Senior Manager, Global Payroll Strategy and Compliance

Role Description

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world.

This job can offer you:

• The opportunity to shape the future direction of Remote’s global payroll products
• Strategic ownership of how compliance requirements are translated into scalable product capabilities
• Direct influence over product roadmap decisions, regulatory readiness, and market expansion initiatives
• Partnership with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, and Payroll Operations
• The ability to build compliance-by-design principles into products used by customers around the world
• A high-impact leadership role that helps transform compliance into a strategic business advantage

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of global payroll, employment, tax, and labor compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience translating complex regulatory requirements into scalable product capabilities, business requirements, and operational processes
• Strong understanding of payroll technology, product development lifecycles, and compliance-by-design principles
• Ability to balance regulatory obligations with customer experience, automation, and commercial objectives
• Experience supporting global payroll products in highly regulated environments
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams within Compliance, Product Compliance, Payroll, or related functions
• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with a track record of building team capability and future leaders
• Experience establishing strategic priorities, operating models, and governance frameworks
• Ability to drive alignment and execution across multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Ability to assess complex regulatory requirements and determine practical, scalable implementation approaches
• Experience developing long-term strategies that support business growth while maintaining regulatory compliance
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with a risk-based mindset
• Ability to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and risks that may impact product strategy
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into clear business recommendations
• Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Legal, Operations, and Executive stakeholders
• Strong facilitation, influencing, and negotiation skills
• Ability to build trust and credibility across technical, operational, and leadership audiences
• Comfortable presenting strategic recommendations and regulatory insights to senior leadership

Requirements

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Product Compliance Leads and compliance specialists responsible for supporting global payroll products
• Establish team priorities, operating models, and development plans that enable scalable support across multiple products and jurisdictions
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Ensure the team remains a trusted partner to Product, Operations, and Legal stakeholders
• Execute the strategic vision for Product Strategy & Compliance across Remote's global payroll platform
• Establish frameworks and governance models that ensure compliance requirements are consistently incorporated throughout the product lifecycle
• Create scalable approaches for managing legislative change, product readiness, and regulatory implementation across multiple countries
• Partner with Product Leadership to align compliance priorities with broader product strategy and business objectives
• Oversee the interpretation of complex payroll, employment, tax, and labor legislation across multiple jurisdictions
• Support Product Managers and Engineering teams in designing solutions that are compliant, scalable, and operationally effective
• Promote consistency in how compliance requirements are assessed, documented, and implemented globally
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Payroll Operations leaders to embed compliance controls into product architecture and automation frameworks
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve compliance outcomes and customer experiences
• Oversee the monitoring and assessment of legislative and regulatory developments impacting Remote's payroll products
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Payroll Operations, and Executive Leadership

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• Flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces