Gusto, Inc.11.04.2026

Principal Product Operations Manager, Benefits

Denver

Обязанности

  • 01Shape and support product development and its integration into service strategy for existing customers across the product lifecycle, in collaboration with Engineering, Design, Product Management, and Customer Experience teams
  • 02Understand product and end-to-end service experience and organizations in intimate detail, including internal and external pain points and feedback
  • 03Collaborate to ensure customer support considerations are integrated into broader company decisions
  • 04Lead and partner on product launches between Product Management and Customer Experience (CX) teams to ensure readiness and deliver insights post-launch to ensure a positive experience for customers and internal teams
  • 05Provide business insights and recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative data to influence strategy and operational design in both product and service roadmaps
  • 06Identify and drive cross-functional initiatives that will deliver value for customers and Gusto
  • 07Help develop and communicate a clear roadmap for enhancing service capabilities and experiences
  • 08Hypothesis-driven problem solving to drive business
  • 09Contribute to advancing the Product Operations craft at Gusto and build AI fluency within the team
  • 10Model how to use AI tools to accelerate service design, insight synthesis, and agent-driven operational workflows
  • 11Identify and build AI-assisted operational workflows, including agents, to accelerate VoC synthesis, launch readiness monitoring, and cross-functional signal aggregation
  • 12Use AI tools to prototype service solutions and surface requirements faster, compressing the feedback loop between customer signal and product/service response — before full engineering investment

Требования

  • 0110+ years of relevant work experience at growing startups in operating roles (i.e., biz ops/strategy roles, product operations, project/program management, and/or consulting)
  • 02Experience scaling service strategy alongside growing SaaS products, including incubating products, building and managing product betas, and/or integrating new products into a scalable best-in-class service model
  • 03Highly adaptable and resilient to changes in business needs or requirements, with the ability to navigate challenges and make decisions even when information is incomplete
  • 04Demonstrated self-starter and organized problem-solver
  • 05Self-sufficient, resourceful, and bias for action towards continuous improvement
  • 06Experienced with managing a variety of cross-functional stakeholders on complex strategic initiatives, including influencing senior leaders in Product or Customer Experience orgs
  • 07Strong data literacy and results-orientation, with the ability to identify the right questions, interpret quantitative and qualitative signals, and translate findings into decisions
  • 08Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex subjects to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • 09Demonstrated AI fluency in an operational and product context — comfort using AI tools to synthesize qualitative data, identify automation opportunities in service workflows, and building or directing AI agents to reduce manual operational lift
  • 10Experience prototyping with AI (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Codex or similar) is a plus
  • 11Experience with service design and/or service blueprinting
  • 12Experience working in the healthcare or benefits space (PEO, health insurance, etc.) is a plus

Условия

  • 01Competitive base pay
  • 02Full-time employment
  • 03Benefits package
  • 04Equity (RSUs)
  • 05Offer amounts determined by role, level, and location
  • 06Teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York
  • 07Support for more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide