Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.  

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.  

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The Area Vice President of Product Management for CFO & CIO Products is a critical senior leadership role responsible for shaping and executing product strategy across our finance and technology portfolios while leading a global distributed team. This leader will oversee a high-performing team to drive the full product development lifecycle—from ideation through commercialization, including market fit validation, pricing strategy, and ongoing optimization.

This position requires a visionary and strategic product executive who can blend deep customer empathy with operational excellence and commercial savvy. You will lead cross-functional collaboration across business units, engineering, marketing, sales, and services to ensure our CFO and CIO product suites deliver exceptional customer value while driving sustainable business growth.

You’ll be accountable for setting long-term strategic direction, building scalable teams, and fostering a global product culture grounded in innovation, execution, and talent development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead global product management efforts for CFO and CIO solutions, including spend management, expense management, corporate cards, asset management, ensuring the products appropriately manage risk and compliance.
• Own and evolve the end-to-end product lifecycle, with a strong focus on market fit, pricing strategy, go-to-market readiness, and long-term profitability.
• Drive product vision and strategy for a diverse customer base, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and emerging market trends.
• Build and lead high-performing product teams across multiple geographies, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Champion commercialization efforts by aligning product delivery with market dynamics and customer needs; deeply understand competitive positioning and customer segmentation.
• Serve as a key voice in senior leadership discussions, helping inform and influence strategic investments, portfolio prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Act as a catalyst for cross-functional alignment with R&D, finance, operations, sales, and marketing teams.
• Create and manage 18–36-month strategic roadmaps and OKRs to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Who You Are:

• An experienced leader with a demonstrated track record of leading global product teams and scaling SaaS product portfolios in complex, matrixed organizations.
• A strategic thinker and hands-on leader who thrives on translating vision into operational excellence.
• Highly collaborative and influential across stakeholders at all levels; a true "leader of leaders."
• Deeply analytical and data-driven, with proven expertise in market segmentation, pricing strategy, and product commercialization.
• Passionate about talent development, with a consistent track record of mentoring senior leaders and building inclusive, high-performance cultures.
• Curious and agile, with a strong pulse on customer needs, market trends, and technological shifts in finance and enterprise technology.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Management, Finance, or a related field; MBA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in product management, with 8+ years in senior leadership roles managing organizations of 50+ team members across global locations.
• Proven success in leading product portfolios in Financial Services, or Enterprise SaaS sectors, with specific experience in either CFO and CIO domains.
• Demonstrated success launching and managing new SaaS products, including go-to-market strategy, pricing models, and lifecycle management.
• Strong executive presence, with the ability to operate effectively at the C-suite level and influence enterprise-wide decisions.

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.   

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.  

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed. 

The base pay range for this position is $250,000 - $350,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.