P&T Program Manager

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 providing 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. 

Paylocity acquired Airbase! Airbase Inc., a modern finance and spend management software solution that combines bill pay / accounts payable automation, expense management, corporate cards and procurement capabilities. The acquisition of Airbase represents an expansion of Paylocity’s suite and is expected to deliver incremental integrated value to HR and finance leaders in managing all of their spend on a single platform – expanding the Paylocity total addressable market beyond HCM and further into the Office of the CFO. 

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer various benefits, 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 Airbase by Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business. 

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Position Overview 

You will be responsible for guiding high-level goals and roadmaps, monitoring and communicating progress, and defining functional requirements for new products, features, and infrastructure needs. It also means having a strong technical background, knowledge of data center and technical infrastructure, and the experience to effectively collaborate across functions and organizations to deliver impact. You will be leading technical strategy and execution on the company-wide platforms and infrastructure that are used across the company. Teams span across product, engineering, design, infrastructure, IT, marketing, ops, sales and more. 

Primary Responsibilities  

The below represents the primary duties of the position, others may be assigned as needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Develop and manage end-to-end technical product and infrastructure delivery plans and ensure on-time delivery. 

• Lead and coordinate efforts across various cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with overarching program goals and facilitating seamless execution of projects. 

• Help define the roadmap and long-term strategy of the teams that you are working with. 

• Design measurements to track impact and drive internal process improvements. 

• Articulate the technology, requirements, goals and milestones of your team. 

• Develop and manage end-to-end project plans to ensure on-time delivery, provide day-today coordination, and quality assurance for tasks. 

• Identify gaps, dependencies and develop mitigation strategies. 

• Move fast in a flat organization by working in concert with technical program managers, product managers and engineers across to establish a shared vision for at-scale delivery. 

• Ongoing communication of planning, project status, issues and risks in a timely fashion to stakeholders. 

• Build bridges with product and infrastructure teams to discover adoption challenges, champion purpose use development and privacy/security product adoption. 

• Bring a strong sense of execution and ownership to the team. 

• Maintain a proactive, can-do attitude, willing to undertake any necessary task to support the team and ensure successful project outcomes. 

• Drive continuous improvement in our tooling and processes to drive automation. 

Education and Experience 

• 5+ years of network engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, hardware engineering, or technical product/program management experience. 

• Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification required. 

• Experience delivering tech programs or products from inception to delivery. 

• Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope. 

• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership. 

• Communication experience and experience working with technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products. 

• Organizational, coordination and multi-tasking experience. 

• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems. 

• Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple partners in different time zones. 

• Experience working with product teams to build and deliver end-to-end customer focused products with technical knowledge of the underlying platforms and technologies. 

• Experience with tools like JIRA, Product Board, A-ha!, Version One or similar tools 

Physical requirements 

• Ability to sit for extended periods: The role requires sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, typically 7-8 hours a day.  

• Use of computer and phone systems: The employee must be able to operate a computer, use phone systems, and type. This includes using multiple software programs and inquiries simultaneously. 

Airbase by Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. We are 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 Airbase by 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, or any other status protected by state or local law for an individual who falls within the jurisdiction of such law. 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.  

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting accessibility@paylocity.com. 

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