Senior Product Manager

At HackerRank, we help over 2,500 of the most prestigious logos across industries find, hire and upskill amazing developer talent using our SaaS-based Developer Skills Platform. We pioneered and continue to lead the developer skills market with the ethos of “Skills over Pedigree”. Everyone at HackerRank is passionate about the mission and we are looking to add smiling faces to help us “Accelerate the World’s Innovation” by making skills matter more the pedigree. This position is full-time and Hybrid in Bangalore, India.

In this role, you'll be working on the HackerRank Community, which helps millions of developers learn how to code, practice coding challenges, participate in contests and find a job. You'll have the opportunity and responsibility to scale this business by thinking outside the box to unlock deep value for our users. The team is passionate, driven, fun and focused on delivering tremendous value to our developer community.

What you will do:

• Define the long-term vision for the product based on market needs
• Define the strategy to differentiate the product and execute on the vision to win 10x more business. Think outside of the competitive matrix, the biggest market share is through alternatives that are not direct competition
• Make bold, data-informed bets that are aligned to the strategy and come out of deep quantitative analysis as well as qualitative inputs gathered through customer conversations
• Lead go to market activities in partnership with Product Marketing, Customer Success, Sales and Support functions to help guide customers and prospects on how to unlock value through their hiring process
• Thrive in an empowered team culture, where problems and solutions are built together, not handed down from top to you nor handed down to teams through you. Do this in a quick an iterative manner
• Enable world class support for the product, so users quickly unlock the value they're looking for
• Be yourself, bring your best, learn as you go

You will thrive in this role, if:

• You are a builder at heart. You enjoy creating something from scratch, transforming ideas into tangible, high-impact products, and thrive in ambiguity
• You take a customer-first approach. You excel at identifying unmet customer needs and turning insights into innovative, user-centric solutions
• You are a strategic thinker and data-driven. You balance a deep understanding of data with intuition to solve complex problems, prioritize effectively, and make decisions that drive both short-term wins and long-term success
• You are a cross-functional leader. You bring together engineering, design, and business stakeholders, aligning teams around shared goals and driving execution.
• You have a bias for action and extreme ownership. You’re proactive, experiment-driven, and deeply invested in delivering outcomes, holding yourself accountable for the product’s success.
• You are excited and curious about the intersection of AI and software development and, specifically, about the ability of LLMs to code in real-world scenarios

What you will also bring:

• Overall 5+ yrs experience, 3+ years of PM experience, preferably building B2B SaaS, enterprise products and/or tech services and/or platforms.
• Experienced building developer facing SaaS products (you can engage with engineering beyond just product and user needs) OR, 2+ years of Software Programming experience (in any industry).
• Experienced in developing a robust, long term data-driven, customer focussed vision and strategy.
• Experienced in building and owning roadmaps for multiple teams backed by solid prioritization and clear milestones.
• Ability to dive deep into ambitious problem statements and create customer value.
• Proven track record of successfully launching and growing new products and/or significant features.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced cross team, cross-geo environment and to deliver on a common vision.
• Ability to work with engineers, designers and analysts and be comfortable presenting to non-technical/business stakeholders and customers.

Benefits & Perks:

We have a full package of competitive benefits and perks which include:

• One-time home office set-up stipend.
• Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend.
• Professional Development Reimbursement.
• Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc).
• Flexible paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours.
• Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents.
• Employee stock options.

About HackerRank:

HackerRank is a Y Combinator alumnus backed by tier-one Silicon Valley VCs with total funding of over $100 million. The HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is the standard for assessing developer skills for 2,500+ companies across industries and 23M+ developers worldwide. Companies like LinkedIn, Stripe, and Peloton rely on HackerRank to objectively evaluate skills against millions of developers at every hiring process, allowing teams to hire the best and reduce engineering time. Developers rely on HackerRank to turn their skills into great jobs. We’re data-driven givers who take full ownership of our work and love delighting our customers!

HackerRank is a proud equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal opportunity to everyone for employment on the basis of individual performance and qualification. We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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