Group Product Manager, Product Foundations

The Justworks Product team builds products that extend personal care and deep expertise. The Time and Product Foundations domain owns the infrastructure and experiences that make Justworks' core product work as one system. As a Group Product Manager, you'll lead and advocate for squads that own the systems connecting our product to its customers: the communications platform (transactional messaging, in-app tasks, email), the core product stack (home, nav, search, documents, settings), and the admin facing reporting and analytics suite. You'll spend significant time teaching and coaching direct reports and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Own and drive the product vision and roadmap for your respective teams within the Product Foundations mission, consisting of Core Product, Communications, and Reporting / Analytics squads; Align strategy and execution by turning company objectives into actionable team goals and OKRs; Partner deeply with other Technology teams, Marketing, and Revenue leadership to develop a best-in-class user experience inside and outside Justwork’s product; Ensure products and features are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality; Lead customer-focused product development from ideation to execution while ensuring the customer’s voice guides scope and priorities; Build and coach your team in customer-centric practices, promoting consistent, customer-driven processes throughout the PDLC; Improve product performance by analyzing launch results and metrics, gathering feedback from customer and prospect-facing teams, sharing insights, and planning iterative enhancements that align with business goals; Advocate for robust technical roadmaps by understanding engineering perspectives, balancing technical debt, and collaborating on future-flexible architectures; Communicate effectively with stakeholders and leadership, providing updates on product status, timelines, and any blockers; Proactively take on opportunities beyond core responsibilities to support product strategy and drive impact.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of product development leadership and 7 years as a product manager in a modern technology business; Experience leading complex, cross-team initiatives from ideation to execution; You’ve led technical products and/or have a background in computer science (or similar); Experience building new products (0 to 1) as well as a track record of shipping continuous product improvements to an existing product portfolio at-scale; High bar for product quality and user experience and skilled at breaking down ambiguous problems and sequencing bets; Strong problem-solving skills, capable of breaking down complex problems for team execution against business needs; Deep user empathy and a high bar for user experience; Excellent persuasion and advocacy skills, using clear frameworks, story-telling and first-principles reasoning; Experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors to enhance team performance and effectiveness.

Nice to have

Experience with platform development a plus; Experience at high-growth companies is preferred, in a founder or GM capacity is a plus; Experience building products in a highly regulated domain (e.g. fintech or healthcare) is a plus; Experience with SQL, data exploration, product analytics tooling (e.g.: Amplitude, Heap), and feature flagging/experimentation; Experience with AI tooling and capable of utilizing in day-to-day responsibilities; Experience in late-stage or mature B2B SaaS a plus.

Benefits

Welcoming and casual environment; great benefits; wellness program offerings; company retreats; ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community