Principal Product Manager at Gusto leading strategy and execution for the Tax Platform, a foundational system handling tax calculations, compliance, and filing for 400,000+ small businesses. Owns multi-year roadmap, partners across engineering and compliance teams, and balances platform modernization with customer impact.
About Gusto
At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 400,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.
All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.
By the Numbers:
What Product Management is like at Gusto:
About the Team:
Tax is a critical pillar of Gusto’s platform. The Tax Platform team owns the core systems that determine how tax liabilities are calculated, tracked, paid, reconciled, and filed for more than 400,000 small businesses.
These systems sit at the intersection of money movement, regulatory compliance, and customer trust. The Tax Platform provides shared capabilities used across Tax, Compliance, and R&D, shaping how tax data flows through the company and how other teams build safely on top of Gusto’s tax foundation.
This is high-leverage, system-level work. The team is actively modernizing tightly coupled legacy systems, improving correctness and traceability, and creating durable platform capabilities that reduce risk and unlock faster product development across the company. We partner closely with Engineering, Compliance, Legal, CX, Data Science, and Operations to ensure Gusto’s tax platform remains accurate, scalable, and resilient as the business grows.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
Here’s what we're looking for:
If you don't think you meet all of the criteria above but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $180,000 to $224,000/yr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $210,000 to $263,000/yr for San Francisco, New York, & Seattle. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above
Where do PMs at Gusto work?
We have offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York and have remote team members across the US and Canada. We are actively hiring for the following Hubs: Toronto, Canada and Seattle, WA. Our open roles will specify on the careers page and in the job description where the position is eligible for work.
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Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
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