Director of Product Management - HRIS

Please Note: This is a Utah-based hybrid position which will require some regular in-office days each week. Additionally, employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

Essential Job Duties

As the Director of Product Management, you will own the HRIS product experience spanning the employee journey from hire to retire (hiring, onboarding, talent, compensation planning, offboarding), and lead the strategy to infuse AI thoughtfully across each persona and workflow. This position requires a seasoned leader with strong strategic vision, product management expertise, aptitude for AI-powered experiences and workflows and excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will:

• Scope:

• Define and evolve end-to-end experiences for key personas (HR Admins, managers, employees, and executives), ensuring continuity across employee lifecycle moments.

• Own product strategy across core HRIS workflows and the connected employee journey experiences; partner with adjacent product leaders where experiences cross boundaries.

• Leadership and Strategy:

• Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy for the HRIS product experience across personas, aligned with overall company goals.

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team of product managers, and partner closely with Design and Engineering leadership, to execute on the product roadmap as we evolve how we build and deliver great products using AI-enabled tools and practices.

• Own portfolio prioritization and planning cadence (OKRs, quarterly planning, roadmap communication), ensuring clear tradeoffs and measurable outcomes.

• Product Development:

• Partner across product development teams to adopt AI-enabled discovery and delivery practices, from ideation and conceptualization through delivery and optimization, improving speed, quality, and customer outcomes.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to ensure successful product launches and customer engagement.

• Prioritize features and enhancements based on a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscape.

• Ensure foundational HRIS capabilities (permissions, workflow consistency, data model integrity, and auditability) support scalable experiences across the employee journey.

• AI Experiences and Responsible Innovation:

• Develop and execute an AI product strategy that improves outcomes for HR Admins, managers, and employees while maintaining trust, transparency, and usability.

• Establish standards for evaluating AI quality (accuracy, usefulness, bias/fairness considerations, and customer trust signals), and partner with Legal/Security on responsible AI practices.

• Business Outcomes:

• Drive measurable business outcomes (adoption, retention, expansion/attach rates, and time-to-value) for employee journey capabilities.

• Partner with Marketing and Sales to refine positioning, packaging, and enablement that clearly communicates value across the employee lifecycle.

• Data-Driven Decision Making:

• Define and track success metrics such as activation/time-to-value, workflow completion rates, feature adoption, retention/expansion, NPS/CSAT, and support ticket drivers.

• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to identify friction points across lifecycle moments and prioritize improvements.

• Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate with executive leadership, sales, marketing, customer experience, finance and legal/privacy teams to align product strategy with overall business objectives.

• Act as a spokesperson for your teams, effectively communicating product updates, milestones, and strategy to both internal and external stakeholders.

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in product management, with a significant portion in leadership roles.

• Proven experience in product management, with a focus on complex B2B SaaS products with multi-persona workflows and high trust requirements.

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.

• Demonstrated ability to lead AI-powered product experiences from discovery through launch (including experimentation, measurement, and iteration).

• Familiarity with HRIS domains and lifecycle moments (onboarding, performance/talent, compensation planning, and offboarding).

• Experience partnering closely with Design and Engineering leadership to modernize experiences while maintaining reliability and trust.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

What You'll Love About Us

• A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance

• Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life

• 401k plans with up to 6% company match

• $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus

• EAP through Headspace

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About Us

At BambooHR, we're building something different: we're building a people intelligence platform that transforms HR and sets people free to do great work! We're a proven market leader driving innovation while building lasting success through thoughtful, sustainable growth. Here, you'll find a place that champions growth: both professional and personal, both individual and collective.

We invest in potential, giving you the space to stretch your capabilities and turn good ideas into reality while providing the safety net of a supportive, values-driven culture. Our approach combines meaningful work with meaningful lives, offering competitive benefits, professional development, and the flexibility to thrive both in and outside the office.

What sets us apart isn't just what we do, but how we do it: with openness, integrity, and a shared commitment to doing the right thing. Join us in creating HR software that makes work better for everyone, while we make work better for you.

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