Product Specialist - HR Tech

KNR Management Consultants; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity (ESOPs)

Founder-led startup culture

Gurgaon office

Job summary

KNR Management Consultants, in collaboration with IIT-IIM alumni, is launching an HR-tech startup in Gurgaon, building an AI-native platform unifying HRIS, ATS, sourcing, and recruitment into one system. We are hiring a Product Manager to shape the core product from the ground up alongside the founding team.

You'll translate customer needs into a roadmap, work with engineering and design to ship features, and own the product from ideation to launch in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.

Qualifications

• 2–6 years of product management experience, including 2+ years in B2B SaaS.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Bias for action and ability to operate with ambiguity in a startup.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product roadmap across HRIS, ATS, and sourcing & recruitment modules.
• Translate customer conversations, market research, and usage data into a clear, prioritized roadmap.
• Write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering and design.
• Partner closely with engineering, design, and AI/ML teams to ship features end-to-end.
• Define and track product metrics activation, retention, feature adoption, and time-to-hire outcomes.
• Run user research and interviews with HR leaders, recruiters, and candidates to validate ideas.
• Manage beta programs and iterate quickly based on real customer feedback.
• Collaborate with founders on GTM, pricing, and packaging decisions.
• Track HR-tech and AI trends and the competitive landscape to inform strategy.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Bias for action

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

MBA is a plus

Job description

Location: Gurgaon (Onsite)

KNR and IIT-IIM Alumni are bringing together their synergies and launching a new Venture, an early-stage HR-tech startup building an end-to-end, AI-native platform that unifies HRIS, Applicant tracking, sourcing, assessment, and recruitment into a single system. We're on a mission to help companies hire, manage, and grow their teams more intelligently, replacing fragmented point solutions with one connected, AI-powered platform.

About the Role

We're hiring a Product Manager to help shape the core product from the ground up. You'll work directly with the founding team to define what we build next, turn customer needs into a clear roadmap, and partner closely with engineering and design to ship features that HR teams and recruiters genuinely love using. This is a high-ownership role for someone who wants to help build a category-defining product at an early stage.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end product roadmap across HRIS, ATS, and sourcing & recruitment modules
• Translate customer conversations, market research, and usage data into a clear, prioritized roadmap
• Write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that engineering and design can build against
• Partner closely with engineering, design, and AI/ML teams to ship features end-to-end
• Define and track product metrics activation, retention, feature adoption, and time-to-hire outcomes
• Run user research and interviews with HR leaders, recruiters, and candidates to validate ideas
• Manage beta programs and iterate quickly based on real customer feedback
• Collaborate with founders on GTM, pricing, and packaging decisions
• Track HR-tech and AI trends and the competitive landscape to inform strategy

What We're Looking For

• 2-6 years of product management experience, including 2+ years in B2B SaaS
• Strong analytical skills and comfort making decisions from data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience managing stakeholders across functions
• A bias for action and comfort operating with ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (MBA is a plus, not required)

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with HRIS, ATS, or recruitment/sourcing platforms as a builder or a power user
• Experience shipping AI-powered or data-intensive product features
• Prior experience at an early-stage (0-to-1) startup
• Technical background (CS/Engineering) or strong ability to work closely with engineering on system design

What We Offer

• The opportunity to shape a category-defining product from the ground up
• Significant ownership and autonomy over your roadmap
• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity (ESOPs)
• A fast-paced, collaborative, founder-led startup culture
• Gurgaon office, with a close-knit early team