What Principal Product Jobs Ask For
Across 1,313 open Principal Product postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloud, machine-learning.
Updated October 8, 2026
1,424 open Principal Product postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,313 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 76% |
| cloud | 36% |
| machine-learning | 32% |
| analytics | 31% |
| agentic-ai | 29% |
| go-to-market | 25% |
| api | 25% |
| automation | 23% |
| saas | 20% |
| data-science | 20% |
| llm | 20% |
| agile | 16% |
| observability | 13% |
| generative-ai | 12% |
| stakeholder-management | 12% |
| fintech | 11% |
| prototyping | 11% |
| sql | 10% |
| user-stories | 10% |
| program-management | 9% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| ecommerce | 8% |
| cybersecurity | 7% |
| azure | 6% |
| developer-experience | 6% |
| networking | 6% |
| aws | 6% |
| user-research | 6% |
| accessibility | 6% |
| distributed-systems | 5% |
| jira | 5% |
| cloud-native | 5% |
| mcp | 5% |
| crm | 4% |
| oracle | 4% |
| scrum | 4% |
| snowflake | 4% |
| data-quality | 4% |
| conversational-ai | 4% |
| gcp | 4% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,424 open Principal Product jobs →
Across all Product levels
Most Product postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 13,574
- agile 8,534
- analytics 7,628
- user-stories 5,826
- api 5,473
- cloud 5,165
- stakeholder-management 4,937
- automation 4,712
- go-to-market 4,469
- acceptance-criteria 4,341
- saas 4,255
- machine-learning 4,204