Senior Product Design Manager, Payroll

8–10+ years of product design experience, with at least 3 years in a people management role.

Experience leading design direction across multiple teams and influencing product strategy.

Proven ability to drive alignment, influence cross-functional partners, and represent design in strategic conversations.

Experience working on B2B, B2C, or SaaS products—ideally in complex, regulated domains.

A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality UX and visual design craft.

Experience contributing to or evolving a design system—components, patterns, interaction models, and visual standards.

At Gusto, we strive to provide rewards that empower employees to achieve their financial and personal goals. We offer competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation (ownership in Gusto). To learn more about Gusto’s compensation philosophy and benefits offerings please view our Total Rewards Approach page.

Our cash compensation range for this role is $172,000/yr to $215,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $202,000/yr to $253,000/yr in San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately

2-3 days

per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

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.

As the Senior Product Design Manager, Payroll, you’ll lead design for one of Gusto’s most complex and business-critical 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.

Your work will include simplifying complex, interconnected workflows, defining a long-term UX vision and rallying others around it, and leading automation and AI initiatives that make the work of paying a team disappear.

Payroll is the foundation of Gusto and our most-used, most-loved product. It’s the first Gusto experience many customers interact with, and it continues to power their success as they grow. Payroll also underpins our broader ecosystem, enabling the adoption of Benefits, Time Tracking, HR tools, and so much more. Our team is tasked with evolving and scaling this core experience for small businesses of all sizes, from solo entrepreneurs to growing companies. We focus on taking on the complexity of payroll so our customers don’t have to—making payroll faster, more flexible, and increasingly hands off.