Director of Product Management - HRIS

Please Note: This is a Utah-based hybrid position which will require some regular in-office days each week. Additionally, employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check. 

AI at BambooHR
At BambooHR, we’re all about setting people free to do great work, and we believe AI is a powerful partner in that mission. We’re leaning into intelligent tools to streamline our workflows, giving us more time for high-impact innovation. We look for curious, forward-thinking people who are ready to explore how AI can elevate their work and help us reimagine the future of HR.

Essential Job Duties

As the Director of Product Management, you will own the HRIS product experience spanning the employee journey from hire to retire (hiring, onboarding, talent, compensation planning, offboarding), and lead the strategy to infuse AI thoughtfully across each persona and workflow. This position requires a seasoned leader with strong strategic vision, product management expertise, aptitude for AI-powered experiences and workflows and excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will:

• Scope:
  • Define and evolve end-to-end experiences for key personas (HR Admins, managers, employees, and executives), ensuring continuity across employee lifecycle moments.
  • Own product strategy across core HRIS workflows and the connected employee journey experiences; partner with adjacent product leaders where experiences cross boundaries.
• Leadership and Strategy:
  • Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy for the HRIS product experience across personas, aligned with overall company goals.
  • Lead and inspire a high-performing team of product managers, and partner closely with Design and Engineering leadership, to execute on the product roadmap as we evolve how we build and deliver great products using AI-enabled tools and practices.
  • Own portfolio prioritization and planning cadence (OKRs, quarterly planning, roadmap communication), ensuring clear tradeoffs and measurable outcomes.
• Product Development:
  • Partner across product development teams to adopt AI-enabled discovery and delivery practices, from ideation and conceptualization through delivery and optimization, improving speed, quality, and customer outcomes.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to ensure successful product launches and customer engagement.
  • Prioritize features and enhancements based on a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscape.
  • Ensure foundational HRIS capabilities (permissions, workflow consistency, data model integrity, and auditability) support scalable experiences across the employee journey.
• AI Experiences and Responsible Innovation:
  • Develop and execute an AI product strategy that improves outcomes for HR Admins, managers, and employees while maintaining trust, transparency, and usability.
  • Establish standards for evaluating AI quality (accuracy, usefulness, bias/fairness considerations, and customer trust signals), and partner with Legal/Security on responsible AI practices.
• Business Outcomes:
  • Drive measurable business outcomes (adoption, retention, expansion/attach rates, and time-to-value) for employee journey capabilities.
  • Partner with Marketing and Sales to refine positioning, packaging, and enablement that clearly communicates value across the employee lifecycle.
• Data-Driven Decision Making:
  • Define and track success metrics such as activation/time-to-value, workflow completion rates, feature adoption, retention/expansion, NPS/CSAT, and support ticket drivers.
  • Use qualitative and quantitative insights to identify friction points across lifecycle moments and prioritize improvements.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Collaborate with executive leadership, sales, marketing, customer experience, finance and legal/privacy teams to align product strategy with overall business obje