Principal Product Manager
About The Position
At BlackLine, the Principal Product Manager guides products through the software development lifecycle by analyzing, positioning, promoting, and tailoring solutions for new and existing customers. Working cross-functionally with engineers, designers, marketers, and other stakeholders, this role connects business and technical perspectives to guide products from conception through launch and improve companies’ financial close processes. The position develops and secures support for product vision by leveraging technology and customer feedback, including insights from major global brands. The role owns multi-year strategy and business outcomes for a major product area or portfolio, brings deep knowledge of the financial close and record-to-report landscape, and uses strategic thinking, data, financial modeling, and compelling business cases to drive decisions. It also involves building within an AI-native, agentic platform and partnering with Data Science teams on machine-learning capabilities.
Requirements
- 15 or more years of product management experience, including major launches of highly scaled and/or 0-to-1 products.
- Proven ownership of multi-year strategy and business outcomes for a major product area or portfolio.
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and product development tools such as Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Pendo or other product usage analytics tools.
- Strong proficiency with AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT to accelerate and enhance the product development lifecycle.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Deep understanding of the financial close and record-to-report landscape and how industry, geography, and finance-specialization requirements shape product needs.
- Familiarity with enterprise SaaS go-to-market, pricing, and packaging across segments and regions.
- Comfort building products within an AI-native, agentic platform.
- Exceptional strategic and systems thinking, including anticipating market shifts and emerging technologies and using data to challenge assumptions and drive direction.
- Executive presence and ability to influence at the C-suite and board level through storytelling, data, and strong business cases.
- Strong financial modeling and business-case development skills.
- Ability to make high-impact decisions under uncertainty and drive momentum in ambiguous situations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience taking horizontal enterprise products into vertical, regional, or specialized markets.
- Working knowledge of accounting or finance.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted or automated workflows, confidence thresholds, and human-in-the-loop review.
- Experience partnering effectively with Data Science teams to build machine-learning-based capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Guide products through the software development lifecycle by analyzing, positioning, promoting, and tailoring solutions for new and existing customers.
- Work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, marketers, and other stakeholders to guide products from conception to launch.
- Connect business and technical perspectives to develop solutions that improve the financial close process.
- Develop product vision and create buy-in among internal and external stakeholders using technology and customer feedback.
- Own multi-year strategy and business outcomes for a major product area or portfolio.
- Use data, strategic and systems thinking, financial modeling, and business cases to inform product direction and decisions.
- Partner effectively with Data Science teams to build machine-learning-based capabilities.
Benefits
- Professional development seminars.
- Inclusive affinity groups.
- Short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility.
- Benefit and wellness plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
