Principal Technical Product Manager (Data Products) (United States)

Karat

7d•Remote

About The Position

We're Karat, the world's largest interviewing company. Karat is transforming organizations around the world. We provide a powerful system for technical leaders at companies like PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi who want to take control of how they hire top engineers, elevate their teams and contractors, and stay ahead. At the core of Karat’s system are live, expert-led interviews, analytics designed to give leaders maximum visibility, and the most robust interview performance dataset in the world. Come join our Product team 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, and Interview Engineers. What you will do As Principal Product Manager for Data Products, you will 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.

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

Product Strategy & Innovation: 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.
Product Development & Execution: 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.
Analytics & Insights: 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.
Market & Customer Focus: 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.
Cross-Functional Leadership: 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 weeks
16 weeks: full-out, full pay
8 weeks: “Karat Phase-Back” 20 hours per week, full pay
U.S. Holidays
U.S. Holiday Schedule available here: 10 days
Karat Summer Break: 5 days - July
Karat Winter Break: 5 days - December