Lead Product Manager

About the role
We are searching for product manager who thrives on building great products and enjoys working in an agile environment to bring products from ideation to delivery.Product managers in the Pro Pay Pillar are essential members of our cutting-edge agile teams responsible for the delivery of mission critical payroll functionality in our innovative cloud based Human Capital Management (HCM) software solution UKG Pro suite.This individual is skilled at serving and partnering with key internal and external stakeholders to understand customers problems and opportunities; and drive business outcomes for UKG and our customers. This individual is an analytical thinker with payroll domain knowledge and strong customer focus, who is accountable for researching, analyzing and documenting clear and actionable business requirements and business outcomes.This role requires talent and passion for solving problems, innovation and collaboration while leading high profile initiatives and driving business outcomes. Skills essential to this role are strong analysis, organization, written and verbal communication, leadership, problem solving, product strategy and sound decision-making based on data. Core competencies that a product manager must possess include accountability, collaboration, team oriented, growth mindset, customer value creation, learning agility, operational excellence and service ownership.Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:Owns definition and direction of complex features and enhancements that have cross domain dependencies for the Pro suiteDefines and documents stories and conditions of acceptance with other stakeholders input including UX Designers and DevelopersDefines and validates proposed value with customers and prospects using research, prototypes, and designs and drafts expected business outcomesIdentifies and manages cross team dependencies when leading a feature through the development process and deliveryParticipates in roadmap building sessions and dialogue with Product and Engineering leadersWorks with internal and external stakeholders to understand the HCM/Payroll business problems our customers face and the jobs they need to complete as part of their specific rolesResponsible for requirement prioritization and evaluating trade-offsCommunicates with multiple stakeholders including customers, prospects, as well as various internal stakeholders and synthesize multiple inputs to ensure business problem or opportunity is fully understoodHelps ensure customers and the organization is ready for new product releases by leading knowledge transfer events (as needed)Works with UKG Learning team to curate content to help internal and external customers adopt new functionalityDrives features through the development process by working with Engineering and user experience, prioritizes functional requirements, makes appropriate scope tradeoffs, and ensures completed capability satisfies customers needsMinimum Required Qualifications:Bachelors Degree in a business discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience5+ years of experience in a SaaS Product Manager or Product Owner role

Preferred Qualifications:
5 or more years of experience developing mobile and/or web user interfaces5 or more years of experience in payroll or fintech (desirable)Excellent interpersonal communication skills with ability to collaborate with development partners and communicate complex concepts to internal and external stakeholdersStrong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand the dynamic business and evolving compliance needs of our customersStrong ability to partner and work in a collaborative team environment to solve business problemsProven analytical, decision-making, and team building skillsInnovative thinker who can leverage UKGs innovative technologies to generate new ideas to solve business problems and drive business outcomesExceptional partnership skills with ability to inspire and lead development team without management authorityExcellent organizational and time management skills required to balance multiple priorities simultaneously.