Principal Product Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager (AI): Leading end-to-end discovery and validation for new product ideas, defining opportunity spaces, and designing experiments. Focus on identifying, testing, and scaling future product bets, especially in emerging market and policy trends like AI-powered instruction.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $170,000–$190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is an outcomes-focused learning company developing award-winning K-12 learning solutions to help empower educators and keep students safe.

What you will do

• Identify and frame high-potential opportunity spaces aligned with emerging market, policy, and funding trends (e.g., AI-powered instruction).
• Lead structured 6-week discovery-to-pilot cycles that rapidly test problem-solution fit with real customers.
• Define and operationalize success metrics and Innovation Scorecards to evaluate experiments objectively.
• Embed Go-To-Market validation into discovery, including buyer interviews, value messaging tests, and early pricing proxies.
• Partner closely with engineering to ship real, testable pilots quickly and learn from usage data.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative signals into clear, evidence-backed recommendations for leadership.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of product management experience, with significant ownership of early-stage or 0→1 product initiatives.
• Demonstrated success taking ambiguous ideas from concept to validated learning or pilot.
• Proven ability to take calculated risks, learn from failure, and apply insights to future bets.
• Comfortable working directly with customers and synthesizing qualitative insights with quantitative data.
• Strong strategic thinker who connects market dynamics, policy shifts, and funding trends to product strategy.
• Experience partnering closely with sales, marketing, or GTM teams to validate value and positioning.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee equity plan.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a paid year-end holiday break.
• A robust catalog of benefits that support professional growth and personal wellbeing, including work from home funds and fertility & adoption reimbursement.
• A varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company with supportive, driven colleagues.