Principal Product Manager

Looking for a job that fits your life, anywhere in the world? Welcome to Safeguard Global! We’re all about making work fit into your world, wherever that may be.

About Us: At Safeguard Global, we handle global solutions for over 1500+ clients across 170+ countries. What really makes us tick is giving you and 2000+ Guardians the freedom to work in a way that suits your style, no matter the time zone in over 50+ countries. Our Work in Any Way approach means you can call your couch your office or a café halfway across the world your boardroom, all while still having room to do school runs and essential errands throughout your working day.

What We’re After: You are all about work flexibility and making things happen, whether in the heart of a bustling city or tucked away in a serene countryside. You’re a team player with a knack for seamless communication, whether it’s across the hallway or across continents.

How you will make a difference: As a Principal Product Manager, you will lead two product teams focused on solving complex challenges in global workforce enablement. You’ll work across engineering, design, data science, and business functions to develop and execute solutions that drive efficiency, compliance, and business value. While your teams will leverage AI and automation to enhance solutions, this role is about delivering impactful outcomes, not just implementing technology. You will be responsible for ensuring that innovation aligns with real customer needs, business goals, and regulatory considerations.

• Product Strategy & Execution: Define and own the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Safeguard Global’s mission and growth strategy. Prioritise and execute product initiatives based on business impact, customer needs, and technical feasibility. Balance long-term strategic vision with short-term execution to deliver continuous value.
• Product Discovery & Problem-Solving: Use qualitative and quantitative research to uncover customer pain points and opportunities. Apply various discovery techniques to deeply understand the problem space before defining solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions effectively address user needs. Run quick iterative experiments to understand what will have the biggest impact before investing in building the solution.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Act as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment. Use storytelling and data-driven insights to influence decision-making across the organisation. Clearly articulate the value of product enhancements to internal teams and customers.
• Go-to-Market & Adoption: Work with marketing, sales, and customer success to ensure successful product launches and adoption. Define success metrics and KPIs to track product performance and optimise continuously. Alongside your engineering counterpart, be responsible for the delivery of the value aligned to your product or feature.

What will give you an advantage: Familiar with AI-related compliance, data privacy, and regulatory considerations (e.g., GDPR, AI Act). Solid background in product management, with experience in enterprise software, automation, or AI-adjacent solutions. Knowledgeable in AI and automation to enhance efficiency, compliance, and user experience. Strong collaboration skills, ensuring alignment across engineering, design, and business teams. Experience with AI/ML technologies, including model training, data pipelines, and responsible AI principles. Strong communicator, adept at presenting to executives and creating team vision storyboards. Analytical skills, leveraging data to drive decision-making. Experienced in discovery techniques to understand problem spaces and experiment with solutions. Commercially aware, understanding product impact on revenue, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Skilled in managing complexity and working in undefined problem spaces.

Attributes for Success: Curious & Humble – Always interested in other people’s perspectives and when things don’t go as planned, seeks to understand and learn. Resilient & Growth-Oriented – Thrives in an iterative, learning-driven environment. Collaborative & Communicative – A natural at bringing teams together and aligning diverse perspectives. Contributes to a culture of optimism, care, grit/determination, passion and fun.

Our Global Benefits: Autonomy & Flexibility (Work in Any Way): Be supported with as much flexibility as possible. Bonding Leave: Enjoy paid leave to bond with your new family member. 2 Charitable Days: Contribute to causes you believe in. Reward & Recognition Program: Be rewarded for your success and championing our values. Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan. Coworking Space: Need to meet with a client, utilise admin services or just get out of the house? We’ve got you covered with flexible workspace options based on location.

Why become a Guardian: International Environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise. Our Culture: We emphasise the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve. Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.

Next Steps: Ready to become part of a workforce that shapes itself around your life, embraces remote work like a pro? Apply by clicking on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, and or a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time. Welcome to the Future of Work! At Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians.