiatives
- Partnership with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, and Payroll Operations
- The ability to build compliance-by-design principles into products used by customers around the world
- A high-impact leadership role that helps transform compliance into a strategic business advantage
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Product Compliance Leads and compliance specialists responsible for supporting global payroll products
- Establish team priorities, operating models, and development plans that enable scalable support across multiple products and jurisdictions
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Build organizational capability through coaching, succession planning, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Ensure the team remains a trusted partner to Product, Operations, and Legal stakeholders
- Execute the strategic vision for Product Strategy & Compliance across Remote's global payroll platform
- Establish frameworks and governance models that ensure compliance requirements are consistently incorporated throughout the product lifecycle
- Create scalable approaches for managing legislative change, product readiness, and regulatory implementation across multiple countries
- Partner with Product Leadership to align compliance priorities with broader product strategy and business objectives
- Drive initiatives that improve compliance coverage, operational scalability, and customer outcomes
- Oversee the interpretation of complex payroll, employment, tax, and labor legislation across multiple jurisdictions
- Ensure regulatory requirements are translated into clear business requirements, product specifications, and implementation guidance
- Support Product Managers and Engineering teams in designing solutions that are compliant, scalable, and operationally effective
- Provide strategic direction on how legislative requirements should be operationalized within products and workflows
- Promote consistency in how compliance requirements are assessed, documented, and implemented globally
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Payroll Operations leaders to embed compliance controls into product architecture and automation frameworks
- Advocate for compliance-by-design principles that reduce manual intervention and operational risk
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve compliance outcomes and customer experiences
- Support the development of scalable product capabilities that simplify regulatory complexity for customers
- Influence roadmap decisions by balancing regulatory requirements, customer needs, technical feasibility, and business priorities
- Oversee the monitoring and assessment of legislative and regulatory developments impacting Remote's payroll products
- Establish processes that enable proactive identification, prioritization, and implementation of regulatory changes
- Support country expansion initiatives by assessing product readiness and regulatory requirements for new markets
- Partner with Legal, Operations, and Product teams to develop implementation strategies for evolving regulatory obligations
- Ensure the organization maintains awareness of emerging trends, risks, and opportunities within the global payroll landscape
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Payroll Operations, and Executive Leadership
- Provide strategic guidance on compliance risk, regulatory developments, market requirements, and product direction
- Represent Product Strategy & Compliance in roadmap planning, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional decision-making forums
- Build strong partnerships across the organization to align compliance objectives with broader business goals
- Drive collaboration between stakeholders to ensure regulatory requirements are addressed efficiently and effectively
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead
Our take
The number of companies switching to fully-remote set-up is booming. Aiming to capitalise on this, Remote helps companies of all sizes hire and manage international employees across benefits, taxes, payroll and compliance.
According to Remote, local and international regulations constantly change. Thus, the company's unique selling point is that its law attorneys and HR specialists are focused on supervising regulations on a daily basis and ensuring that the clients avoid expensive compliance mistakes. Remote also differentiates itself through its network of local legal entities that cover all of the countries it offers services in to ensure the clients receive the best protection in the industry. Moreover, the company offers a platform for distributed teams that makes it easy for companies to onboard and pay international contractors and employees.
Remote's history of funding - that helped secure its $3Billion valuation - has supported expansion across markets, as well as being used to expand partnerships and integrations. Further development of its tool suite can be expected, as the company pushes to be the first name in distributed HR.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
43% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2022
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $496m
Company benefits
- Unlimited personal time off
- Paid parental leave
- Co-working allowance
- Flexible working hours
- Learning budget
- Mental health support
- Company stock options
- Home office setup
- Celebratory allowances
- Branded swag
- Other country-specific benefits
Company HQ
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Job van der Voort
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Researcher at Champalimaud Foundation for 1 year and Co-Founder & CTO at JAXONS for 1 year.
Marcelo Lebre
(Co-Founder & President)Previously Chief Technology Officer at Faber Ventures for 1 year and VP of Engineering at Unbabel for 2 years
Share this job
View 56 more jobs at Remote