Principal Product Manager

UKG; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is building an AI-first suite to help frontline workers and employers connect through curated services in the flow of work. We are hiring a Principal Product Manager to own the Frontline Worker Network platform, determine service categories, and drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, design, research, analytics, and partnerships.

You will own category strategy and the platform layer, ensuring a seamless experience for workers, employers, and partners while balancing

Responsibilities

• Own the surface where curated services reach frontline workers; define placement, eligibility, onboarding, and handoff to partners with engineering, architecture, and design.
• Define the logic and standards that determine what a worker sees and why.
• Own the platform layer every category runs on: eligibility, consent, placement, partner integration, and measurement.
• Determine which categories we pursue and in what order; collaborate with user research, data, analytics, customer success, partnership, legal, and marketing to identify and prioritize categories.
• Ship through surfaces you do not own; much of this work lands on products other teams run.

Job description

Why UKG

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That's what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you'll get flexibility that's real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

About The Role

At UKG, we are building an AI-first suite that inspires organizations to become great places to work through HR, pay, workforce management, and culture technology. We are hiring a Principal Product Manager to build the product platform and decide which service categories to develop first on the Frontline Worker Network, a UKG-owned network delivering experiences that connect shift and hourly employees with curated services in the flow of work. The Frontline Worker Network is a 0-1 business, with categories being built from the ground up.

You are building a network of products and services, delivered with partners, that improves the quality of life for frontline employees at little to no cost to the employer. You will own category strategy, recommendation logic, and the platform layer that every category runs on.

This is a three-sided network where the workers, employers, and partners need to benefit. You will represent all three at once and be explicit when they conflict. This is a Principal senior individual contributor role reporting to the Vice President of Product, Frontline Worker Network.

More on the FLWN can be seen here,
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251104266648/en/UKG-Unveils-Industry-First-Network-Focused-on-Wealth-Health-and-Everyday-Essentials-for-the-Frontline-Workforce

Responsibilities To Include

• Own the surface where curated services reach frontline workers, from first release through expansion across categories. Define placement, eligibility, consent, onboarding, and the handoff to the partner, and build it with engineering, architecture, and design.
• Define the logic and standards that determine what a given worker sees and why.
• Own the platform layer every category runs on: eligibility, consent, placement, partner integration, and measurement.
• Determine which categories we pursue and in what order. Work with user research, data, analytics, customer success, partnership, legal, and marketing teams to identify and prioritize categories.
• Ship through surfaces you do not own; much of this work lands on products other teams run