Principal Product Manager
Weekday AI
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Min Experience: 10+ years
Location: Hyderabad
JobType: full-time
We are seeking a visionary and high-impact Principal Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and user experience. A leader who operates with a high degree of autonomy, strategic foresight and influence senior stakeholders and mentor mid-level PMs. You are someone who has mastered the craft of product management and is now looking to apply those skills to solve our most complex, ambiguous, and high-stakes challenges. You aren't just an executor; you are a visionary who raises the standard for the entire Product org.
What a “Principal PM” means to us
At this level, "Principal" signifies a person who serves as a primary architect of our product culture and strategy. You are a peer to senior engineering and design leadership, responsible for ensuring our product ecosystem is cohesive, scalable, and commercially dominant. You represent the "voice of the product" in high-level business discussions and act as a force multiplier for every team you touch. To us, this role means owning high-stakes product outcomes that span across multiple squads, ensuring that our technical capabilities are always aligned with our long-term commercial goals.
Requirements
How you can help us
There are certain functions and capabilities we believe are essential to this internship:
- Strategy & Vision: Translate our company mission into a multi-year product roadmap that anticipates market shifts.
- Organizational Strategy: Identify and bridge gaps between business goals and technical execution across multiple product domains.
- Market Leadership: Conduct high-level market and competitive analysis to pivot or double down on long-term growth levers.
- Craft Excellence: Define and implement the "gold standard" for product discovery, delivery, and measurement across the organization.
- Operational Excellence: Identify bottlenecks in our delivery process and implement scalable solutions to improve velocity and quality.
- Cross-functional Orchestration: Bridge the gap between Engineering, Design, Sales, and Marketing to ensure a unified product voice.
- Mentorship: Elevate the craft of product management across the organization by sharing best practices and refining our internal playbooks.
- Strategic Advocacy: Influence executive stakeholders and the Board by articulating a clear, data-backed vision for the future of our platform.
What we consider relevant qualifications, experience and knowledge
To succeed in this role and fast-track toward an Associate position, you should bring:
- Experience: 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years at a Staff or Principal level within a fast-scaling tech environment and a proven track record of delivering massive impact in high-complexity environments .
- Domain Expertise: Proven track record of managing complex, multi-sided platforms or high-growth B2B/B2C products.
- Technical Literacy: A deep understanding of system architecture and the ability to hold your own in technical discussions with Engineers.
- Communication: Exceptional storytelling skills, you can simplify the complex for a board-level audience.
- Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated ability to drive product strategy from inception to post-launch optimization.
- Mentorship at Scale: Experience coaching Senior and Staff-level PMs, elevating the talent density of your previous organizations.
- Leadership & Influence: Expert-level stakeholder management skills; you can navigate conflicting priorities and drive consensus at the VP and C-suite level.
Performance indicators to get you off to a great start
We don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1, but we do expect you to grow fast. Here is how we will measure your success:
- Day 30: Conduct a "listening tour" across the organization and present an initial assessment of our current product gaps and opportunities.
- Day 60: Take full ownership of a major strategic initiative and define a clear 6-month roadmap with validated KPIs.
- Day 90: Successfully lead one major product release or framework improvement and begin mentoring at least one Senior PM on specific craft skills.
Must-have skills
Product Manager
Good-to-have skills
Fintech