# Principal Product Manager: Talent Acquisition & Management Applications

**Company:** [Twilio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/twilio)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $171k – $252k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Workday, eightfold, qualtrics, hackerrank, AI/ML, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Talent Acquisition, HRIS, saas product management, ATS, CRM
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Lead product strategy and roadmap for Twilio's talent lifecycle applications (Workday, Eightfold, Qualtrics, HackerRank) across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and Employee Listening. Drive AI-enabled capabilities like talent matching and skills inference while partnering with HR leadership and managing vendor relationships in a global enterprise environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

**Product Strategy & Platform Ownership**
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for talent lifecycle applications such as Workday, Eightfold, Qualtrics, HackerRank, and bespoke TA applications.
- Partner closely with COEs, program owners, HR leadership, and other stakeholders to capture business needs, define success criteria, and align product vision.
- Lead cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle including requirements gathering, prioritization, development, testing, and deployment.
- Translate business needs and priorities into clear product direction and capability roadmaps.
- Provide product leadership for AI-enabled capabilities, including talent intelligence, matching, and skills-based career pathing & inference, ensuring alignment with business processes and policies.

**Delivery Excellence**
- Provide clear direction on priorities, sequencing, and scope to delivery teams, enabling aligned execution against roadmap objectives.
- Lead definition of product requirements and capability design, translating business needs into clear, actionable specifications for delivery teams.
- Champion Agile processes, participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning to ensure consistent delivery.
- Own user acceptance testing (UAT) strategy and validation, defining success criteria, guiding test scenarios, and ensuring solutions meet business requirements prior to scaled deployment.
- Lead and orchestrate proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot programs for new capabilities (e.g., AI-enabled solutions), partnering with delivery teams to validate feasibility, business value, and scalability before broader rollout.
- Partner with stakeholders to evaluate pilot outcomes and inform roadmap priorities, balancing innovation with operational readiness.
- Ensure compliance with organizational standards around data security, privacy, and governance.

**Vendor & Customer Relationship**
- Build strong vendor relationships, managing third-party partnerships, feature adoptions and rollouts, and integrations seamlessly.
- Analyze system performance and user feedback to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Communicate product updates and changes effectively to stakeholders, end-users, and leadership.

## Qualifications

**Required:**
- 10+ years of experience in HR Technology, HRIS, or SaaS product management roles.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
- Proven success leading complex Talent Acquisition technology initiatives in global enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise with recruiting platforms such as Eightfold, Workday, or comparable ATS/CRM solutions.
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts in recruiting, such as skills inference and matching.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end recruiting processes and how technology enables them.
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, manage competing priorities, and drive alignment.
- Deep understanding of recruitment, talent development, workforce planning processes, and the technology that supports them.
- Expert in Agile software development methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence at all levels of the organization.
- Experience managing vendor partnerships and driving integrations across systems.
- Analytical and data-driven mindset, with the ability to define and track KPIs and using data to inform product decisions.

**Desired:**
- Certifications in product management (e.g., CSPO, PMP) or HRIS domains.
- Familiar with AI-driven talent acquisition tools and assessment technologies.
- Experience with UX design principles as they relate to enterprise HR systems.

## Compensation
The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows:

Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C.: $171,120 - $213,900.

Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $181,200 - $226,500.

Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $201,280- $251,600.

This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and corporate bonus plan.

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