[Remote] Principal Product Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bonterra is a technology company focused on empowering nonprofits to enhance their fundraising and social impact. The Principal Product Manager will lead product strategy, oversee market discovery, and deliver high-impact solutions, ensuring alignment with company objectives and customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Define target markets and customer segments, identifying where Bonterra can win and how to differentiate
- Define and evolve a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned to Bonterra’s mission and business objectives
- Own and be accountable for product outcomes, including adoption, engagement, retention, and revenue impact
- Translate company-level goals and OKRs into focused product bets with clear success metrics
- Continuously assess market trends, competitive positioning, and emerging opportunities to inform strategy
- Partner with Design, Engineering, and Research to run continuous discovery, including customer interviews, usability testing, data analysis, and experimentation
- Identify and validate customer problems, test hypotheses, and ensure solutions deliver real customer and business value
- Develop deep understanding of nonprofit workflows, motivations, and constraints across different customer segments
- Own product packaging and pricing strategy, including tiering, monetization models, and value-based pricing; with the ability to navigate unique considerations of AI features
- Define clear, compelling product positioning and messaging that differentiates Bonterra in the market
- Continuously test and optimize pricing and packaging based on market feedback and performance
- Lead end-to-end product launches
- Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design to define solutions, scope work, and deliver iteratively
- Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to drive successful go-to-market execution
- Measure and optimize go-to-market performance, including conversion, pipeline contribution, and adoption
- Maintain a healthy, prioritized roadmap focused on outcomes over output, making clear trade-offs when needed
- Ensure product requirements are clear, lightweight, and enable teams to move quickly without sacrificing quality
- Define and monitor key product metrics; use qualitative and quantitative data to guide prioritization and iteration
- Leverage experimentation and analytics to evaluate product performance and inform roadmap decisions
- Contribute to Bonterra’s use of AI-driven and data-informed capabilities, with an emphasis on responsible, customer-centric application
- Lead product launches in partnership with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success, ensuring strong positioning and enablement
- Gather post-launch insights and continuously refine the product based on customer feedback and performance data
- Act as a trusted product leader and subject-matter expert for your product area
- Communicate clearly and persuasively with stakeholders at all levels, including executives
- Mentor and support junior product managers, contributing to a strong product culture grounded in learning and impact
Skills
- 8+ years of product management, product marketing, or a hybrid role experience building and scaling SaaS and AI-driven products, ideally in B2B or platform environments
- Demonstrated experience shipping AI-powered or ML-driven product features
- Practical fluency with AI tools and workflows — you use AI to do your own job better, not just as a talking point
- Proven experience owning product strategy and outcomes, not just feature delivery
- Strong discovery skills, including customer research, problem framing, and hypothesis-driven development
- Understanding of responsible AI principles — bias, fairness, transparency, privacy — and how to apply them in a product context without slowing teams down unnecessarily
- Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams with Engineering and Design partners
- Comfort using data to make decisions, define success metrics, and evaluate trade-offs
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority
- Experience with modern product tools (e.g., Jira, Productboard, Amplitude, Looker, or similar)
- Passion for Bonterra's mission and interest in building technology that supports social impact organizations
- Experience in nonprofit technology, fundraising, payments, or engagement platforms
- MBA or advanced degree (not required)
Benefits
- Bonuses
- Incentives
- Equity
- A comprehensive benefits program
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