Job Description

About the opportunity
As the Sr. Manager, Product Management, Time and Absence, you'll lead the strategy and execution for solutions that help organizations capture time, manage compliance, and handle time off seamlessly, shaping how people around the world interact with their most valuable resource.
This is not just about compliance and accuracy, it's about designing experiences that feel effortless, intuitive, and empowering. From simplifying how employees clock in, to helping managers resolve exceptions, to enabling organizations to navigate global labor laws and time off policies, your work will directly impact productivity, fairness, and employee well-being.
You'll be at the center of innovation, bringing together customer insights, design thinking, and AI-driven intelligence to build the next generation of workforce management. By engaging deeply with customers and aligning stakeholders across engineering, design, compliance, and executive leadership, you'll transform complexity into clarity and deliver solutions that make work life better.
What you'll get to do

• Define and own the Time and Absence product experience strategy and roadmap, grounding decisions in business metrics, product metrics, and customer data to deliver measurable impact.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product managers, fostering customer obsession and cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner with design and research to deliver intuitive, user-centered experiences for employees, managers, and administrators.
• Engage directly with customers and industry experts to validate product direction and ensure we are solving high-value problems.
• Collaborate with engineering and AI/ML teams to further develop intelligence and automation into our time and absence solutions.
• Build strong stakeholder alignment across internal functions, including executive leadership.
• Define and track KPIs related to adoption, usability, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Stay ahead of workforce trends, global labor laws, and regulatory changes to keep Dayforce solutions competitive and compliant.
• Represent the Time and Absence portfolio in internal strategy forums, external customer councils, and industry events.

Skills and experience we value

• 10+ years of product management experience in SaaS or enterprise software.
• 5+ years in leadership roles managing and developing product teams.
• Proven experience launching and scaling enterprise SaaS products; workforce management, payroll, or HCM domain knowledge preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead customer engagement efforts and turn insights into impactful product outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including with senior executives.
• Track record of delivering world-class user experiences in complex enterprise workflows.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and how they can be applied to improve time and absence solutions.
• Analytical, data-driven decision-making with a strategic mindset.
• Outstanding communication skills for both internal and external executive audiences.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings, internal events, and conferences.

Skills Required