Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees?

Syndio is a Series C technology company leveraging advanced technology and responsible AI to accelerate decision-making, streamline compliance, and democratize insights for consistent, equitable compensation practices at scale. Backed by $83M in investments from Bessemer Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, and Emerson Collective, we are expanding our team and products to help companies align their rewards strategies with their business goals.

Our customers are our greatest asset. Syndio partners with many of the world's most recognized and respected enterprises, helping them implement leading-edge compensation solutions with expert guidance. We analyze pay for over 10 million employees across dozens of countries, ensuring fair, defensible rewards that drive better business outcomes.

Join us in our mission to help companies make smarter pay decisions they can trust!

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced product manager to drive new innovation for our flagship Equity Tech platform. In this role, you will own the bi-directional integrations product roadmap, collaborating closely with engineering teams to ensure successful launches of new integrations and directly engaging with customers to gather feedback. Your role will be instrumental in shaping a scalable ecosystem that supports HRIS integrations.

You will be central to Syndio's mission of eradicating workplace pay and opportunity disparities, working cross-functionally to guide data-driven features, projects, and initiatives from concept to launch. You will bridge the technical and business realms, serving as the customer advocate throughout the development lifecycle, crafting and launching features that drive sales growth and engagement. Additionally, you will collaborate directly with internal stakeholders and teams to identify areas of opportunity, develop best-in-class products, and empower our customers with high-quality solutions.

Why this job is exciting:

• Strategically Lead bi-directional Integrations Product Roadmap: Take ownership of the integrations product roadmap, strategically guiding its evolution to align with business objectives and market needs.
• Drive Requirements Gathering and Roadmap Definition: Facilitate comprehensive requirements gathering, leveraging expertise from multiple teams to define a clear and cohesive roadmap that meets customer demands and technical capabilities.
• Cultivate User Empathy and Feedback Loop: Establish a culture of user empathy within the team, adeptly leveraging diverse user feedback to inform product decisions. Conduct customer interviews and impart product validation techniques to enhance user-centered design.
• Leverage Data Insights for Informed Decisions: Utilize advanced data analytics skills to derive actionable insights, driving data-driven product decisions and effectively communicating progress.
• Excel as a Communicator and Brand Representative: Serve as an expert communicator, ensuring transparent internal and external communication on product progress, key decisions, and achievements. Represent Syndio confidently at industry events and engagements.
• Navigate Ambiguity to Foster Clarity: Demonstrate comfort in ambiguous situations, adeptly acting with incomplete information to provide clarity and direction for colleagues and stakeholders.

About You:

• Proven track record in integrations product management or a related role, demonstrating a deep understanding of product lifecycle and defining the optimal user journey
• Workday, UKG or SAP integration experience
• Experience with HR tech - Human Resources systems
• Solid understanding of API technology and usage in integrations, experience defining requirements.
• Hands-on experience in fast-paced, delivery-focused settings with a strong grasp of Agile methodologies (sprints, backlog grooming, etc.) to drive efficient product development
• Effective cross functional collaborator, bridging the knowledge gap between engineering and customer facing functions.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic business objectives into actionable product initiatives, aligning with organizational goals
• Strong interpersonal skills, enabling effective facilitation of dynamic meetings, elicitation of insights from diverse experts, and translation of needs into impactful product features
• Track record of managing and prioritizing multiple features across multiple teams and development phases, ensuring successful outcomes
• Strong quantitative skills with meticulous attention to detail, leveraging data-driven insights to make informed decisions
• Self starter; ability to act autonomously
• Fluent in utilizing product management tools to streamline processes and enhance productivity
• Comfortable working in a fast-growing startup and wearing many hats

Bonus Points:

• Experience developing SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with data structures e.g., payroll data, HRIS data, etc.
• Familiarity with multiple functional areas, such as project management, engineering, UX/UI, sales, customer support, finance or marketing

Why you'll love it here:

• Check out our Employee Experience page for more information on our Mission & Values, Work-Life Balance, Pay Transparency, Diversity, Culture, and Benefits.
• Competitive Compensation. For this role our salary is targeted at $115-135k CAD per year.
• Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise.
• Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio's success.
• 20 days annually. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
• Pension Contribution
• Remote-First (within commuting distance of Calgary) #LI-Remote

Role progression:

• First Month: Establish groundwork and connectivity for bi-directional integrations with HR systems while collaborating with engineering and customer success teams.
• Three Months: Refine connectivity solutions, engage with AI/ML and data science teams, and confidently handle client-facing discussions.
• Six Months: Expand connectivity to international systems, contribute to AI data consumption decisions, and drive projects forward with updated backlogs.

Interview overview

Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for our Product Manager position. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.

• 20 min - Phone call with a member of our Talent Team

• 30 min - Zoom interview with the Hiring Manager

• Skills Evaluation - Take-home Assignment

• 90 min - Team Interviews

• 30 min - Final Interview

At Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and grow with us.

Syndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and age.