# Staff / Principal Product Manager at Inkitt

- Company: Inkitt
- What the company does: Publish stories online, join our author subscription program, and read books online for free. Join the Inkitt community for writers and readers today. Backed by Khosla, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
- Company website: https://www.inkitt.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $190K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-20
- Apply by: 2026-11-04
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/inkitt/fb2072c1-ee6d-4fd8-9b91-57934b34c17b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inkitt-staff-principal-product-manager/

## About the role

We decide which one you own at the point you start, not at the point you apply. When you join, we look at where the largest metric gap is across the portfolio and put you there. As the team grows, areas get reshuffled — people move to where the biggest problem is. We say this plainly because at this level it is the most common reason a hire does not work out. If you need to own one named domain indefinitely, or your value depends on a particular surface staying yours, this will frustrate you.

## What they're looking for

- Autonomous on execution, collaborative on direction
- Generates ideas rather than waiting for them
- Brings solutions instead of problems
- Data driven — and does the analysis themselves
- Quick to action
- Takes direct feedback well, gives it directly, and does not need to be handled

Tags: Product