Product Manager
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR payroll and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers making up 80% of the global workforce but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.
Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors including Burger King Carls Jr./Hardees IHOP KFC and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund BOND and Coatue.
We are looking for a highly customer-obsessed strategic and execution-driven Product Manager to own key product areas across Workstreams platform.
Youll own your product area end-to-end defining its strategy roadmap and long-term vision. From customer discovery and hypothesis development through execution iteration and measurable business outcomes youll shape the product narrative set north-star metrics and drive the investments that improve how hourly businesses hire manage and retain their workforce.
This role is built for someone who thrives in fast-paced startup environments genuinely enjoys spending time with customers and pairs sharp strategic thinking with relentless execution. Youll partner closely with Engineering Design Sales Customer Success Business Development and Leadership to surface opportunities prioritize ruthlessly and ship products that move the needle.
This is a full-time hybrid position with 1 to 3 days a week in-office to support close cross-functional collaboration.
- Own product strategy roadmap and execution for a core Workstream product area
- Define product vision north star metrics and success criteria aligned with company priorities
- Spend significant time with customers users and customer-facing teams to identify patterns pain points and emerging market opportunities
- Partner closely with Sales Customer Success Business Development and Operations to gather business requirements and translate them into scalable product solutions
- Build and manage relationships with strategic external partners (e.g. job boards integrations ecosystem partners) and continuously improve product capabilities through these partnerships
- Conduct market competitive and customer research to develop and validate product hypotheses
- Take a hypothesis-driven experimentation-first approach to product discovery and iteration
- Write detailed product specifications user stories and UX requirements that enable high-quality execution
- Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design teams to ship products quickly while balancing speed quality and long-term scalability
- Be highly resourceful and pragmatic in solving customer problemswhether through automation integrations operational workflows or lightweight solutions
- Drive alignment across Product Engineering Design GTM and executive stakeholders
- Present product strategy roadmap progress and business impact across all levels of the organization
- 5 to 7 years of Product Management experience ideally in SaaS growth marketplace or startup environments
- Experience utilizing AI to make you and your team more effective
- Understanding of AI landscape and tools
- Experience working in a fast-paced scaling startup (typically <500 employees) or demonstrated ability to thrive in high-growth environments
- Proven track record of owning product initiatives from concept through launch (01) and iteration (1N) incorporating both Go To Market and PLG motions
- Strong customer empathy and genuine enthusiasm for talking directly with users
- Excellent analytical strategic and hypothesis-driven problem-solving skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong partnership skills across Engineering Sales Customer Success Marketing and Operations
- Ability to move quickly prioritize effectively and operate with resourcefulness in ambiguous environments
- Experience writing product specs user stories and translating business needs into product execution
While we are looking for the best talent globally the ideal candidate will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area to collaborate closely with our HQ. We are also open to candidates in Vancouver and Utah who can effectively manage the travel requirements between our primary hubs.
- Experience in growth product management or marketplace products
- Experience with HR tech hiring payroll scheduling workforce management or local business software
- Familiarity with job board ecosystems integrations or external platform partnerships
- Experience working with offshore or distributed engineering teams
- Background in hourly work industries such as restaurants retail hospitality or frontline operations
- Experience with one or more of the following product categories: HRIS Payroll Scheduling Time & Attendance or Hiring
What We Offer
- A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empower deskless workers and local businesses
- An early employee opportunity at a Series B hyper-growth startup; work with the founding team and industry veterans to accelerate your career
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical dental and vision. We pay 95% of your premiums for our employees and 85% for dependents
- 401K Plan
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO
Salary Range
In compliance with applicable pay transparency laws the base salary range for this role varies by location:
- San Francisco and Menlo Park CA: $150000 to $170000
- Lehi UT: $130000 to $150000
- Vancouver BC: $100000 to $130000
These ranges are not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidates compensation we consider a number of factors including skill set experience job scope geographic location and current market data.
Know More About Workstream
- Information
Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Workstream integrates Hiring, HR, Payroll, Shift Scheduling, Benefits and more to make managing your hourly workforce easy and cost-effective.