Senior Product Design Manager, Payroll

<p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid; Toronto, Ontario - Remote </p> <div class="content-intro"><p> </p> <hr> <p><strong>About Gusto</strong></p> <p>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. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.</p> <p>All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our<a href="https://gusto.com/about/careers/total-rewards"> Total Rewards philosophy</a>.</p> <p>AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.</p></div><p><strong>About Design at Gusto: </strong></p> <p>Design at Gusto is made up of over 80 creative, collaborative people who care deeply about our mission to empower small businesses and their employees. We're a cross-functional group that is always looking for opportunities to build understanding and empathy for the people who use Gusto. We don't care much about swim lanes and though we care deeply about quality and craft, we are never precious about it. We work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to design, build, and ship experiences that make a real difference. We believe great design can make hard things possible, even delightful.</p> <p>We are building an AI-native design organization — and we mean that seriously. We're looking for designers who are already working this way: using AI to prototype ideas quickly, shorten customer feedback loops, and ship quality UX directly to customers. This isn't a future aspiration — it's how we work now, and it's changing what the design role looks like at Gusto and across the industry.</p> <div class="p"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> <div class="p"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><strong><span><span>About the Role:</span></span></strong></div> </div> <div class="p"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>For the hundreds of thousands of small businesses we serve, our mission starts with one of their most critical responsibilities: paying their team. Getting payroll right isn’t just a feature—it’s the foundation of trust with every business that relies on us.</span></span></div> </div> <div class="p"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>As the Product Design Manager for Payroll, you'll lead design in this senior level position for one of Gusto's most complex and consequential product areas, shaping the future of a product that millions of people rely on for financial stability and personal prosperity. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with broad scope. You'll manage a team of designers and set the UX direction for Payroll, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, Ops, Compliance, and others to take on payroll complexity so our customers don't have to.</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-bloc