Janus Henderson Investors · 3 days ago
Head of People and Payroll Technology
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $210K/yr
4+ years expJanus Henderson Investors is dedicated to helping clients achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights and disciplined investments. As the Head of People and Payroll Technology, you will lead product management initiatives, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive the development of People and Payroll capabilities to enhance business value. This role requires strong leadership, strategic communication, and a deep understanding of HR and payroll processes.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Confidently communicate your strategy across the organization to influence stakeholders to align behind the objectives
Define Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to measure success/failure; lead teams to align on and deliver OKRs for customer benefit, product quality and business outcomes
Lead, develop, and inspire multiple Agile Delivery teams of analysts, subject matter experts, developers, testers, architects, and data analysts
Influence cross-team agendas proactively to deliver outcomes while balancing short and long-term objectives
Regularly and systematically use data to uncover opportunities, track product performance, and drive decision making
Drive analysis for undefined or white space problems and make good decisions with ambiguous data
Prioritize, negotiate and remove blockers to orchestrate successful launch or optimization cycles
Champion the use of the right technology to deliver on product initiatives and strategic intents
Carry out other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Proven experience in and passion for building and implementing great products
Experience working with Product Management, Agile, Design Thinking, and Lean methodologies
Fluent in People (Human Resources) and Payroll business processes paired with expertise in the latest supporting technologies, specifically SAP SuccessFactors including Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll
Exposure/understanding of people analytics capability
Experience leading products leveraging cloud data technologies (e.g. Snowflake) and enterprise data strategies
Operate strategically; can communicate, prioritize and deliver against a clear product vision in alignment with enterprise objectives
Strong executive presence and stakeholder management capabilities
Expert in driving work breakdown structures that enable high speed to market
Experience leading within a global organization
Strong transformational leadership skills with proven ability to lead through change
Preferred
4+ years of experience in Agile product management
4+ years of financial services product experience
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
Corporate membership to ClassPass and other health and well-being benefits
Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours
Competitive compensation
Pension/retirement plans
Various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
Company
Janus Henderson Investors
Janus Henderson Investors is an asset management company that provides investment products and portfolio management services to its clients.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
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General Catalyst
2025-12-22Private Equity
2025-12-22Acquired
2017-05-30IPO
Leadership Team
Roger Thompson
Group CFO
Recent News
2026-01-11
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