Principal Product Manager, Platform & Intelligence

KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for a Principal Product Manager, Platform & Intelligence that is fully remote.


About the Role
Many enterprise organizations still rely on fragmented systems, disconnected platforms, and manual workflows that create inefficiencies, slow decision-making, and impact the customer experience. Our team is building a modern AI-driven platform designed to streamline operations, unify data, and support intelligent automation across business-critical workflows.

We are now expanding our platform capabilities to include a unified data foundation and advanced AI-powered systems, including conversational interfaces, intelligent recommendations, AI agents, vector search capabilities, and workflow automation. This Principal Product Manager role will play a key part in defining and scaling that vision.

Position Overview
This role operates within a cross-functional leadership structure alongside engineering and program leadership, owning both the enterprise data platform and the intelligence systems built on top of it. Responsibilities span strategic planning through hands-on execution across platform infrastructure, integrations, AI capabilities, and scalable product initiatives.
The ideal candidate is comfortable balancing highly technical platform discussions with customer-facing AI experiences while driving alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities
Strategy & Technical Leadership
* Own the long-term product vision and strategic direction for the data platform and AI systems.
* Define AI product initiatives including conversational workflows, intelligent recommendations, and search capabilities informed by customer feedback and operational insights.
* Evaluate technical trade-offs related to model selection, retrieval strategies, orchestration frameworks, and AI governance.
* Partner closely with engineering leadership to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance across systems.

Planning, Execution & Delivery
* Own and maintain a unified product roadmap spanning platform infrastructure and AI initiatives.
* Create product requirements documents, business cases, and implementation plans with clearly defined success metrics.
* Define and monitor KPIs including platform uptime, latency, adoption, operational efficiency, and customer impact.
* Support go-to-market planning and pricing strategies for AI-enabled capabilities.

Cross-Functional Leadership
* Coordinate execution across multiple product and engineering teams in a highly collaborative environment.
* Work directly with customers, stakeholders, and integration partners to validate product direction and business priorities.
* Present roadmap updates, business reviews, and strategic recommendations to leadership teams.
* Mentor and support product team members while helping establish product management best practices.

Qualifications
* 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise data platforms, integrations, SaaS infrastructure, or related systems at scale.
* 7+ years of product management experience owning platform or infrastructure products through the full product lifecycle.
* Experience building and launching AI-powered features, intelligent workflows, or agent-based systems in production environments.
* Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, data modeling, cloud-native architecture, and event-driven systems.
* Experience working within AWS or comparable cloud environments.
* Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly across business, product, and engineering audiences.
* Strong strategic thinking, prioritization, and roadmap planning capabilities.

Preferred
* Experience supporting retail, automotive, logistics, fintech, or operational technology environments.
* Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks, conversational AI, retrieval systems, or agent orchestration platforms.
* Knowledge of compliance, data governance, and consumer data privacy considerations related to AI-enabled systems.
* Experience working with multi-tenant SaaS platforms and enterprise integrations.

Compensation & Benefits

* Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
* Employer-paid life insurance and disability benefits
* 401(k) with company match
* Generous paid time off and paid holidays
* Opportunity to help shape next-generation AI and platform initiatives in a rapidly evolving environment

Job Requirements

Compensation depends on experience but is typically 220-250k

ABOUT KORE1
Specializing in professional and technical recruiting, KORE1 is committed to supporting top IT, Engineering, Creative, Scientific, Accounting and Finance professionals in their career paths. We build deep relationships with leading companies, connecting them to exceptional talent every day. With extensive industry expertise and unmatched opportunities, our goal is to provide a unique experience for our contractors and consultants as they prepare for their next role. We are passionate about matching the right people with the right companies.

Kore1 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Kore1 complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Kore1 expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Kore1's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.