Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Pricing and monetization has become a core differentiator in modern SaaS, especially for multi-product platforms where packaging choices shape adoption and retention as much as features do. This role stands out because it spans a broad portfolio across payroll, HR, time management, and embedded financial services, which signals a mature SaaS suite with multiple customer segments and revenue motions to balance.
For a long-term SaaS career, the work builds durable leverage in how software businesses translate product value into revenue. Owning pricing KPIs, supporting launches, and partnering across product, go-to-market, finance, and data creates a strong operating toolkit that transfers across B2B SaaS categories. The emphasis on shipping MVPs and pilots also reflects a shift toward experimentation-led monetization, where iteration cycles and measurement discipline matter as much as strategy.
This position fits professionals who enjoy cross-functional influence and can move between analytical problem-solving and stakeholder alignment. It will suit someone comfortable operating with executive visibility, translating ambiguous questions into testable hypotheses, and using AI-enabled workflows to accelerate analysis and delivery. It is a good match for candidates who want pricing to be a primary craft rather than a side responsibility.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Role
Our Product Pricing & Monetization team sits at the intersection of product and commercial strategy, responsible for holistic pricing and packaging across Gusto's full product suite.
We're looking for a Senior Pricing and Monetization Manager to focus across ourplatform. portfolio including Gusto Payroll, Gusto Time management and HR, and our suite of embedded financial services for employers and employees. You'll collaborate closely with product, sales, marketing, data, engineering, and finance, with work that is visible to Gusto leadership.
What You'll Do
- Work in partnership across Product, Finance, Marketing, and Go-to-Market to review and recommend monetization and pricing strategies for new product launches and our existing portfolio.
- Be a world-class operator, owning and delivering on cross-functional projects and commercial go-to-market initiatives. In an AI-native environment, strategy, ownership, and execution goes broad. You will be asked to learn, adapt and grow your range of expertise.
- Help shift from a commercial strategy and operations function, to an AI-powered builder program. You’ll ship MVPs, Proof of Concepts, and pilots right into market.
- Decide, Build, and Monitor the key Pricing and Monetization KPIs across our product and go-to-market portfolio.
- Be the pricing and monetization expert and go-to-partner for Monetization and Commercial strategy.
- Work closely with key stakeholders such as: Product, Product Marketing, Sales, Data Science, and Finance. Products will have direct executive line-of-sight and direct impact to our product and business.
What We're Looking For
- Background in fintech, business banking, retirement, E-commerce, payroll, or HR back office SaaS
- Background in B2B / B2C Saas in Payroll, HR, Fintech, ECommerce or related field.
- An AI-native operator who can go from strategy to execution quickly, building Agents instead of processes. You’ll be an expert in Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Cursor.
- A strong analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and creative problem-solving ability. Able to use AI tools to conduct end-to-end technical data analysis.
- Executive relationship management and communication. You’ll be presenting and working on topics for our executives, board, and senior leaders across Gusto.
- Exceptional cross-functional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills. Your success will be defined by your ability to move a broad set of stakeholders towards a common goal.
- Clear, concise communicator, able to distill complex ideas for any audience
- Thrives in fast-moving environments; able to pivot quickly and manage competing priorities
- Curious, growth-oriented, and genuinely passionate about pricing
Nice to Have
- Experience developing and delivering pricing and go-to-market recommendations in product, marketing, finance, or consulting.
- Experience with technical pricing research, like conjoint or max diff analysis, or other quantitative research techniques.
- Expertise in technical data analysis skills, like SQL, Python or R. Expect underlying foundation coupled with ability to use AI to execute.
- Familiarity with the latest AI tools to help with coding or data analytics tools such as Claude, Cursor, Gumloop
Compensation
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $152,000 - $180,000/yr in Denver, Phoenix, and Atlanta, and $180,000 - $218,000/yr for San Francisco & New York. The salary range for Toronto is CAD 133,000 - 160,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
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