[Hiring] Principal Product Manager @Robots and Pencils

Role Description

We're looking for a Principal Product Manager to drive product vision and strategy across the engagements they support. This role is ideal for a deeply experienced product leader who owns the hardest product challenges, serves as the senior product voice in client relationships, and shapes how product management is practiced at Robots & Pencils.

In this role, you will operate as the principal product authority on a cross-functional team, defining vision, setting delivery standards, and partnering with client executives on product direction. You'll mentor experienced PMs, contribute to practice growth, and bring the depth of experience to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and high-stakes decisions with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Craft & Delivery
  • Drive product vision and strategy on the engagements you support, owning direction for the most complex, high-stakes digital products.
  • Define product operating models, discovery practices, and delivery standards for the engagement.
  • Own the most difficult product challenges — framing problems, aligning stakeholders, and driving resolution at scale.
  • Define success frameworks and use data, research, and user insight to evaluate outcomes and shape product direction.
  • Identify opportunities to improve how product is practiced across the engagement and contribute those learnings back to R&P.
  • Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude to drive efficiency, research synthesis, and product thinking at scale.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Partner with senior leadership and client executives as the principal product advisor, shaping product vision and direction at the engagement level.
  • Represent product thinking at the leadership level, influencing how strategy, delivery, and technology decisions are made.
  • Lead the most complex stakeholder forums, workshops, and executive-level discussions.
• Leadership & Influence
  • Define and champion product delivery standards and best practices on the engagements you support.
  • Mentor experienced PMs, helping them grow their product judgment, strategic thinking, and client impact.
  • Own the most difficult product decisions, serving as the senior product decision-maker on complex tradeoffs.
  • Contribute to business development, proposals, and the growth of R&P's product management practice.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product management, with a strong record in consultative or enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated track record of defining product vision and strategy for complex, high-stakes digital products.
• Expert-level client advisory skills and experience influencing at the executive level.
• Deep experience leading discovery, roadmapping, and delivery across large, multi-stakeholder organizations.
• Track record of mentoring senior product managers and shaping team-level PM practices.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to align engineering, design, strategy, and business at scale.
• Experience defining product metrics, success frameworks, and iterative delivery models.
• Some experience with AI tools to drive efficiency, research synthesis, and product thinking at scale (e.g., Claude).
• Experience contributing to business development, proposals, or practice growth is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Salary range for this role is $200,000 CAD - $260,000 CAD.