Principal Product Manager, Candidate Experience

Job Description

We're Karat, the leader in technical interviewing and pioneer of the Interviewing Cloud

Karat’s purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we built the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, and create more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat’s Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We’re a team of passionate, focused, human-centric team, and we want you to join us!

Come join our Product team

Our Product team is committed to building and executing a product vision that moves Karat's purpose, mission, and business forward, and further establishes the Interviewing Cloud.

What you will do

As a Principal Product Manager, Candidate Experience at Karat, you will help us build a technical interview experience that is loved by candidates. In this role, you will:

• Develop the product vision and roadmap for Karat’s candidate experience, with a focus on building meaningful product touch points before, during and after the interview.
• Meet with candidates and internal stakeholders, serving as an internal expert and advocating for the unique needs of our candidates.
• Analyze candidate performance and feedback data to identify product opportunities.
• Define KPIs for the candidate experience and drive alignment on product priorities within the organization.
• Partner with our Content, Data Science, Design and Engineering teams to build compelling high quality candidate experiences.
• Anticipate delivery risks, lead prioritization and skillfully navigate trade-offs between schedule, performance, and cost as-needed.

The experience you will bring

• 8+ years of product management experience on a SaaS, B2C, or logistics tech product owning product line strategy, product roadmaps and successfully bringing products to market
• A proactive attitude towards knowledge sharing and strong skills around cross-functional collaboration, influence, and communication
• Deep analytical abilities and prior experience with building business cases, data analysis, and problem-solving
• Experience ideating, developing, and launching software products in collaboration with technical team
• Previous experience working in either a SaaS or startup environment working in dynamic, fast moving environments

This is a full time, salaried position. Immigration sponsorship is not available.

Karat is a remote company with employees throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For this position, we are only considering individuals based in the United States.

Benefits of joining Karat

Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond. We’re proud of our current offerings, and highlight some of our team’s favorites below. There are more, just feel free to ask!

Compensation / Time Off:

• Highly competitive salary and stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)
• Flexible Time Off Policy for salaried positions
• Three weeks accrued per year for hourly positions
• Global Parental Leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)
• 20 paid Company Holidays for 2022

Benefits / Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance via Cigna or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)
• 100% premium covered for employees
• 70% premium covered for dependents
• FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance
• Mental Wellness offerings such as Calm, Happify, Talkspace, Modern Health, and more
• $150 per month contribution to miscellaneous benefit/wellness of employee’s choice

Learn more about us

Statement of Inclusivity:

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.

We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected].

Karat is an E-Verify company.