Principal Product Manager

Job Description

Zendesk delivers AI powered service software, designed for humans.  We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead our next evolution of AI analytics & reporting. This is an impactful and visible role and you will be working across one of Zendesk's most critical initiatives, AI. Are you interested in solving problems in an environment that fosters integrity, trust, and accountability? Please read on.

What you’ll be doing 

As a Principal Product Manager, you will be responsible for understanding customer needs, driving both the strategic vision and delivery of AI analytics visualization and natural language exploration. You will quickly grow to become a Subject Matter Expert on analytics and ROI for Zendesk’s AI products, and work with an incredibly talented engineering team to drive your roadmap. You will regularly collaborate with global teams across the organization and lead cross-functional projects with high visibility.

The candidate for this role must be hyper-focused on customer needs, have the technical prowess to work with our talented engineering team, and be product savvy to prioritize an impactful roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Work with our global success, engineering, product marketing, data & support teams in an agile manner to bring new products and features to the market.

• Engage with customers, analyze product data, and conduct competitive research to develop and communicate a compelling vision for the evolution of Zendesk AI analytics and reporting.

• Strong prioritization skills and the ability to assess the impact of decisions on customers and the business.

• Proven experience in utilizing qualitative and quantitative research to inform product roadmaps.

• Proposing, owning and reporting on appropriate success metrics for your product.

• Be an advocate for simplicity, usability, and customer-centric design in every product discussion.

• Self-motivated and dedicated, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and adaptability to changing circumstances

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product management within a high-paced, agile software development environment.

• Experience that demonstrates your abilities in leading strategic direction as well as supporting and developing product managers and/or engineers. You inspire trust in others!

• History of shipping, maintaining and improving impactful, scalable and reliable products that move the business forward, in both existing capabilities as well as zero-to-one initiatives.

• Experience with Business Intelligence tools like Looker, Tableau, etc. as well as data warehousing systems like Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks

• Experience using LLMs and Machine Learning within the context of data analysis. 

• Passion for building phenomenal user experiences for a diverse group of customers and end-users

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with engineers, non-technical partners, and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• Experience in a data-driven enterprise-scale B2B SaaS product.

• Experience within the field of data analysis, BI or analytics and reporting.

• Working knowledge of metric gathering and dashboarding tools.

The US annualized base salary range for this position is $166,000.00-$248,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.

The intelligent heart of customer experience

Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.

Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.

Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity, equity, & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law, please click here.

Zendesk endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please send an e-mail to peopleandplaces@zendesk.com with your specific accommodation request.