Principal Product Manager

Job description

We’re a growing team, and as we scale, so does our need to focus on expanding our Product Management team. You’ll be joining a people-focused company, and as a **Principal** **Product Manager**, you will get the ability to define and drive AI/ML product development for multiple high-growth, high-visibility products, working on Agentic AI. Supported by a top-flight sales organization and high-powered engineering team. And massive potential for going both deep and wide into current and future verticals by leveraging our large and highly engaged audience. ### THE OPPORTUNITY - Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to execution, to turn ambiguous problems into end-to-end solutions. - Define and execute the product roadmap for AI-powered solutions within the Price Waterfall, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs - Stay informed on the latest trends and advancements in AI and the manufacturing supply chain. - Act as a key liaison between business, technical teams, and external partners to ensure clear communication and alignment - Understand Vendavo’s applications and how it serves the commercial operation space across multiple complex industries. - Deeply understand Gen AI use cases within Vendavo, pinpointing developer challenges and opportunities in this domain, and gather specific platform requirements for launching Gen AI applications. - Partner with engineering and design teams to launch fast and iterate faster. - Understand emerging AI and revenue trends and inject the best ideas into the roadmap. - Set qualitative objectives and quantitative goals, define product requirements, and drive execution with the Engineering, PM, and UX design teams. - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including research, engineering, UX, and other stakeholders to develop and deliver cutting-edge AI products tailored for specific verticals or business units - Internal and external stakeholder management, and make tradeoff decisions based on technical and business insights. - Other duties as assigned. ### THE SKILL SET - **Experience** - Have 10+ years of relevant work experience in product management at a high-performance SaaS consumer technology company.B2B SaaS Experience (Preferred) - Experience in B2B SaaS, with CPQ, Rebates, or Pricing management as a nice-to-have but not mandatory requirement. - **Agentic AI Experience** - Strong understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their applications in operational settings. - **Product Lifecycle Expertise** - Must have experience leading at least two full product lifecycles from ideation to launch and post-launch iterations. - **Agile Product Development** - Strong knowledge of agile methodologies with experience managing iterative, high-quality product releases. - **Customer-Centric Focus** - Ability to understand customer needs and translate them into valuable product features and solutions. - **Data-Driven Decision Making** - Skilled in leveraging data and analytics to inform product decisions and prioritize features. - **Cross-Functional Leadership** - Proven ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, sales, marketing) to ensure product success. - **Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking** - Ability to think strategically, solve complex problems, and make sound decisions in fast-paced environments. - **Execution Excellence** - Strong project management skills to ensure products are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business goals. ### THE BENEFITS - Professional growth and Development opportunities. - Working within a team of friendly, skilled people where help is always within reach - Flexible working hours - 4 recharge days, where the entire company goes on a brief pause in all geographies for 1 day each quarter. This day can be spent in whatever way helps you recharge, to regain energy, and dive back into the next workday - High-end laptop (Dell or Mac) - Competitive pay and bonus - 18 vacation days in a year in addition to 15 days Sick Leave/ Casual leave per calendar year. - 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year - 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave. - Health Insurance of up to 7 lacs for self, spouse, 4 dependent children, and parents. 100% of the premium is paid by Vendavo and it covers the employee, spouse, children, and their parents. - Group Term Insurance coverage up to three times of their Annual CTC . Dependents are not covered. - Group Personal Accident coverage up to three times of Annual CTC. Dependents are not covered. - Provident fund contributions