At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff , payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR , so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.

As a Senior Product Manager, Tax Payments and Filing, you'll join the team building the tooling, automation, and AI-enabled systems that keep Gusto ahead of constant regulatory change. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the Operations and Compliance teams who are your primary customers and the engineers who know this domain deeply.

Responsibilities:

• Own the investment strategy for how Gusto gains leverage over tax compliance
• Decide where the team places its bets, which capabilities to build, and how to sequence them for the biggest return
• Set the long-term direction for where tax compliance at Gusto is headed
• Collaborate across Engineering, Design, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and CX to find where the real friction is, validate solutions, and build alignment
• Build, hand in hand with your team, and use AI to ship scalable solutions faster than the rules can change

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on product management experience, including ownership of internal-facing platforms, tooling, or operational systems
• A track record of driving leverage: building automation, tooling, or system improvements that removed real work
• Strong technical fluency and a genuine partnership with engineering
• Experience in a compliance-driven or highly regulated domain
• Hands-on experience with AI and automation
• You use data to find the highest-leverage opportunities, set goals, and measure impact

Benefits:

• Competitive base pay
• Benefits
• Equity (RSUs)

Salary: $152,000/yr to $190,000/yr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $184,000/yr to $230,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York