Principal Product Manager, AI

About the Role

Join the team to lead the development of an AI companion tailored for private buyers and sellers. You will have ownership over transforming a conversational search MVP into a comprehensive agentic AI experience, supporting millions in discovering, assessing, and trading more effectively. Collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, and Data Science teams to build trustworthy, scalable AI-powered consumer products. This position reports to the Head of Product, Core Experience, and offers high strategic impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the KAI conversational and agentic experience, progressing beyond initial MVPs.
• Identify, rank, and execute impactful AI applications across search, discovery, purchase decision support, customer service, and marketplace interactions using experimentation and measurable user results.
• Work hand-in-hand with Engineering, Design, and Data Science to design a resilient and extensible agentic AI platform incorporating orchestration, memory, tool integration, and evaluation.
• Implement rigorous evaluations to verify product quality, dependability, safety, and user benefit before and after feature rollouts.
• Support other product teams by facilitating AI feature development on top of shared KAI platform capabilities, ensuring scalability and infrastructure reuse.
• Provide product leadership aligning senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams around priorities, compromises, and clear metrics.

Candidate Profile

• Proven track record in product management, particularly in launching AI-driven or agent-based consumer software from pilot phases to fully scaled deployment.
• Strong technical understanding of modern AI frameworks including agent orchestration, large language model tools, retrieval systems, memory, and evaluation methodologies enabling informed collaboration with technical teams.
• Practical experience with AI assessment techniques to steer product decisions and handle reliability and ethical considerations in AI applications.
• Knowledge of conversational UX principles with ability to convert complex user intents into streamlined multi-step dialogues; experience in marketplaces, search, or discovery platforms is highly advantageous.
• Combines strategic vision with pragmatic execution; adept at managing ambiguity, hypothesis testing, data-driven decision-making, and possessing fluent English skills; German proficiency is a plus.

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible hybrid work hours complemented by 20 “work from anywhere” days annually.
• Additional paid parental leave for both parents and special paid leave for significant life events like weddings or moves.
• Access to confidential coaching and wellbeing support for you and family members.
• Participation in company sports activities and comprehensive pension and life insurance plans.
• Allocated budget for personal development and ongoing skill-building opportunities.
• Corporate discount programs, a rewarding referral scheme, commuter allowances, and free shipping on direct purchase offers.

Diversity & Inclusion

The company is committed to equality, embracing people of all demographics, backgrounds, and identities. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every qualification.