Lead Product Manager (German Speaking - German Payroll)

Global Payroll and Workforce Management (WFM) solutions, with a specific focus on in-country compliance and product/market fit. This is a unique opportunity to lead product ownership in regions where compliance requirements are complex and evolving, and where deep local expertise is essential.

What You'll Do

Own the Product Strategy for In-Country Compliance in Germany. Deep expertise of German payroll is required, alongside fluent German language skills.

• Lead the definition and execution of product roadmaps for Payroll and WFM compliance in specific regions, ensuring alignment with local regulatory requirements and market expectations; whilst forming part of the holistic whole platform.

Drive Product/Market Fit

• Collaborate with Go-To-Market (GTM), Pre-Sales, and Managed Services teams to ensure our products meet the nuanced needs of each country's compliance landscape, taking into consideration, global, local and company specific compliance requirements.

Act as a Compliance a Product Owner

• Apply Product Owner and Analyst style capabilities to deeply understand local legislation, translate it into product requirements, and ensure these are reflected in the roadmap from initial ideation through to successful market release.

Bridge the Gap Between Pre-Sales and Product

• Take ownership of a skillset that has traditionally fallen to Pre-Sales, but requires dedicated product leadership and domain expertise in the region - be the owner of Product Market fit.

Lead Product Development Lifecycle

• Guide cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle, from ideation to delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Required Skills & Experience

Analytical & Problem Solving

• Strong understanding of complex business processes and compliance frameworks.

• Ability to gather and reconcile data from multiple sources to inform product decisions.

• Experience diagnosing feature gaps and technical bugs, and working with engineering to resolve them.

Communication & Collaboration

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English as well as local language for the region.

• Ability to write clear, systematic functional specifications.

• Skilled in facilitating product design workshops and cross-functional sessions.

• Comfortable presenting product updates to internal teams and customers alike.

Technical & Product Expertise

• 6-7 years of experience in HR, payroll, financial, or tech-based environments.

• Proven track record of leading large-scale projects involving multiple technologies.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Experience with tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.

• Understanding of relational databases and APIs.

Desirable Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent in a relevant field.

• Experience working in a global product organization.

• Deep knowledge of local payroll and WFM compliance.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating across global teams.

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry - because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.

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