Principal Product Manager @ Symmetry Software

Symmetry Software is the payroll infrastructure for software & payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to solve tax compliance issues and build applications across the entirety of the payroll process.

What we are looking for

Symmetry Software is looking to hire an experienced Product Manager for our rapidly growing organization. Our APIs and SDKs are the foundation of Symmetry’s business, reaching over 64 million employees’ paychecks every year. You will be responsible for the creation, strategies, and roadmaps for both existing and future business lines. As the second hire in the Product organization, you’ll have a unique opportunity to improve the product development process within a small, fast paced team. This is a builder role and is empowered by Symmetry Software’s Head of Product.

If you are a builder of API products who thrives on making a major business impact at a high-growth company, we would love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

Cultivate a deep understanding of the payroll technology marketplace with a focus on client experience
Define the strategy and roadmap for our core product portfolio
Collaborate with clients, engineers, and other cross-functional partners (including the Symmetry leadership team) to execute the roadmap and make day-to-day prioritization decisions
Develop a framework and set of metrics to measure the impact you deliver to the business
Execute hypothesis-driven product experiments, iterate, and ship to customers frequently
Drive improvements to the Symmetry product development lifecycle

Experience & Requirements

Prior Experience

5+ years of hands-on product management experience, with 2+ years building technical products for developers
Established track record of building API products at rapidly scaling companies in deep collaboration with engineering teams
Proven ability to drive large projects through their lifecycle, applying past experiences to make practical choices between speed and quality to deliver effective solutions
Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience

Required Skills & Mindsets

Innate ownership mindset. You thrive on owning problems end-to-end and will take a hands-on approach to do whatever it takes to make the product and team successful
Fearless in diving deep into new areas to learn and gain the knowledge you need to be successful in a technical product space
Empowering leadership style. You know how to lead from the front and from the back and are passionate about helping those around you grow and improve
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a passion for precise articulation of customer needs
An obsession with getting the details right, big and small

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home with us.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $186,000/yr to $222,000/yr in Scottsdale & most remote locations, and $219,000/yr - $261,000/yr for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Symmetry has a physical office space in Scottsdale. 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 the office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.

Working at Symmetry Software

Being happy at a job goes beyond just doing the work. Where you choose to spend 40 hours a week should be a place that challenges you professionally and aligns with your personal goals and well-being. We truly love what we do, and our customers love what we produce. Our family-owned and -operated business is collaborative, fun, and friendly. We offer the opportunity to work with all kinds of positions across the company, from the CEO to support to sales and everything in between.

Recently, Symmetry became part of Gusto. More than 300,000 businesses use Gusto’s people platform to hire, pay, insure, and support their team–from modern payroll and benefits to remote work services and international contractor support to expert HR. Together, Symmetry and Gusto are pushing the entire industry forward by helping growing businesses access tools and services that for so long have only been available to larger corporations.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home with us.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Our company considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you require assistance in filling out a Gusto job application, please reach out to [email protected].

About our products

Our products make sure millions of paychecks are right, no matter where people live or work in the U.S. We simplify the payroll process with accurate and dependable payroll withholding tax solutions. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, like Walmart and Southwest Airlines, and leading payroll service providers, including ADP and Paychex. With a 95%+ customer retention rate, our products always have to be top-of-the-line, and so do our employees.

Symmetry Software is also the company behind the popular website PaycheckCity.com, which helps millions of Americans better understand their paychecks every month.