Product Owner (Associate)

Lead Product Manager

Document status Completed

Job Title: Lead Product Manager

Reports to: VP, Experience & Growth (temporarily); Director, Product Management (permanently)

Location: India

Team: Product Management

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary range: tbd (please let me know)

Role Summary

The Lead Product Manager will be a key driver of product management execution across Charitable Impact’s platform. This is a senior individual contributor role that demands clarity, rigour, and a deep commitment to cross-functional collaboration. The Lead PM will work closely with Engineering, UX, Data, Marketing and business partners to translate strategy into execution, ensure product velocity, and maintain delivery rhythm across initiatives. This role is not about top-down control: it’s about galvanizing cross-functional teams through structured planning, sharp communication, deep collaboration, and ability to create clarity. The ideal candidate combines operational excellence with humility, and sees product management as a service, not a center of control. You are a natural at creating clarity for others and believe that great products are built through alignment and co-creation.

What you’ll do

Lead cross-functional product planning and execution

? Translate strategic goals into clear product roadmaps, requirements, and measurement plans

? Run cross-functional rituals including sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives, and standups

? Partner with UX and Engineering to track velocity, surface blockers, and maintain execution momentum

? Collaborate with UX to ensure product requirements refl ect real user needs and deliver intuitive, high-impact experiences

? Ensure the backlog is clear, prioritized, and well-managed across multiple teams

Drive alignment, reporting, and stakeholder confi dence

? Communicate product progress and decisions across teams, functions, and levels

? Own product reporting dashboards and documentation to ensure clarity across partner teams

? Maintain tight alignment with business goals and continuously reprioritize to refl ect organizational needs

? Keep executive leadership informed and confi dent in what’s being built and why

Support a high-performance product culture

? Bring a service-fi rst mindset: Product doesn’t “own” software, it galvanizes it

? Champion a culture of experimentation, insight, and incessant performance measurement

? Ensure PM best practices are in place across Agile workfl ows and team operations

? Help coach and support more junior product managers and TPMs where applicable

What success looks like

? Roadmaps are tight, purposeful, and consistently executed

? Product stream documentation is clear, actionable and constantly updated

? Teams know what to build, why it matters, and how to measure success

? Velocity is predictable and visible

? UX, Product, and Marketing funnels are aligned across initiatives

? Partner teams are clear on priorities and confi dent in product direction

? Data is part of every decision, from feature scope to iteration cycles

? Product execution and performance tracking is focused, fast, and agile

Qualifi cations

At Charitable Impact, we care about more than just skills, we care about who you are, how you think, and how you treat people, not just your resumé. We’re looking for someone who is culturally attuned, leads with curiosity, builds with rigour, and supports teams with calm confi dence.

Specifi cally, we’re looking for:

? 7–10+ years in product management roles, with experience in SaaS or complex, multiple user-role, platform environments

? Proven success leading product execution and collaborating deeply with cross-functional teams

? A progressive approach to product management rooted in co-ownership, not top-down control

? A clear, structured approach to product planning, sprint co-execution, and communication

? Experience writing user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria

? Comfort with data analysis and performance measurement frameworks

? Excellent written and verbal communication

? Excellent command of Agile tools and AI workfl ows

? Experience working with distributed teams and across time zones

? A calm, accountable, and high-integrity presence that supports momentum, not ego