Principal Product Manager

Pearl is a mission-driven Certified B Corp building the first national home performance rating system and registry for U.S. homes - like a FICO score for homes. Our platform makes the invisible qualities of a home - its safety, comfort, resilience, and energy - visible, measurable, and financially valuable.

• Drive coordination and execution across multiple concurrent product initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering leadership to ensure initiatives move efficiently from discovery through delivery.
• Act as initiative lead or embedded senior PM on high-priority projects as needed.
• Help translate product strategy into actionable plans, requirements, and delivery milestones.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource gaps early and help teams resolve them.

• Strengthen product operating rhythms including roadmap planning, initiative tracking, and delivery accountability.
• Help maintain clarity across teams during periods of rapid change or evolving direction.
• Support prioritization decisions by balancing strategic goals, customer needs, and delivery realities.

• Contribute to product strategy and roadmap development in partnership with the SVP Product.
• Lead or support customer research, problem discovery, and validation of new opportunities.
• Help shape Pearl SCORE experiences and related platform capabilities across consumer and partner workflows.

• Serve as a primary coordination partner between Product and Engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with Data Science and Standards teams to translate complex modeling and scoring concepts into clear user experiences.
• Partner with BD and Marketing teams to ensure product initiatives support commercial and partner outcomes.
• Help align stakeholders around priorities, timelines, and product direction.

• Provide coaching and mentorship to product managers and designers.
• Help strengthen product craft, documentation quality, and discovery practices.
• Foster a culture of ownership, clarity, and collaborative problem solving.

• Identify and lead opportunities to integrate AI and machine learning into Pearl’s consumer and partner experiences.
• Leverage modern AI tools to accelerate product discovery, documentation, analysis, and delivery workflows.
• Ensure Pearl remains competitive and forward-looking in how intelligence is embedded into the platform.

• 8-10+ years of product management experience, including leadership or senior individual contributor roles.
• Prior experience as Principal Product Manager, Head of Product, Director of Product, Principal PM, or equivalent senior product role is preferred.
• Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional product initiatives in SaaS, proptech, fintech, marketplace, or data platform environments.
• Strong ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in execution.
• Demonstrated ability to drive clarity and delivery in environments with evolving processes and priorities.
• Experience working closely with engineering, data science, and design teams.
• Strong product discovery and customer insight skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment capabilities.
• Comfortable operating with influence rather than formal authority.
• Experience operating in data-rich environments where probabilistic models or scoring systems inform user experiences.
• Fluency in modern AI capabilities (LLMs, automation tools, data-driven personalization) and demonstrated ability to apply them in product strategy or execution.
• Alignment with Pearl’s mission and values.
• We look for leaders who love bringing clarity to complexity, move teams forward through uncertainty, and take pride in both strategy and execution.