Area Vice President Product Management - Platforms

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. 

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The Area Vice President of Product Management – Platforms is a critical senior leadership role responsible for shaping and scaling our core technology platforms to accelerate development velocity, promote cross-product reuse, and deliver seamless integration across the enterprise. This role will lead a global team of product managers focused on enabling platform capabilities that empower internal product teams and ultimately drive exceptional end-user experiences and business outcomes.

This leader must possess a deep understanding of technology and platform architecture, paired with strong product thinking and the ability to connect complex technical initiatives with high-impact business goals. Success in this role will be measured by improvements in platform adoption, developer satisfaction, cross-product reuse, and system performance at scale.

You’ll serve as the connective tissue between engineering, architecture, product lines, and business stakeholders—ensuring our platforms are not only technically sound but strategically aligned with the broader goals of the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the strategy and roadmap for our core platform products (e.g., APIs, shared services, data pipelines, content management, mobile platform, authentication, integrations, etc.).
• Drive increased reuse of platform components across product teams and improve internal developer satisfaction and productivity.
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to ensure platform scalability, reliability, and performance at high transaction volumes.
• Lead global teams of product managers to define, prioritize, and deliver platform capabilities that meet the needs of multiple product lines.
• Serve as a thought leader and translator—bridging complex technical conversations with non-technical business leaders to articulate value and impact.
• Define and track key success metrics such as platform adoption, internal NPS/developer satisfaction, performance, cost efficiency, and time-to-market improvements for consuming teams.
• Promote platform thinking across the organization, educating teams on how to adopt and contribute to scalable, extensible, and composable technology foundations.

Who You Are:

• A seasoned technical product leader with experience owning platform and infrastructure capabilities in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Highly effective at aligning long-term platform vision with immediate product and engineering delivery needs.
• Obsessed with internal customer experience—especially how developers consume and build on platform capabilities.
• Adept at measuring what matters and creating KPIs that drive reuse, reduce duplication, and increase velocity.
• A strong communicator and influencer who can simplify complexity and secure buy-in from business and technical stakeholders alike.
• Passionate about coaching and developing high-performing teams and driving a product culture grounded in excellence and empathy.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in product management, including 8+ years leading technical or platform product teams.
• Proven success managing large-scale platforms that support high transaction volumes and multiple internal consumers.
• Strong track record of improving platform adoption and developer satisfaction through thoughtful product leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Deep technical fluency—able to have informed discussions on architecture, APIs, data infrastructure, and other foundational tech areas.

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.