Principal AI Product Manager

Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection - providing natively integrated, all-in-one solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. We are looking for a Principal AI Product Manager to join our mission to create a #CyberFit future and protect all data, applications and systems across any environment. This is a pivotal role with focus on strategy driving, development, and delivery of AI-driven features and capabilities across the Acronis platform. As part of the Platform Product Management team, you will work cross-functionally with research teams, software architects, data scientists, and product managers across different business units. Your mission: to define and lead Acronis ’ AI product vision, ensure scalable execution, and deliver value to customers through intelligent, secure, and privacy-preserving AI solutions. WHAT YOU'LL DO Define and lead Acronis ' AI product strategy across platform and product domains, partnering with executive leadership, engineering, and research teams. Identify, prioritize, and drive high-impact AI opportunities across Acronis ’ portfolio—from cyber protection to automation, security analytics, LLM-powered workflows, and threat detection. Collaborate closely with AI/ML researchers, architects, and data scientists to bring prototypes to production-grade solutions. Establish and maintain a clear AI product roadmap with measurable KPIs tied to business outcomes and customer value. Act as the AI thought leader within the company—driving alignment, evangelizing capabilities internally and externally, and guiding AI ethics, safety, and governance standards. Champion a data-driven product mindset , driving decisions with qualitative insights, quantitative data, and strategic market analysis. Work across business units to embed AI natively into product experiences, while ensuring platform scalability, privacy compliance, and performance. Monitor and anticipate advances in AI/ML, generative AI, LLMOps, and cloud AI infrastructure to inform product strategy and partnerships. WHAT YOU BRING 7+ years of product management experience , including at least 3 years driving AI/ML-focused initiatives in a platform or enterprise context. Proven track record of owning AI product strategy and execution at scale — ideally in SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, or data platform environments. Strong understanding of modern AI technologies , including LLMs, supervised and unsupervised learning, NLP, MLOps, and responsible AI practices. Exceptional leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills; able to influence at all levels, from engineers to C-level executives. Analytical and technical mindset, with the ability to translate deep technical topics into customer-centric value propositions . Experience working with globally distributed teams and a deep appreciation for product scalability, security, and performance. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree or MBA is a plus. *Please submit your resume and application in English. WHO WE ARE Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), enterprise IT departments and home users. Our all-in-one solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. We offer the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with our unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments. A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust, respect and belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our “A-Team” plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact. Our Interview Practices To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during live interviews may be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process and a full criminal, education and identification background check is required for all new hires. Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Originally posted on Himalayas