Principal Product Manager

Summary

Join Karat's Product team as a Principal Product Manager for Data Products and lead the development of industry-defining benchmarking and analytics products. Leverage Karat's extensive interview dataset (400k+ interviews) to transform how companies understand and measure technical talent. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, data science, design, and go-to-market) to deliver transformative solutions. Define the roadmap for data products, prioritize features based on customer needs, and transform the interview dataset into actionable benchmarking products. Interface with customer executives, monitor performance metrics, and develop business cases for new offerings. This role requires strong analytical skills, experience with large datasets, and excellent communication skills. The position is remote but limited to specific U.S. states.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience working on B2B offerings, with demonstrated expertise in shipping external monetizable products to technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience defining, launching, selling, and scaling successful products with proven business impact, ideally from the ground up
• Successful experience in executive presentations, ability to communicate the business value of complex products, and gain executive buy-in
• Strong analytical skills with experience building customer-facing analytics products
• Demonstrated ability to work with large datasets and translate data insights into customer-facing products
• Experience designing products that help customers understand and act on complex data relationships
• Ability to engage with senior leaders at large enterprises on topics related to talent benchmarking, workforce analytics, and industry standards
• Excellent communication skills; able to explain complex concepts to diverse stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of industry-defining benchmarking and analytics products that leverage the 400k+ interviews Karat has conducted to transform how companies understand and measure technical talent
• Working directly with the VP of Product, you'll leverage deep customer empathy and strategic product thinking to build data products that establish Karat as the definitive measure of talent, while collaborating across engineering, data science, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver transformative solutions
• Define the roadmap for data products; evaluate how we should leverage our extensive interview dataset to create industry-leading benchmarking and analytics products; collaborate with leadership to shape Karat's strategy as the definitive measure of talent in the evolving technical assessment market
• Lead development of innovative data and benchmarking products; prioritize features based on customer needs and business objectives; partner with engineering, data science, and UX teams to deliver sophisticated yet intuitive analytics experiences
• Transform our extensive interview dataset into actionable benchmarking products; design products that provide customers with industry insights and competitive intelligence; develop frameworks for measuring and comparing talent across roles, levels, and interview formats
• Interface with customer executives to capture critical feedback; monitor performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities; partner with Go-to-Market teams on expansion strategies; develop compelling business cases for monetizing new offerings
• Collaborate with data science teams on advanced analytics methodologies; ensure seamless integration with existing customer workflows; evaluate market positioning of current offerings

Benefits

• 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 support via Spring 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
• 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
• U.S. Parental Leave: 24 weeks16 weeks: full-out, full pay8 weeks: “Karat Phase-Back” 20 hours per week, full pay
• U.S. HolidaysU.S. Holiday Schedule available here : 10 days
• Karat Summer Break: 5 days - July
• Karat Winter Break: 5 days - December