About Keka Keka is India s 1 HR-Tech platform for SMBs mid-market and enterprise customers now expanding aggressively across GCC and the US Our unified SaaS platform powers everything from Core HR to Payroll Talent and Employee Experience for 10 000 customers As we expand globally Finance Planning is becoming one of our most strategic pillars enabling accurate payroll compensation planning budgeting and workforce forecasting at scale About the Role We are hiring a Senior Product Manager - Finance Planning to drive the evolution of Keka s financial products spanning India GCC US Payroll Compensation Cycle Planning Budgeting Workforce Cost Planning Financial Data Models Compliance Workflows Global Workforce Support This is a high-ownership IC role focused on strong execution deep problem solving and building reliable scalable and compliant financial products Key Responsibilities Understand customer problems compliance requirements market insights and convert them into clear product priorities Define and own a 2-3 quarter roadmap across Payroll Compensation and Budget Planning ensuring alignment with business outcomes Drive execution for multi-geo payroll capabilities ensuring correctness stability compliance and extensibility across India GCC and US markets Build and enhance compensation workflows including cycles budgeting approvals and financial modeling Partner with Finance HR and People Ops teams of customers to validate workflows and ensure correctness of financial logic Collaborate with Engineering and Design to create scalable modular and extensible platforms for payroll and adjacent services Work closely with Sales CS Support and Finance to understand customer escalations implementation bottlenecks and recurring themes Represent Finance Planning in customer discussions validate problems showcase roadmap and gather insights from enterprise customers Write clear PRDs acceptance criteria and maintain crisp communication across sprint rituals Monitor shipped features analyze data evaluate success metrics and iterate based on insights Drive high-quality delivery by anticipating risks clarifying requirements early and ensuring strong alignment across pods Who We re Looking For Experience Skills 5-8 years of Product Management experience in B2B SaaS preferably in finance HR tech or compliance-heavy domains Strong experience working in financial payroll compliance HRMS accounting fintech or ERP workflows with the ability to model complex rules edge cases and dependencies Exposure to or strong interest in Fintech payments financial data modeling cost forecasting or compliance-driven workflows Experience with or ability to quickly ramp into Payroll Compensation Budgeting Workforce Planning or multi-geo statutory models India GCC US Ability to independently run structured customer research programs segment users by behavior needs and translate insights into actionable product decisions Strong analytical capabilities proficiency in using data correlation mapping cohort analysis adoption metrics and churn drivers to refine priorities Demonstrated strength in systems thinking comfortable modeling cross-product flows e g Payroll Finance ESS Compensation Experience defining and delivering quarterly product OKRs with measurable customer and business impact Proven ability to balance immediate customer issues with medium-term platform direction making thoughtful trade-offs Excellent communication and storytelling able to influence pods align stakeholders and articulate decision frameworks clearly High ownership structured problem-solving and comfort with ambiguity in compliance-heavy multi-geo environments What Makes This Role Unique Own major components of Keka s Finance Planning charter influencing payroll correctness compensation cycles budgeting rigor and financial predictability across India GCC and the US Drive cross-pod experiences by applying deep systems thinking designing workflows that tie Payroll Compensation Core HR Attendance and Finance together into a unified experience Shape quarterly product direction by owning OKRs conducting research cadences segmenting customers and defining roadmaps tied to business outcomes activation retention NPS High-impact IC role with visibility across CPO Payroll SMEs Engineering leaders and enterprise customers especially as we accelerate US expansion Opportunity to lead research programs discovery rituals A B experiments and cohort analyses that elevate product quality and customer outcomes Ability to influence product culture through better rituals win-loss analysis discovery reviews and helping onboard mentor newer PMs What Keka Offers High trust ownership and autonomy Prospect to design financial systems used across India GCC and the US A fast-growing global environment with real customer impact A culture that values clarity problem-solving and craftsmanship