Head of Product, HR

Summary

Join Gusto as a Product leader to oversee our HR Product suite and team. You will be responsible for all HR-related products and services, leading a team and collaborating across departments. This critical role involves building a dynamic team, a thriving business, and a suite of tools to help our 300,000+ customers succeed. You'll create a long-term vision and strategy, understand customer needs, and iterate through product development. The ideal candidate possesses extensive product development leadership experience, specifically in HCM solutions, and a proven track record of building successful products. Gusto offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Possess 10+ years of hands-on product development leadership or General Manager (GM) experience within an R&D team in a modern technology business
• Direct prior product leadership over solutions focused on human capital management (HCM)
• A proven track record of driving impact with both 0 to 1 and at-scale products within a multi-product company
• Successfully built and led operationally intensive products with a meaningful offline/operational component to deliver the value proposition
• Builder at heart with strong product sense and POV on how to lead highly effective product development teams
• Display strong strategic thinking skills, capable of evaluating multiple paths, making effective tradeoffs, and articulating a clear and compelling forward plan
• The ability to tell a compelling story that drives alignment and inspires action
• Strong collaboration skills; ability to quickly build trust
• A passion for helping small businesses

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the business and our HR product suite from end to end
• Create a long-term vision and strategy that defines the big HR problems we can solve well with durable competitive advantage
• Lead and develop a cross-functional team of Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and Data Scientists (EPDD)
• Understand customer pain points, devise solutions, and then iterate through prototyping and frequent, successful product launches

Preferred Qualifications

Not afraid to get deep into the details and hands-on coach and lead our EPDD teams

Benefits

• Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $214,000 to $246,000 in Denver & most major metro locations, and $251,000 to $289,000 for San Francisco, New York, & Seattle
• Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role)
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required
• Health insurance
• 401(k)s