Senior PM, AI Platform
5+ years PM experience
Jira power user
Ships eval pipelines
Breaks the rubric
Most job specs describe the PM you needed two years ago.
We build the brief for the role you're hiring today.
The Market Shift
AI hasn't replaced the Product Manager. It's made the role harder to fill.
The bar has risen, and it’s risen across the board. PMs are expected to work faster, make better-evidenced decisions, navigate cross-functional teams with less overhead, and integrate new tools into their process, including AI tools, without losing sight of what actually matters: shipping things that work, for users who care.
Most recruiters are still screening for 2019 PM skills. They match job titles to keywords, send over a stack of resumes, and call it a shortlist. The result is hiring managers spending weeks interviewing candidates who look right on paper and fall short in the room.
Backlog Agency was built by a PM who sat in those interviews on both sides and understood why the process kept producing the wrong answer. We assess candidates differently because we understand the role differently: not just what it was, but what it’s becoming.
For Hiring Teams
Why the right recruiter matters more than ever.
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Amara K.
AI Platform PM
Screened for capability, not keywords.
We've done the PM job. We know what to test for.
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Priya S.
Senior PM, AI
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Marcus L.
PM, Agents
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Aisha I.
AI Platform PM
Three to five candidates. No pile.
Each comes with a full written brief. You interview, we sort.
What We Place
One Agency. One Specialty.
Hover over each role to learn more
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AI Product Manager
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Product Manager
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Head of Product
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VP of Product
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Technical PM
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Senior Product Manager
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Director of AI Product
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Founding PM
The Process
Intake to shortlist. Under two weeks.
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Deep role intake
We don't just take a job description. We ask about team structure, your goals, technical environment, and what makes a good PM at your company.
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Precision sourcing
We target practitioners, not job-hoppers. PMs already doing the job at a high level, with the curiosity to grow with it.
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Curated shortlist
Each one arrives with a full written analysis explaining why they fit, how they can improve your team, and the value they bring before the first call.
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Offer support
We help structure the offer, navigate counteroffers, and manage expectations on both sides. Placements that stick.
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Split-fee network
Other recruiters with relevant candidates? We collaborate. Speed of placement matters more than exclusivity.
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Start when you're ready
No retainer, no exclusivity, no upfront fees. We earn when you make a hire. Engage us when you're ready to move.
Our Active Searches
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30-Day Race
Watch what lands by day thirty.
Day zero. Same role. Three approaches.
Backlog Agency
Kickoff call
Screened
Shortlist
Interviews
Offer
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Generalist recruiter
Reading the JD
Sourcing
Resumes pushed
PM specialist boutique
Intake calls
Retainer signed
Deep research
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From the Field
What people say about Backlog.
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They sent a brief with every candidate explaining exactly why that person understood our product environment. That context alone saved us three rounds of interviews we would have wasted.
Marcus R.
VP Product · Series B fintech
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We'd burned six weeks with a random recruiter and had nothing to show for it. Backlog Agency came back to us with a shortlist in eight days. Two of the three they had given us were winners and we decided to offer one of them the role with the other in a contract position.
Sophie L.
Head of Talent · Growth-stage SaaS
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The brief Backlog sent before my interview was the most thorough role summary I've ever received. It was obvious they'd actually read the company's research. I felt prepared walking in. I got the offer.
Arjun K.
PM · Placed via Backlog Agency
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I've worked with a dozen recruiters over my career. Backlog is the first one who could actually talk through our technical environment and understand why we needed someone who'd done the job. The quality of candidates reflected that.
Priya S.
Director of Product · 150 to 400 person healthcare tech company
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We needed a founding PM who could hold their own with a strong engineering team. Backlog understood the brief immediately and didn't waste our time with people who couldn't have a real technical conversation.
Tom W.
Founder · Series A developer tools startup
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They sent a brief with every candidate explaining exactly why that person understood our product environment. That context alone saved us three rounds of interviews we would have wasted.
Marcus R.
VP Product · Series B fintech
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We'd burned six weeks with a random recruiter and had nothing to show for it. Backlog Agency came back to us with a shortlist in eight days. Two of the three they had given us were winners and we decided to offer one of them the role with the other in a contract position.
Sophie L.
Head of Talent · Growth-stage SaaS
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The brief Backlog sent before my interview was the most thorough role summary I've ever received. It was obvious they'd actually read the company's research. I felt prepared walking in. I got the offer.
Arjun K.
PM · Placed via Backlog Agency
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I've worked with a dozen recruiters over my career. Backlog is the first one who could actually talk through our technical environment and understand why we needed someone who'd done the job. The quality of candidates reflected that.
Priya S.
Director of Product · 150 to 400 person healthcare tech company
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We needed a founding PM who could hold their own with a strong engineering team. Backlog understood the brief immediately and didn't waste our time with people who couldn't have a real technical conversation.
Tom W.
Founder · Series A developer tools startup
Who We Work With
Something for everyone.
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Role
Senior PM, AI Platform
Must have
Shipped eval systems
Brief ready
For Hiring Teams
Find the PM your engineering team will actually respect.
Every candidate assessed against your actual brief, not filtered by keywords.
- Shortlist of 3 to 5 deeply qualified candidates
- Written technical brief for each submission
- Under 2 weeks from intake to shortlist
- No upfront fees, contingency only
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Backlog Agency
2:14pm
Saw you shipped the eval framework at @Lattice. Have a role at a Series B that’d be worth 10 min of your time.
For Candidates
Work with a recruiter who understands what you actually do.
Fewer candidates, briefs read properly. When we reach out, it's worth your time.
- Roles at companies with real product ambition
- Full brief on team, stack, and expectations
- Honest assessment, no square pegs
- Interview prep grounded in the actual role
Split-fee agreement
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Backlog
Specialist
A
Your agency
Client owner
50/50
on successful
placement
placement
For Recruitment Agencies
Have a PM role you can't fill? Let's split the fee.
You keep the client relationship. We bring the specialist PM network.
- 50/50 fee split on successful placements
- PM-only mandates, no generalist noise
- You keep full client ownership
- Simple agreement, no exclusivity required
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