Head of Product

About Karya:

Karya’s mission is to leverage the AI revolution to create dignified earning and learning opportunities for low-income communities across the world. In India, our smartphone-based digital work platform has enabled over 120,000 people to build language datasets and evaluate AI models while earning fair wages. With pilots in Kenya and Ethiopia and partnerships with leading AI labs, we are advancing language technologies for underrepresented communities. By combining dignified digital work with frontier AI innovation, Karya hopes to build a new AI economy that is equitable, inclusive, and community-driven.

About the Role:

Karya is seeking a Head of Product to lead our product strategy and vision as we scale our digital work platform into a high-impact global product. This is a leadership role for someone who can think long-term, architect scalable systems, and translate mission into measurable impact.

As the Head of Product, you’ll define and execute the end-to-end product roadmap — balancing innovation with operational excellence. You’ll lead and mentor the product team, collaborate with cross-functional leaders, and drive decisions that shape how millions of underserved users earn and learn through Karya.

If you’re passionate about building tech-for-good products at scale, and want to lead product innovation with social impact, we’d love to hear from you.

This role is based in Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision & Strategy

• Define and drive the product strategy for Karya’s digital work platform, ensuring it can scale seamlessly to support a rapidly growing gig workforce. Think in terms of system architecture – designing and optimizing features/workflows.
• Measure key performance metrics and design experiments to continuously improve throughput. Launch new features and refine processes to manage our workforce effectively and handle increasingly complex tasks at scale.
• Lead product discovery, innovation, and portfolio prioritization across multiple product lines (platform, worker experience, client experience, and tools).

Leadership & Team Management

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing product team (PMs, UI/UX designers).
• Foster a data-driven and customer-obsessed culture that values experimentation, learning, and execution.
• Work closely with the executive team and board to align on key outcomes, OKRs, and investment priorities.

Platform Excellence & Scale

• Partner with engineering and AI/ML teams to deliver seamless experiences for workers, clients, and internal users.
• Use data, experimentation, and research to continuously improve engagement, throughput, and data quality.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Operations, and Partnerships to execute on the product roadmap with excellence.
• Represent the product function in leadership discussions, influencing company direction with data-backed insights.
• Build processes and systems to enable rapid experimentation and iteration across teams.
  
  

Stakeholder & Market Insight

• Stay ahead of emerging trends in the gig economy, AI data platforms, and workforce innovation.
• Represent Karya externally with partners, funders, and the broader ecosystem.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience: 10+ years of total experience with at least 6+ years in product management, including leadership of PM teams. Experience scaling B2C or marketplace products to 100K+ DAUs.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven success in defining product vision, building roadmaps, and driving measurable business and impact outcomes.
• Domain Expertise: Experience in building products in spaces like AI/ML, PaaS, marketplace, or workforce automation platforms preferred.
• Technical Fluency: Ability to collaborate deeply with engineering on architecture and systems design.
• Analytical & Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills with expertise in experimentation, metrics, and A/B testing.
• Execution Excellence: Ability to move fast, prioritize ruthlessly, and deliver consistently in a high-growth environment.
• People Leadership: Inspirational leader who can grow teams, set high standards, and build alignment across functions.

Compensation & Growth

• Competitive Compensation: Commensurate with experience and market standards.
• Mission-Driven Growth: Join a team that’s combining technology and social impact at scale.
• Impact: Build products that redefine how technology can create economic opportunity for millions.

Karya is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact [email protected].

Join us and help build a platform that empowers communities and transforms the way work is delivered at scale.