Principal Product Manager

Meltwater - Austin, TX

Hiring: Principal Product Manager Company: Meltwater Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 15:42:19 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : NLP, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Management, User Experience About the job Experience: •10+ years of relevant industry experience ideally in social media, media monitoring, Communications or Consumer Insights. •5+ years of end to end product management experience, including shipping AI powered features (ML, NLP and/or Gen AI). Required Skills: •As Meltwater continues to scale its AI-powered media, social, and consumer intelligence platform, we’re looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead the development of Mira Studio, our AI-First product offering, as well as Mira Companion, our integrated-AI offering. •Need to develop the structure and cadence of engagements with globally distributed design and development teams to manage the product development lifecycle. This will include routine C-suite stakeholder management as well as frequent engagement with commercial teams at Meltwater in support of RFPs, renewals etc. •Product Vision, Strategy and Roadmap •Own the product strategy and roadmap for the Mira Studio user experience and Mira Companion, from vision through to detailed prioritization. •Form clear, opinionated product bets based on evidence, and advocate for them with senior stakeholders without getting blown off course by every new opinion. •Translate company strategy into a clear sequence of product outcomes, releases and experiments, balancing ambition with delivery reality. •Customer Insight and Product Discovery •Partner closely with UX, research, the Customer Advisory Board and leadership to turn feedback and weak signals into structured development. Qualifications: •Proven ability to own a product area with high executive visibility and present confidently to senior stakeholders. •Strong product discovery skills, with a track record of turning messy, conflicting inputs into clear problem statements and roadmaps. •Deep empathy for users and strong “product taste”, especially in front end and UX for complex social listening and monitoring related workflows. •Excellent documentation and written communication skills, with examples of specs, decision docs or narratives that unblocked teams. •Demonstrated capacity to influence without authority across design, engineering, sales and customer success. •Comfortable working in a fast paced, matrixed environment where priorities can shift as we learn. •Operational familiarity with AI and ML product lifecycles, including data and evaluation considerations. Compensation: •$158,000 - $210,000 / year •Enjoy flexible paid time off that allows you to have an enhanced work-life balance Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!