Senior Manager, Global Payroll Strategy and Compliance
remotecom • Remote-Iberia • Remote-UK&I
No Relocation
Posted: June 25, 2026
Job Description
What 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
What you bring
Product Strategy & Compliance Expertise
- 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
Leadership & Organizational Development
- 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
Strategic Thinking & Risk Management
- 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
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and navigating competing priorities
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- 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
Key Responsibilities
-
Lead the Product Strategy & Compliance Function
- 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
- Build organizational capability through coaching, succession planning, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Ensure the team remains a trusted partner to Product, Operations, and Legal stakeholders
Define and Drive Product Compliance Strategy
- 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
- Drive initiatives that improve compliance coverage, operational scalability, and customer outcomes
Translate Regulatory Requirements into Product Solutions
- Oversee the interpretation of complex payroll, employment, tax, and labor legislation across multiple jurisdictions
- Ensure regulatory requirements are translated into clear business requirements, product specifications, and implementation guidance
- Support Product Managers and Engineering teams in designing solutions that are compliant, scalable, and operationally effective
- Provide strategic direction on how legislative requirements should be operationalized within products and workflows
- Promote consistency in how compliance requirements are assessed, documented, and implemented globally
Drive Compliance-by-Design and Product Innovation
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Payroll Operations leaders to embed compliance controls into product architecture and automation frameworks
- Advocate for compliance-by-design principles that reduce manual intervention and operational risk
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve compliance outcomes and customer experiences
- Support the development of scalable product capabilities that simplify regulatory complexity for customers
- Influence roadmap decisions by balancing regulatory requirements, customer needs, technical feasibility, and business priorities
Lead Regulatory Intelligence and Market Readiness
- Oversee the monitoring and assessment of legislative and regulatory developments impacting Remote's payroll products
- Establish processes that enable proactive identification, prioritization, and implementation of regulatory changes
- Support country expansion initiatives by assessing product readiness and regulatory requirements for new markets
- Partner with Legal, Operations, and Product teams to develop implementation strategies for evolving regulatory obligations
- Ensure the organization maintains awareness of emerging trends, risks, and opportunities within the global payroll landscape
Act as a Strategic Advisor and Cross-Functional Leader
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Payroll Operations, and Executive Leadership
- Provide strategic guidance on compliance risk, regulatory developments, market requirements, and product direction
- Represent Product Strategy & Compliance in roadmap planning, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional decision-making forums
- Build strong partnerships across the organization to align compliance objectives with broader business goals
- Drive collaboration between stakeholders to ensure regulatory requirements are addressed efficiently and effectively
Practicals
- You'll report to: Senior Manager of Payroll Strategy and Compliance
- Direct reports: up to 6
- Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
#LI-DNP
Additional Content
What 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
What you bring
Product Strategy & Compliance Expertise
- 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
Leadership & Organizational Development
- 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
Strategic Thinking & Risk Management
- 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
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and navigating competing priorities
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- 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
Key Responsibilities
-
Lead the Product Strategy & Compliance Function
- 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
- Build organizational capability through coaching, succession planning, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Ensure the team remains a trusted partner to Product, Operations, and Legal stakeholders
Define and Drive Product Compliance Strategy
- 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
- Drive initiatives that improve compliance coverage, operational scalability, and customer outcomes
Translate Regulatory Requirements into Product Solutions
- Oversee the interpretation of complex payroll, employment, tax, and labor legislation across multiple jurisdictions
- Ensure regulatory requirements are translated into clear business requirements, product specifications, and implementation guidance
- Support Product Managers and Engineering teams in designing solutions that are compliant, scalable, and operationally effective
- Provide strategic direction on how legislative requirements should be operationalized within products and workflows
- Promote consistency in how compliance requirements are assessed, documented, and implemented globally
Drive Compliance-by-Design and Product Innovation
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Payroll Operations leaders to embed compliance controls into product architecture and automation frameworks
- Advocate for compliance-by-design principles that reduce manual intervention and operational risk
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve compliance outcomes and customer experiences
- Support the development of scalable product capabilities that simplify regulatory complexity for customers
- Influence roadmap decisions by balancing regulatory requirements, customer needs, technical feasibility, and business priorities
Lead Regulatory Intelligence and Market Readiness
- Oversee the monitoring and assessment of legislative and regulatory developments impacting Remote's payroll products
- Establish processes that enable proactive identification, prioritization, and implementation of regulatory changes
- Support country expansion initiatives by assessing product readiness and regulatory requirements for new markets
- Partner with Legal, Operations, and Product teams to develop implementation strategies for evolving regulatory obligations
- Ensure the organization maintains awareness of emerging trends, risks, and opportunities within the global payroll landscape
Act as a Strategic Advisor and Cross-Functional Leader
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Payroll Operations, and Executive Leadership
- Provide strategic guidance on compliance risk, regulatory developments, market requirements, and product direction
- Represent Product Strategy & Compliance in roadmap planning, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional decision-making forums
- Build strong partnerships across the organization to align compliance objectives with broader business goals
- Drive collaboration between stakeholders to ensure regulatory requirements are addressed efficiently and effectively
Practicals
- You'll report to: Senior Manager of Payroll Strategy and Compliance
- Direct reports: up to 6
- Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
#LI-DNP