Robots and Pencils
Staff Product Manager, Technical
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
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Salary
Not stated
Location
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Product
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Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in United States, Canada.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "US - Remote; Canada - Remote, Canada - Remote, US - Remote"
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About the role
APPLICATIONS FROM OUTSIDE CANADA & THE US WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there.
We’ve earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship .
About the Role
We're looking for a Principal Product Manager to drive product vision and strategy across the engagements they support. This role is ideal for a deeply experienced product leader who owns the hardest product challenges, serves as the senior product voice in client relationships, and shapes how product management is practiced at Robots & Pencils.
In this role, you will operate as the principal product authority on a cross-functional team, defining vision, setting delivery standards, and partnering with client executives on product direction. You'll mentor experienced PMs, contribute to practice growth, and bring the depth of experience to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and high-stakes decisions with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
Craft & Delivery
Drive product vision and strategy on the engagements you support, owning direction for the most complex, high-stakes digital products
Define product operating models, discovery practices, and delivery standards for the engagement
Own the most difficult product challenges — framing problems, aligning stakeholders, and driving resolution at scale
Define success frameworks and use data, research, and user insight to evaluate outcomes and shape product direction
Identify opportunities to improve how product is practiced across the engagement and contribute those learnings back to R&P
Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude to drive efficiency, research synthesis, and product thinking at scale
Collaboration & Communication
Partner with senior leadership and client executives as the principal product advisor, shaping product vision and direction at the engagement level
Represent product thinking at the leadership level, influencing how strategy, delivery, and technology decisions are made
Lead the most complex stakeholder forums, workshops, and executive-level discussions
Leadership & Influence
Define and champion product delivery standards and best practices on the engagements you support
Mentor experienced PMs, helping them grow their product judgment, strategic thinking, and client impact
Own the most difficult product decisions, serving as the senior product decision-maker on complex tradeoffs
Contribute to business development, proposals, and the growth of R&P's product management practice
Required Skills
Requirements
- ·10+ years of experience in product management, with a strong record in consultative or enterprise environments
- ·Demonstrated track record of defining product vision and strategy for complex, high-stakes digital products
- ·Expert-level client advisory skills and experience influencing at the executive level
- ·Deep experience leading discovery, roadmapping, and delivery across large, multi-stakeholder organizations
- ·Track record of mentoring senior product managers and shaping team-level PM practices
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Robots and Pencils, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 1d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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