Payroll Program Manager

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Posted Sep 23, 2026

Remote · US · ask about Worldwide Full Time
$100K – $140K/yr

Overview

This role owns the strategy, process design, and success metrics behind an embedded payroll offering, serving as a senior point of contact for payroll partners. While day-to-day onboarding and support execution are handled by the Implementation Account Manager and Payroll Specialist, you will stay personally engaged on complex or highest-touch partner relationships and develop the playbooks the rest of the team executes.

Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Process Design

  • Design onboarding playbooks, support triage processes, and escalation paths in partnership with the Implementation Account Manager and Payroll Specialist
  • Define handoff criteria between onboarding and ongoing support, refining it as volume and the team grow
  • Build the documentation and Help Center foundations for the broader team to use
  • Own the roadmap and priorities for the payroll offering’s customer-facing operations

Metrics & Reporting

  • Define and track key metrics including:
    • time-to-launch
    • onboarding capacity
    • support resolution time
    • support volume per customer
    • CSAT
    • documentation coverage
  • Own the reporting cadence to leadership on operational performance of the payroll offering

Partner Support

  • Serve as a senior point of contact for payroll partners, especially for complex, escalated, or strategic relationships
  • Step in directly on partner issues that require program-level context or cross-functional involvement
  • Build partner relationships that inform how onboarding and support processes should evolve

Team & Stakeholder Management

  • Manage and coach the Implementation Account Manager and Payroll Specialist; unblock escalations they can’t resolve independently
  • Manage the relationship with the payroll provider and coordinate with engineering, compliance, and customer success to keep implementations and support on track
  • Translate recurring customer pain points into feedback for Product and Engineering

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years in program/project management, implementation, or customer-facing operations leadership, ideally at a fintech, HR tech, or payroll company
  • Experience designing processes and playbooks for a customer-facing function, ideally from scratch
  • People management experience, or strong readiness to manage a small team
  • Strong communication skills, including explaining payroll mechanics to non-experts and translating customer pain points to internal teams
  • Ability to operate with ambiguity; scope and responsibilities will evolve
  • Experience with payroll, benefits, or embedded financial products is a strong plus

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with program-level partner support for complex or high-stakes relationships

Compensation & Benefits

  • Estimated hourly rate: $48.08 to $67.31 (depending on experience and qualifications)
  • Position status: non-exempt; eligible for overtime pay
  • Base pay range: $100K - $140K
  • Equity: equity is offered in addition to base pay
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Medical, dental, and vision health insurance
  • Fitness class reimbursement
  • Parental leave policy

Location

  • Not specified

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