# Principal Product Manager, Payroll Platform at Gusto

- Company: Gusto
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.gusto.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Posted: 2026-10-08
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8142163?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gusto-principal-product-manager-payroll-platform/

## About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of direct Product Management experience
- Experience owning a platform, API or developer product that other teams or partners built on, and driving its adoption
- Technical fluency in APIs, data models and system design, with experience leading a migration to a new API or interface and credibility with senior engineers
- Strong platform judgment: you can decide what the shared system should and shouldn’t do, and make thoughtful choices about contracts and other decisions that are difficult to reverse
- Experience designing for trust in systems where errors have real consequences, including clear controls, auditability and evidence-based expansion of automation
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs or agents, including tool design and evaluations. You use AI to prototype and ship, and can explain the choices and trade-offs behind your work

Tags: Product Management

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gusto-principal-product-manager-payroll-platform/