Principal Product Manager

Pearl is a mission-driven Certified B Corp focused on building a national home performance rating system for U.S. homes. The Principal Product Manager will drive execution and alignment across product initiatives while blending strategic thinking with operational execution, ensuring teams deliver impactful outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Drive coordination and execution across multiple concurrent product initiatives
• Partner with Engineering leadership to ensure initiatives move efficiently from discovery through delivery
• Act as initiative lead or embedded senior PM on high-priority projects as needed
• Help translate product strategy into actionable plans, requirements, and delivery milestones
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource gaps early and help teams resolve them
• Strengthen product operating rhythms including roadmap planning, initiative tracking, and delivery accountability
• Help maintain clarity across teams during periods of rapid change or evolving direction
• Support prioritization decisions by balancing strategic goals, customer needs, and delivery realities
• Contribute to product strategy and roadmap development in partnership with the SVP Product
• Lead or support customer research, problem discovery, and validation of new opportunities
• Help shape Pearl SCORE experiences and related platform capabilities across consumer and partner workflows
• Serve as a primary coordination partner between Product and Engineering teams
• Collaborate closely with Data Science and Standards teams to translate complex modeling and scoring concepts into clear user experiences
• Partner with BD and Marketing teams to ensure product initiatives support commercial and partner outcomes
• Help align stakeholders around priorities, timelines, and product direction
• Provide coaching and mentorship to product managers and designers
• Help strengthen product craft, documentation quality, and discovery practices
• Foster a culture of ownership, clarity, and collaborative problem solving
• Identify and lead opportunities to integrate AI and machine learning into Pearl’s consumer and partner experiences
• Leverage modern AI tools to accelerate product discovery, documentation, analysis, and delivery workflows
• Ensure Pearl remains competitive and forward-looking in how intelligence is embedded into the platform

Requirements:

• 8-10+ years of product management experience, including leadership or senior individual contributor roles
• Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional product initiatives in SaaS, proptech, fintech, marketplace, or data platform environments
• Strong ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in execution
• Demonstrated ability to drive clarity and delivery in environments with evolving processes and priorities
• Experience working closely with engineering, data science, and design teams
• Strong product discovery and customer insight skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment capabilities
• Comfortable operating with influence rather than formal authority
• Experience operating in data-rich environments where probabilistic models or scoring systems inform user experiences
• Fluency in modern AI capabilities (LLMs, automation tools, data-driven personalization) and demonstrated ability to apply them in product strategy or execution
• Alignment with Pearl's mission and values
• Prior experience as Principal Product Manager, Head of Product, Director of Product, Principal PM, or equivalent senior product role