Lead Product Manager
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Job Summary
The best jobs have always clustered in a handful of the worlds wealthiest cities. But talent is everywhere. Oyster set out to close that gap - building a global employment platform that lets companies hire pay and care for brilliant people anywhere.
Were proof that a high-performing culture doesnt need an office. Distributed across 60 countries since 2020 weve built something the industry keeps noticing:
Ranked #10 of 250 on TIME and Statistas 2026 list of Americas Top WorkTech Companies
Named one of Americas Greatest Startup Workplaces 2026 by Newsweek
The only B Corp-certified global employment platform independently verified since 2023
Two of those rankings measured our business impact from the outside. One measured how our own people feel about working here. They landed in the same place because at Oyster culture and performance arent separate conversations. Theyre the same one.
And were just getting started. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who care as much as you do wed love for you to apply.
Location: While this position is posted in a specific location all of Oysters positions are fully remote you can work from home forever. To create the best experience for our new hire this role requires you to be based within UTC 3 to UTC -5.
Were hiring two Lead Product Managers with the same scope level and expectations supporting two different product domains: Hire & Onboard and Benefits.
By applying to this role youll be considered for either opportunity. Throughout the interview process well introduce you to both domains discuss where your experience and interests align best and determine together which role is the strongest mutual fit.
As a Lead Product Manager you will own the product vision strategy and execution for a critical area of Oysters platform. Whether focused on Hire & Onboard or Benefits youll lead customer-facing experiences internal tools and operational workflows that help companies employ talent globally with confidence compliance and simplicity.
You are an AI-first product thinker comfortable applying automation and AI to solve meaningful customer and operational challenges. You bring strong product judgment a structured approach to problem-solving and the ability to balance user needs regulatory complexity and business outcomes.
In this role youll operate at the intersection of product strategy execution and cross-functional leadership. Youll drive complex initiatives in partnership with Engineering Design Legal Compliance Finance Operations and Go-to-Market teams. Strong ownership clear communication and the ability to build alignment across diverse stakeholders are essential to success.
Own the product vision and strategy for either the Hire & Onboard or Benefits domain aligned with company goals and customer outcomes.
Lead discovery and prioritisation across hiring and onboarding problems balancing new features regulatory needs tech debt and operational improvements.
Translate strategy into execution defining clear roadmaps outcomes and success metrics.
Partner closely with Engineering and Design to deliver high-quality scalable solutions with strong user experience.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Operations Legal/Compliance and Go-to-Market to ensure feasibility and alignment.
Represent the Hire & Onboard or Benefits domain in senior stakeholder forums clearly communicating trade-offs progress risks and impact.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve hiring and onboarding outcomes efficiency and decision-making.
Use data and insights (quantitative and qualitative) to inform decisions measure impact and continuously improve outcomes.
Ensure regulatory and compliance requirements are embedded into product development without compromising usability or speed.
Continuously improve product processes contributing to best practices across the wider Product organisation.
5 years of experience in Product Management with a strong track record of owning complex product areas end-to-end and driving measurable business and customer outcomes.
3 years of experience in HR tech hiring onboarding benefits payroll compliance or B2B SaaS with a solid understanding of regulated or operationally complex domains.
Strong product discovery and problem-framing skills with the ability to deeply understand customer pain points validate assumptions and translate insights into impactful product solutions.
You have a demonstrable capability for original thinking and have great examples of how you have understood and solved a problem from first principles.
You are a builder and can demonstrate you have actively worked with AI-prototyping tools and used them to gain valuable feedback from users
Hands-on experience building or iterating on AI-powered and automation-driven features including defining use cases evaluating trade-offs and measuring real-world impact.
Highly data-driven comfortable using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform prioritisation measure success and continuously improve outcomes.
Experience working in multinational cross-functional environments collaborating effectively across Engineering Design Legal Compliance Operations and Go-To-Market teams.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity with a proactive ownership-driven mindset and the ability to bring clarity and structure to complex or evolving problem spaces.
Strong standards for quality ethics and transparency particularly when building products that impact people employment and compliance.
Proven experience in scale-up or high-growth environments with the ability to balance speed quality and long-term sustainability.
Youll also need
A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
Fluent English language skills
Our values guide the work we do the decisions we make and the culture that makes Oyster what it is. We make it happenprogress is our default setting. We drive change we build and give trust and we move as one united team.
Our mission is to create a more equal world of work: helping companies everywhere hire pay and care for talent anywhere. Everything we do ladders up to our mission. We embrace asynchronous collaborative work and share how we operate in the Oyster Public HQ so other global teams can learn from us.
With diverse locations cultures and needs we created How YOU Work; a program supporting your whole human experience at Oyster:
Work from anywhere: Oyster has no borders or HQ. As long as work is timely your team is supported and youre authorized to work where you live you can work from anywhere.
Paid time off: Enjoy 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation) or more if required by your country.
Mental health support: Access Plumm our mental well-being service.
Wellbeing allowance: Each month receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet to spend on a wide range of options.
Flexible parental leave: All new parents are eligible for at least three months paid leave with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally.
WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly.
We embrace diverse perspectives and intentionally build our product and company with an inclusive global mindset. We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every criterion and are committed to a trust-based thriving environment.
Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process please email with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.
Our available positions are on our careers page. Our team will only contact you from an @ email and we will never ask for money as part of an interview process or job offer. If you receive a suspicious email about Oyster jobs or are directed to a site other than please report it via our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.
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