Principal Product Manager, Dash Start Page and Surfaces

Dropbox is a Virtual First company. For this role, we are currently only authorized to hire candidates from the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

Role Description

Dropbox is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of our next-generation AI-powered experiences within Dash, Dropbox’s universal search and organizational assistant. In this role, you’ll shape how people find, organize, and act on their work—crafting intelligent, contextual, and deeply useful experiences across desktop, mobile, and web.

You’ll define the vision for Dash’s most visible surfaces and entry points—whether it’s reimagining the Start Page as a daily hub for focus and flow, or evolving our on-device and mobile experiences into intelligent companions for deep work. These are high-impact, 0→1 roles, giving you the opportunity to explore new interaction models and push the boundaries of what AI can do for productivity.

This position demands a balance of customer obsession, technical fluency in AI/ML systems, and strong product instincts. You’ll navigate across executive and IC audiences, translating ambiguous opportunities into clear, scalable strategies. If you’re passionate about building AI-native, cross-platform product experiences that redefine how people work, we’d love to meet you.

Responsibilities Own and evolve the product vision and roadmap for your area (Surfaces and Start Page), driving alignment across functions.

Translate ambiguous problems and AI opportunities into clear strategies, experiments, and roadmaps.

Partner closely with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Research, and GTM to ship innovative, AI-powered features at scale.

Collaborate with the Dropbox AI/ML and Platform teams to ensure scalable, privacy-respecting, and performant AI implementations.

Act as a thought leader—coaching other PMs, contributing to company-wide AI product strategy, and influencing direction across teams.

Define success metrics and deliver measurable impact through experimentation, iteration, and disciplined execution.

Basic Qualifications 10+ years of product management experience, including ownership of major product initiatives end-to-end.

Proven success building and shipping AI-powered products at scale—especially in productivity, SaaS, or consumer software.

Deep product sense and consumer instincts—especially on mobile or multi-surface experiences.

Comfort operating in 0→1, pre-PMF environments with shifting priorities and open-ended problem spaces.

Deeply understand customer workflows and pain points through user research, data analysis, and competitive insights.

Strategic thinker with excellent communication skills; you can inspire teams and influence at every level, from ICs to executives.

Passion for the future of work, AI, and building products that help people focus on what matters most.

Preferred Qualifications Background in AI/ML, NLP, or data science.

Experience working on assistants, chatbots, or productivity-enhancing tools.

Familiarity with privacy, security, and ethical considerations in AI product development. Canada Pay Range $218,500—$295,600 CAD

The range listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE for this role, subject to change.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Company Description

Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.

Team Description

The Dropbox Product Management Team envisions and builds the future of work while growing our business, one product at a time. We're strategic thinkers and advocates for our users, crafting solutions that make work more intuitive and joyful. Using data, research, and strategy—and a healthy dose of empathy—we guide cross-functional teams toward the shared goal of creating transformative products that people love to use. If you're passionate about building solutions that reshape how the world works while delighting users in the process, join our Product Management team.

Areas of work include Product Management, Product Strategy, User Research, Data Analytics, Product Operations, Growth Strategy, and Go-to-Market Planning.

Benefits Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh

Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more

Mental health and wellness benefits

Monthly Internet Allowance

Intern Social Stipend

Annual Emerging Talent Summit, travel and hotel accommodations provided

Additional benefits details are available upon request.

Where group plans are not available, allowances may be provided

**Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy

Dropbox supports responsible use of AI for preparation, but misrepresentation of skills or experience is not permitted. See our AI philosophy .

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, enABLE, TODOS (Latinx), Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, and Women at Dropbox.