Principal Product Manager

About the Job:

As a Principal Product Manager, you will own the strategy, delivery, and growth of a 0-1 product designed to help AI engineers build applications faster and safely. Your responsibilities will encompass driving innovation at the intersection of AI and product development, understanding the needs of AI engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver solutions. You will also play a central role in commercializing and launching our AI products, leveraging your expertise in go-to-market strategies and customer engagement.

You will need to bring hands-on experience leading the development of AI applications and a passion for leveraging AI to create transformative tools. This role requires a blend of technical fluency, setting company-wide strategic vision, and entrepreneurial spirit to incubate and scale new AI-driven products.

Responsibilities:

• Customer Discovery:
  • Engage deeply with AI engineers and product teams to identify pain points and opportunities.
  • Translate customer insights into actionable product features and long-term strategies.
• Product Strategy:
  • Define the product roadmap, balancing immediate opportunities with long-term vision.
  • Lead market research to identify emerging trends and competitive dynamics in AI tools and applications.
  • Articulate and drive a clear point of view on how to build the best products for AI engineers.
• Solution Design:
  • Partner with engineering and design teams to create intuitive, powerful tools that accelerate AI application development.
  • Ensure product designs prioritize efficiency, usability, and scalability.
• Project Leadership:
  • Lead the full lifecycle of product development, including creating PRDs, scoping features, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical execution with business objectives.
• Commercial Expertise:
  • Drive the go-to-market strategies for AI-based products, working closely with marketing and sales teams.
  • Define, align on and meet success metrics and ensure the team achieves key business milestones.
  • Actively participate in customer-facing activities to evangelize the product and gather actionable feedback.

About You:

• AI Product Experience:
  • Deeply accomplished product leader, including of successful 0-1 product launches 
  • Demonstrated experience building and launching AI applications, with a deep understanding of machine learning models and deployment challenges.
  • Passionate about using AI to solve real-world problems and empower engineering teams.
• Customer-Centric Mindset:
  • Strong ability to empathize with AI engineers and identify their core needs.
  • Proven track record of delivering products that delight users and drive adoption.
• Strategic and Collaborative:
  • Ability to set a clear product vision and align diverse teams to achieve it.
  • Excellent at partnering across engineering, design, marketing, and sales to deliver end-to-end success.
• Commercial Savvy:
  • Deep experience with go-to-market planning, pricing strategies, and driving revenue for new AI-based products.
  • Skilled in evaluating market opportunities and positioning products for competitive advantage.
• Effective Communicator:
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas for a variety of audiences.
• Adaptable and High-Agency:
  • Thrives in fast-paced environments and takes ownership to deliver exceptional outcomes.
  • Self-starter who identifies opportunities and drives initiatives independently.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of product management experience, including hands-on involvement with AI or machine learning applications.
• Strong technical fluency, with the ability to bridge AI engineering and business objectives.
• Expertise in building and launching B2B SaaS products, ideally in developer tools or AI-related domains.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Deep understanding of AI market trends and emerging opportunities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building transformative AI products.

Join us in shaping the future of AI development and empowering engineers to build faster, smarter, and better applications.

Pay:

Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 6:

• Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area: $230,000 - $270,000**
• Zone 2: Boston, DC, Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle: $207,000 - $243,000**
• Zone 3: All other US locations: $195,000 - $230,000**

LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

*Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.
**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

About LaunchDarkly:

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations. 

The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

• Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
• Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
• Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
• Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
• Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so, contact People Ops at [email protected]. 

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