Principal Product Manager (AI Products) (United States)

Norwest Venture Partners; Enterprise (NV); Remote; USD 144,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Karat as a Principal Product Manager (AI Products) to redefine technical interviewing in an AI-focused landscape. This role involves shaping product vision and strategy while working with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with market needs and driving innovation. Your extensive background in product management will help elevate Karat's mission and offerings to new heights.

Benefits

Employer-sponsored healthcare

401(k) match

Flexible Savings Account

Paid mental wellness support

Flexible vacation policy

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience in B2B and B2C.
• Strong ability to engage with senior technical leaders.
• Experience defining and scaling successful products.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmap for AI product suite and leverage AI for candidate evaluation.
• Lead innovative interview product development with engineering and UX teams.
• Analyze assessment data and monitor performance metrics for improvement.

Skills

Product Management

AI/ML Understanding

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Job description

Principal Product Manager (AI Products) (United States)

• Company Address: 1414 NE 42nd St, 204, Seattle, Washington 98105-6271, US

About Karat

Karat created the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers.

About Karat

Karat created the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers.

Job Description

We'reKarat , the world's largest interviewing company.

Karat is the gold standard in technical talent measurement, empowering organizations to evaluate, benchmark, and elevate the quality of their engineering teams. Trusted by global leaders such as PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi, Karat’s innovative assessments, live expert-led technical interviews, and unmatched talent insights help companies hire top talent and drive engineering excellence.

Come join ourProductteam

Our Product team is committed to driving forward Karat’s mission to make interviews predictive, fair, and enjoyable. We are focused on providing deeper value to engineering and talent leaders, hiring managers, recruiters, candidates, andInterview Engineers .

What you will do

As Principal Product Manager for AI Products, you will lead the reinvention of technical interviewing in an AI-transformed world, owning the product vision, strategy, and execution for our next-generation interview platform. Working directly with the VP of Product, you'll leverage deep user empathy and product thinking to create experiences that evolve alongside rapid AI advancements in software development, while collaborating across engineering, content, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver high-impact solutions that transform how companies evaluate talent.

• Product Strategy & Innovation:Define the roadmap for our AI product suite; evaluate how we should leverage AI to provide a stronger signal and measure of a candidate’s technical capabilities; collaborate with leadership to shape Karat's strategy in the evolving technical assessment market
• Product Development & Execution:Lead development of new innovative interview products; prioritize features based on customer needs and business objectives; partner with engineering, content, and UX teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Analytics & Insights:Analyze assessment data to improve accuracy; design experiments to evaluate different approaches; leverage our database of hundreds of thousands of candidates to enhance our signal on candidate performance
• Market & Customer Focus:Monitor performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities; partner with Go-to-Market teams on expansion strategies; develop compelling business cases for new AI-enabled offerings
• Cross-Functional Leadership:Collaborate with content teams on formats for complex technical roles; ensure smooth operations for existing customers; evaluate AI susceptibility of current offerings, and implement appropriate safeguards

The experience you will bring

• 8+ years of product management experience working on B2B and B2C offerings, and ideally, past experience working as a software developer
• Demonstrated experience defining, launching, selling, and scaling successful products with proven business impact, ideally from the ground up
• Ability to engage with senior, highly technical leaders at large enterprises on topics related to evaluating core software developer fundamentals
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and data analysis methodologies
• Excellent communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams
• Successful experience in executive presentations, ability to communicate business value, as well as product features/benefits, and gain executive buy-in

This position is only available to candidates residing in the following U.S. states: CT, Washington, D.C., FL, GA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MO, NC, NV, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, and WA. While our team operates 100% remotely, we are currently limiting hiring to these specific locations. Applications from other states will not be considered at this time.

Immigration sponsorship is not available.

Benefits of joining Karat in the United States

All U.S.-based offers include a competitive salary in local currency and Karat-granted stock options. We’re proud of our additional offerings, and highlight some of our team’s favorites below.

Benefits / Wellness:

Benefits are available for all full-time, U.S. employees

• Employer-sponsored healthcare (100% premium coverage for employees and 75% premium coverage for eligible dependents)
  • Medical (Regence PPO and HDHP available)
    • HSA employer contribution for those enrolled in the HDHP medical plan
  • Dental and Vision (Guardian)
• 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Standard Life Insurance
• Optional Life Insurance available
• Flexible Savings Account (Healthcare)
• 401(k) match of 4%
• 100% employer-paid mental wellness supportviaSpring Health for employees and eligible dependents
  • 10 therapy sessions per year at no cost to employee
  • 10 coaching sessions per year at no cost to employee

Time Off:

• Vacation:flexible policy for salaried employees and three (3) work weeks available for hourly employees per year
• Wellness (Sick & Mental Health): three (3) work weeks available per year
• Karat ‘No Questions Asked’ Leave:one (1) work week per calendar year
• Other:Bereavement, Jury Duty, LOA, etc. available as-needed
• 16 weeks:full-out, full pay
• 8 weeks:“Karat Phase-Back” 20 hours per week, full pay

U.S. Holidays

• U.S. Holiday Schedule availablehere :10 days

Compensation Varies by Geographic Location

At Karat, salary ranges for each U.S.-based position are determined by the employee's work location. We structure our compensation into geographic tiers based on market data and regional economic factors.

Please refer to ourgeographic classification document to view which tier applies to your location. If your area isn't included in our classification system, please connect with your Recruiter for specific details. These geographic classifications may be adjusted periodically.

Base Salary (GeoLo 2)

$185,400-$207,000USD

Base Salary (GeoLo 3)

$164,800-$184,000USD

Base Salary (GeoLo 4)

$144,200-$161,000USD

Additional Information

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Statement of Inclusivity

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.

We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.