#137610 - Product Manager

Upwork; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,608,000 - 2,756,000; Full time

Job summary

Upwork is seeking a product leader to drive discovery and delivery of an AI-powered recruiting suite for the French market. You will partner with engineering and design to localize capabilities from rapid prototyping to production-scale features, with potential to expand product ownership across Europe, expanding into leadership roles.

You will own the roadmap for French workflows, collaborate with client teams, validate ideas with users, and ensure robust guardrails and measurable success in a

Qualifications

• Fluency in French and English
• 5+ years product management with discovery, design and delivery ownership
• Experience launching production AI/LLM applications and guardrails
• Technical literacy across backend services, APIs and frontend apps
• Ability to translate business needs between technical and non-technical partners
• Curiosity about emerging AI tech and responsible B2B application
• Regular use of AI tools in day-to-day work

Responsibilities

• Define the product vision and roadmap for adapting LLM-powered capabilities to French staffing workflows and partner systems
• Ensure delivery of cross-system solutions, sequencing work with engineering into testable increments and coordinating rollouts with partner teams
• Research stakeholders and end users to inform product and technical decisions for the French market
• Prototype with users and partners using qualitative and quantitative feedback to decide priorities
• Align engineering with business partners through clear requirements, options and tradeoffs
• Define and monitor success metrics for the French market to improve reliability and value

Skills

Bilingual (French-English)

Product management

AI/LLM delivery

Backend APIs

Frontend web apps

Client engagement

AI tool usage

Tools

ChatGPT

Claude

APIs

Job description

Job Description

Lead product discovery and delivery for an AI-powered recruiting product suite serving staffing agencies in the French market. Work with engineering and design to adapt and localize LLM-powered capabilities, from rapid early-stage prototyping to scaling and improving production features. The role offers the opportunity to expand product ownership across the region and potentially grow into product leadership supporting European expansion.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the product vision and roadmap for adapting LLM-powered capabilities to French staffing workflows and partner systems.
• Own delivery of cross-system solutions, sequence work with engineering into testable, releasable increments, and coordinate rollouts with partner teams.
• Research stakeholders and end users to understand French staffing operations and inform product and technical decisions.
• Collaborate with design and engineering to prototype with users and partners, using qualitative and quantitative feedback to decide which solutions to pursue.
• Align engineering and business partners through clear requirements, options, constraints, and tradeoffs.
• Define and monitor success metrics for the French market to improve product reliability, value, and performance.

Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• Fluency in both French and English.
• Five or more years of product management experience, including autonomous ownership of discovery, design, and delivery across systems and teams.
• Practical experience managing or launching production AI/LLM applications, including evaluating AI features, iterating on solutions, and implementing appropriate guardrails.
• Strong technical literacy across backend services, APIs, and frontend web applications, with the ability to discuss them confidently with engineering counterparts.
• Comfort working directly with clients and translating business needs between technical and non-technical partners.
• Curiosity about emerging AI technologies and a thoughtful, responsible approach to applying them in a B2B setting.
• Regular use of AI tools as part of day-to-day work.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience in HR technology, recruiting, or staffing platforms.

Required Tools & Platforms

• Day-to-day use of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools.
• Product experience with production AI/LLM applications; no specific programming language is required.

Location, Time & Engagement

• Remote contract opportunity for candidates based in approved sourcing countries within Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA), subject to current location eligibility restrictions.
• CET time-zone coverage is required.
• 40 hours per week, with an expected engagement through March 31, 2027.
• This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.