[Hiring] Principal Product Manager @Lightworks

Role Description

Lightworks is hiring a Principal Product Manager to work within the AI Consortium (AIC) for our Head of Engineering, alongside AI Consortium members. The AIC is developing several projects, including the flagship, the Agentic Control Plane (ACP), and others such as the AI Operations Centre (AI-OC) and the AI Token Exchange (AI-TX).

You will own the product roadmap for the AI Consortium, working for the Head of Engineering to deliver on the product vision they set, liaising directly with the Lightworks governance and technical leadership teams, and Member engineering leads to ensure the AIC continues to deliver efficiently and successfully. You will hold the single holistic view of progress, risk and resourcing, and you will anticipate delivery issues before they impact the program.

You will work closely with engineering leadership, own the delivery cadence that keeps multiple teams coordinated, and give the Lightworks CEO, Directors, VPs and CIO-level stakeholders a clear and accurate view of where things stand.

You must be highly proficient in AI tooling and harnesses, with a demonstrated background in using AI in planning and documentation, reporting, and spec generation. The AIC is leading and redefining the AI-SDLC in multiple large organizations, and we are constantly updating and iterating as it scales. You must be comfortable with and be able to improve upon the software specification and roadmap process, while maintaining exceptional governance of a product line releasing over 400 changes a month. You must demonstrate deep domain proficiency to be considered for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related fields
• PMP, CSM, AgilePM or related certifications
• Anthropic, OpenAI or related certifications would be highly regarded, or a commitment to achieve same in the first month of employment

Requirements

• 10+ years in software delivery, with several years leading delivery or program management at a portfolio or multi-team scale
• A track record of shipping complex software predictably across multiple concurrent teams
• Demonstrated experience in managing artifacts, materials, and presentations to the CEO and CIO tier
• Comfortable using AI and agentic tooling to build reports, automate processes and derive insights
• Fluency in modern software delivery practices
• Strong understanding of process engineering, especially as it applies to high-velocity product development
• Strong command of delivery metrics and the ability to turn them into a clear narrative for executives
• A bias for surfacing risk and scope creep early, and the credibility to hold teams and stakeholders to their commitments
• Excellent written and verbal communication, especially in a distributed, async-first environment across multiple time zones
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and standing up structure where little exists
• The drive and determination to be part of the transformation of software development and delivery
• Willingness to take direction from the Head of Engineering, challenge constructively, and fully commit once a decision is made
• Mandatory (one of the following):
  • Financial services or other regulated industry experience
  • Demonstrated product background within an S&P 500 high-technology company that services regulated verticals
  • Owned a product line in a globally recognized high-technology product company (e.g., Shopify, Atlassian)

Benefits

• Competitive base compensation with performance bonus, aligned with industry standards
• Full benefits package and stock option plan participation
• Unlimited certification and training budgets
• Attendance at leading global conferences
• World-class Apple equipment and unrestricted AI platform usage
• Open choice & accountability to choose products & services to support your role
• Direct access to the ACP platform and consortium - a first-of-its-kind program at the frontier of regulated AI
• Direct access and accountability to the CEO and Head of Engineering

How to Apply

Explore this role and apply directly at light.works/careers