Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IRIS Software Group is a leading global provider of business software and services, and they are seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to own a core product experience within their cloud-based HCM software suite. The role involves managing the full product lifecycle, ensuring compliance with US legislation, and aligning the product with customer needs and strategic goals.
Responsibilities
- Own the full product lifecycle for your HCM product, ensuring compliance with US legislation and alignment to strategic goals
- Build and deliver a clear product vision rooted in customer and user outcomes
- Capture customer voice via the Aha! Ideas Portal to drive engagement, adoption, and Product NPS
- Prioritize the roadmap based on customer insight, and manage delivery to keep the product stable, compliant, and competitive
- Keep bugs, stories, features, and epics sprint-ready for development teams
- Track the US HCM and payroll market to find opportunities for sustainable competitive advantage
- Identify and evaluate AI and automation use cases, partnering with engineering and design to reduce friction and improve outcomes
- Connect the dots across the business - commercial to operations - on product priorities
- Manage stakeholders across sales, marketing, support, legal, compliance, professional services, and engineering
- Own escalations from support and implementation teams, minimizing issues through product and process fixes
- Partner with Product Marketing on go-to-market for launches and updates
Skills
- 3+ years in product management or product ownership within US HCM, payroll, or workforce management software
- A track record of taking products to market and growing existing ones
- Strong knowledge of payroll processing, compliance, and employer needs
- A customer-first mindset, backed by real examples of customer-led decisions
- Commercial fluency in pricing, packaging, and GTM strategy
- Comfort with lean agile development and competitive market analysis
- Experience aligning roadmaps with stakeholders from developers to execs
- A genuine drive for AI and automation - and hands-on comfort with tools like Claude or Microsoft Copilot
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience); HR/Payroll/HCM or PM certifications (Pragmatic Institute, AIPMM) a plus
- Comfortable leading multiple initiatives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture
- Customer-first by instinct, not just intention
- Multi-tasker energized by dynamic, high-stakes environments
- Self-starter, challenger, strategic planner, analytical thinker
- Track record of successfully launching new products and features
- Excellent communicator, written and verbal - equally sharp with technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong planner and organizer, always focused on delivery
- HR/Payroll/HCM or PM certifications (Pragmatic Institute, AIPMM) a plus
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