Product Group Leader

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Delivering one-of-a-kind cloud technology, accompanied by award winning customer service, Paylocity is a

software development company in a category of its own. We are a publicly traded company that offers an

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) which enables employees to share in the long-term growth and future

success of the company.

Poised to revolutionize the world of human capital management for hundreds of thousands of small and medium

sized businesses, we are seeking the best and the brightest to help us create the future of our talent solutions –

enabling our customers to better develop their employees and supervisors.

Our lean development process enables our small product oriented teams to innovate, collaborate and bring

amazing features to market.

Our talent anywhere philosophy nurtures a diverse and dynamic group of colleagues with a shared mission to

make great products and have fun doing it.

The Product Group Leader is a critical role in our Product Development organization. This key leader enables

multiple teams to achieve their highest level of performance and empowers team members to fulfill career goals,

through his/her leadership of the Product Team Leaders aligned to them. This position acts as a servant leader,

removing external distractions, and thinks and executes strategically on their vision for product delivery and

talent alignments.

This position requires commitment to exceptional results, a strong desire for continuous improvement and the

ability to build a collaborative culture across teams. This in-turn will ensure we continue to innovate and expand

our market-leading product suite.

Are you the teammate we are looking for?

Who you are:

 At ease working at all levels of the organization

 Relentlessly curious about current market and technology trends, able to adapt accordingly

 Passionate about quality and controls

 Unflinching in your desire for production stability

 Highly emotionally intelligent, possessing the ability to adjust style to meet the needs of the audience

 Supportive and savvy about change communication

 Proactive in communication, relationship building, gap identification, and risk mitigation

 Strategic thinker in terms of talent development and delivery across multiple product teams

How we work:

 Small, self-sufficient product-oriented teams with an entrepreneurial spirit organized into categories

 Dedicated Tech Operations experts committed to cutting-edge infrastructure and developer tools

 We don’t add more folks to our teams, we add additional teams to scale

 Casual, collaborative, agile environment which embraces and operates under our shared principles

 Complete transparency with open, honest discussions about our progress

 Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and product teams

What we offer:

 Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our product teams in the best

position to succeed

 A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to

meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity

 A subscription to an Online Training forum for all technology colleagues

Required Experience:

 Experience working in a .Net environment

 Minimum 7-9 years in building applications in a SaaS web development environment

 Experience directly managing multiple teams of software and QA engineers in a DevOps type

environment, both virtually and locally

 Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture and developer tools, strongly preferred

 Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, preferred

 Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), a plus

During the last three months, you would have:

 A proven track record of providing visibility across the organization through delivery, team enablement,

talent development and community engagement

 Managed Product Team Leaders and empowered them to remove impediments and enable their teams

to be their best

 Developed and implemented measurable continuous improvement plans

 Managed dependencies across product teams / business

 Effectively managed production issues and communicate business impact to stakeholders

 Nourished a collaborative environment with a willingness to share ideas, where open and honest

feedback flourishes

 Facilitated longer-term career plans with each direct report, supported their development and found

opportunities for team members to fulfill their goals

 Developed a strategic plan for talent alignment, growth and succession, in support of both the projected

needs of the teams in the future and the potential of team members

 Rewarded top-performers and addressed performance issues in a timely and respectful way

 Overseen delivery of features and enhancements across multiple products

Paylocity’s Awards:

 Glassdoor's Employees Choice Award in 2014 and 2017

 9-time Winner on Chicago Area's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For

 Inc Magazine listed Paylocity as an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Firm from 2007-2013

 Ranked #13 on Built in Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies for 2016

 Ranked #24 on Forbes 2013 List of Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago

 Ranked #38 on Crain's Fast Fifty List of Chicago's Fastest Growing Companies in 2014

 Ranked #334 on Deloitte's 2014 Technology Fast 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies in North America

Paylocity’s Awards:

 Glassdoor's Employees Choice Award in 2014 and 2017

 9-time Winner on Chicago Area's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For

 Inc Magazine listed Paylocity as an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Firm from 2007-2013

 Ranked #13 on Built in Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies for 2016

 Ranked #24 on Forbes 2013 List of Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago

 Ranked #38 on Crain's Fast Fifty List of Chicago's Fastest Growing Companies in 2014

 Ranked #334 on Deloitte's 2014 Technology Fast 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies in North America

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Our office has modern workspaces, a cafe, and a gym. But since we're a talent-anywhere company, you may find our team members all over Chicagoland.

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