Product Manager, Planning (Telangana)

Product Manager, Planning Role overview Planful is seeking a full-time Product Manager, Planning to join our world-class product team in Hyderabad, India. Reporting to the SVP of Product, this individual will own the roadmap and execution for Planfuls dynamic planning capabilities - driving continuous, connected, and AI-powered planning experiences for finance and operations teams across the enterprise. The right candidate combines deep domain knowledge in financial and operational planning with a passion for building intelligent, modern software. You will be responsible for gathering requirements, translating them into actionable stories, and delivering high-quality products to the enterprise performance management market. If you want to move fast, shape the future of AI-forward planning software, and make a real impact - this is the role for you. Requirements - 35+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Program Manager, or consultant with enterprise software, preferably in FPA, CPM, EPM, or related planning and analytics domains. - Deep domain knowledge in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and operational planning - ideally with hands-on experience as a user, implementation consultant, or PM of planning software. - Demonstrated experience incorporating or working alongside AI/ML capabilities in a product context, including familiarity with LLMs, predictive modeling, or AI-assisted workflows. - Actively uses AI tools (e.g., generative AI, co-pilots, automated analysis) to improve personal productivity and bring innovative ideas to product development. - Strong understanding of driver-based and continuous planning methodologies, rolling forecasts, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and workforce/headcount planning. - Experience defining user interface concepts for complex business applications, including wireframes, mockups, and final UX decision-making. - Understanding of EPM concepts including financial analytics and visualization, data integration, multi-dimensional modeling, and financial reporting. - Proven ability to define and communicate product requirements to a broad audience - engineers, QA, marketing, senior management, customers, and analysts - through both verbal and written communication. - Proficiency with modern product management tools: Atlassian Jira, Claude, Google Docs, Figma, Pendo or similar. - Experience with SaaS development models, cloud computing, and Agile/Scrum development methodologies. - Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, or related field. Graduate degree is a plus. - Independent thinker and self-starter who operates with urgency and can research, synthesize, and present findings with minimal direction. - Strong verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting to large audiences in person or over video, and ability to craft transparent requirements and specification documents. - Experience working with or presenting to U.S.-based customers and stakeholders. - Experience in a lead role mentoring or managing team members is a plus. Responsibilities - Define and own the product roadmap for Planfuls dynamic planning capabilities and set engineering priorities accordingly. - Write and share transparent functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria with development, QA, and UX teams. - Design and champion intuitive new planning functionality in close partnership with engineering and UX teams, ensuring an exceptional user experience for finance and operations users. - Evangelize product vision, planning strategy, and AI capabilities to customers, partners, prospects, and internal stakeholders including Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. - Integrate AI capabilities into the planning product - including predictive analytics, intelligent scenario modeling, anomaly detection, and natural language interfaces - to deliver an AI-forward user experience. - Leverage AI tools and techniques personally to accelerate research, synthesis, prototyping, and requirements development workflows. - Analyze the competitive landscape for planning and FPA solutions and define differentiated requirements that advance Planfuls market position. - Evaluate product performance and feature utility with internal stakeholders (support, services, sales) and external stakeholders (customers, partners, analysts). - Lead research and discovery in areas of innovation, including AI-driven planning automation, rolling forecasts, scenario planning, and workforce/operational planning. - Define and refine the data model and calculation layer requirements to support flexible, multi-dimensional planning across finance and operations. - Partner with the broader product team to ensure coherent integration between planning, reporting, consolidation, and analytics capabilities within the Planful platform. Experience Level Mid Level Disclaimer : This job posting & Location has been aggregated from external .