Gusto · 18 hours ago
Product Design Manager, Gusto Embedded Payroll
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $183K/yr
8+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by providing essential services like payroll and HR. The Product Design Manager will lead a small team of designers while also contributing to design work, shaping the design vision for embedded payroll, and ensuring high-quality user experiences across partner products.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a team of two designers, fostering growth, craft excellence, and proficient cross-functional collaboration
Contribute directly to end-to-end product design work as an active IC—delivering high-impact experiences within complex financial systems
Define and drive the design vision and direction for GEP — including design systems, UX patterns, and integration strategies that scale across partners
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Technical Solutions, and external platform partners to shape product strategy, ensure alignment, and translate constraints (regulatory, technical, partner-specific) into clear, usable experiences
Build and evolve the UX frameworks that guide embedded payroll (e.g., integration guidelines, interaction models, partner-facing design principles)
Drive alignment across stakeholders, ensuring that partner needs, user needs, and platform constraints are reflected in design decisions
Advocate for research-informed decision-making; identify insights, validate assumptions, and refine designs based on partner and user feedback
Contribute to Gusto’s product design leadership community—sharing insights, setting standards, and shaping our overall design excellence
Qualification
Required
8+ years of product design experience, including 1–2+ years of management or formal mentorship experience leading small design teams
Proven ability to deliver high-quality design outcomes in complex, technical product areas
Robust systems thinking and ability to translate complex problems into elegant, scalable experiences
Demonstrated experience partnering proficiently with Product and Engineering to align vision and execution
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and balancing strategic vision with execution swiftness
A collaborative leader who gives clear feedback, fosters alignment, and helps teams deliver customer impact
AI fluency: Knowledge of AI tools or workflows that enhance design exploration, prototyping, or operational efficiency, and curiosity about emerging AI capabilities in product design
Deep affinity for Gusto's mission to empower small businesses through world-class financial tools
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)s
Equity based compensation (ownership in Gusto)
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
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