AI Product Manager

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - the trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.

We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as an AI Product Manager, Emerging Products and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.

Telerik and Kendo UI power millions of developers worldwide to build modern applications faster. As AI reshapes how software is built through agents, assistants, and generative UI, we’re investing in growth opportunities that accelerate adoption and monetization of our AI and Agent Tools.

We’re looking for an AI Product Manager to lead the discovery, experimentation, and scaling of AI-driven growth initiatives across our DevTools portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of AI innovation, product-led growth, monetization, and developer experience, with a clear mandate: turn AI capabilities into scalable, measurable business impact.

In this role you will:

• Identify and validate AI-driven growth opportunities across acquisition, activation, expansion, and retention
• Define priorities and make trade-offs to focus on the highest-impact growth bets
• Lead customer discovery to uncover key developer pain points and unmet needs, translating insights into AI-native product experiences
• Design and run experiments: defining hypotheses, success metrics, and learning plans to test new value propositions and business models
• Partner closely with Engineering, UX, Go-to-Market, and Product-Led Growth teams to take ideas from concept to real-world impact
• Shape how AI capabilities are packaged, positioned, and monetized for individual developers and teams
• Scale successful initiatives, ensuring they deliver sustained value for users and measurable results for the business

Your background:

• 5+ years of Product Management experience, with strong command of core PM disciplines and frameworks, including: 1. Problem framing and opportunity assessment 2. Customer discovery and validation 3. Solution experimentation 4. Pricing and packaging 5. Value proposition design
• Prior experience with developer tools or infrastructure products, or experience in software engineering. Our users are developers, and this role requires a firsthand understanding of their workflows to judge product quality and shape the roadmap.
• Proven track record of taking innovative ideas from concept to successful business outcomes
• Hands-on experience in experimentation, metrics, funnels, and hypothesis-driven decision making
• Experience working with AI-powered products and agentic platforms
• Ability to translate ambiguity into clear product hypotheses and decisions
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, making sound decisions with incomplete or evolving information
• Strong strategic and systems thinking, with the ability to own and drive product vision and long-term strategy
• Demonstrated execution excellence, turning strategy into measurable outcomes through disciplined prioritization and delivery
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills, with a track record of aligning Product, Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Demand Generation
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills, able to synthesize complex topics into clear, actionable narratives for senior leadership

If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat.

What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with and also to enjoy:

Compensation:

• Generous remuneration package
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment

Family, and Health

• 30 days paid annual vacation
• An extra day off for your birthday
• 2 additional days off for volunteering
• Premium healthcare and dental care coverage
• Additional pension insurance
• Well-equipped gym on-site with CrossFit equipment and a climbing wall
• Co-funded Multisport card
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home.
• Free underground parking with a designated space for bikes and electric scooters

Why Join Us

• You will work on products used by millions of developers globally
• You will influence the future of DevTools in the age of AI
• You will have high ownership, high visibility, and real business impact
• You will be part of a strong product culture

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Together, We Make Progress

Progress is an inclusive workplace where opportunities to succeed are available to everyone. As a multicultural company serving a global community, we encourage a wide range of points of view and celebrate our diverse backgrounds. Our unique combination of perspectives inspires innovation, connects us to our customers and positively affects our communities. It is only by working together and learning from each other that we make Progress. Join us!