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Product Manager Staffing

Your product strategy can sink or swim depending on the person guiding it. Effective product managers translate vision into reality, balance customer needs with business goals, and create alignment across engineering, design, and leadership.

At Hunter Recruiting, we help employers hire product managers and product owners who bring structure to complex projects. These are the professionals who turn ideas into outcomes and lead teams that deliver value, not just features.

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Why It’s So Hard to Hire a Product Manager

The best product managers are part strategist, part operator. They’re also in high demand, which means your job posting isn’t enough to reach the most qualified candidates. We hear it from employers all the time:

  • “We interview candidates who can talk strategy but can’t ship.”

  • “We find product owners who understand users, but not engineering.”

  • “We waste weeks on resumes that look great until they’re in the interview.”

Hunter’s product management recruiters know how to separate big talk from real results. We identify candidates who understand business drivers, technical complexity, and can own products from end-to-end.

Types of Product Manager Roles We Place

Hunter Recruiting is not a generalist staffing agency. We’re a product management recruitment firm built for organizations that value precision, communication, and impact. We fill both direct hire and contract roles across all levels, including:

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  • Product Manager
  • Product Owner
  • Senior and Lead Product Manager
  • Technical Product Manager
  • Product Director
  • Head of Product

Hunter Makes Hiring Simple

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    Submit Talent Request

    Get in touch. We’re here to listen and solve your challenges filling product manager and owner roles.

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    Connect with Candidates

    We screen applicants and present only the most qualified from our candidate network, 1.2M+ strong. 

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    Welcome Your New Hire

    We guide you and your candidates through every step of the product manager hiring process all the way through onboarding.

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Why Employers Choose Hunter for Product Management Recruiting

Access to high-quality candidates – Includes 70% passive professionals you will not find on job boards.

Faster time-to-hire – Average 41 days from request to placement.

Better retention – 96% of placements stay 3+ years.

Flexible solutions – Permanent, contract, and project-based staffing.

Risk free – Guaranteed contingent search. Pay only when we deliver.

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Case Study: Delivering Tech Leaders

To modernize its IT infrastructure and strengthen leadership across multiple departments, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems turned to Hunter. With a workforce exceeding 90,000, the organization needed skilled technology managers and team leads who could execute complex initiatives seamlessly. Hunter’s targeted recruiting produced results that kept projects and people moving forward.

27

Days average time-to-fill 

3:1

submit-to-interview ratio

Sourced

key technology management and engineering roles to lead, scale, and secure the organization’s digital infrastructure.

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Our Solutions

Hunter connects employers with product managers and product owners who can build products people actually use and support the teams that build those products.

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    Direct Hire

    Fill permanent positions with top manager talent ready to make an impact.

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    Temporary Staffing

    Add skilled product owners for short-term projects or peak workloads.

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    Executive Search

    Find technology leaders who can set strategy and drive results.

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    Statement of Work

    Structured solutions to deliver projects on time.

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    Managed Service Provider (MSP)

    We streamline and optimize the management of your workforce.

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    Payrolling

    Streamline onboarding, payroll, and benefits for contract employees.

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Hunter Advantage

  • 1.2 million in our applicant pool
  • Over 15k placements
  • Rooted in connection
  • Based in the USA
100%

of tech candidates

go through Hunter’s two-step quality screening process for technical skills

41 days

Average time to fill

from the time a job is posted until a candidate is placed into the role.

96%

of technology placements

made by Hunter remains with their employer for 3+ years.

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Success Stories

“Hunter understands our company culture and values, and this feels like they are an extension of our Talent Acquisition team. They know our roles, and what we are looking for when it comes to capabilities and experience. This understanding enables them to assess talent upfront and send us candidates that are more likely to advance through our recruiting process and likely be hired.”

Kylie J., Senior Recruiter, Manufacturing Client

“I’ve really appreciated Hunter’s communication style and professionalism. They are very responsive and take a team approach in tackling these positions. They have been able to uncover quite a bit of talent for us in what is a very difficult market combined with some difficult positions with which to land talent.”

Justin Cole, Recruiting Consultant, Insurance Client

“Hunter has been an amazing partner to work with! They work very well working with an MSP as far as following policies and providing quality candidates. We have never had any issues with Hunter as a supplier partner. They excel in partnership, efficiency and quality of candidate submittals.”

Amy Johnson, Advisory Consultant, Manufacturing Client

“Hunter is always so responsive and a great business partner. Their pipeline is very strong and deep, with a diverse mix of candidates. Always a pleasure to work with.”

Tricia Lagorga, Talent Acquisition Manager, Pharmaceutical Client

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Product Manager Staffing FAQs

How do I hire a product owner or product manager?

Start by defining clear product goals and the outcomes the role will own. Work with a product management recruiting firm like Hunter to source candidates with both technical fluency and business strategy experience. A structured interview process focused on delivery, communication, and stakeholder management is key.

How much experience should a product manager have?

Most product managers have 3–7 years of experience. Senior product managers and product owners typically have 8+ years and deep domain knowledge in a specific technology or industry.

How long does it take to hire a product manager?

It usually takes 30–45 days to hire a product manager through a product management recruitment agency, depending on the role’s seniority, market demand, and location.

What skills should I look for in a product manager?

Strong product managers excel in communication, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment. They’re comfortable using data to make decisions and can balance customer needs with business objectives. For technical environments, familiarity with agile, APIs, and UX principles is helpful.

How do I evaluate a product manager candidate?

Ask for examples of how they’ve led cross-functional teams, balanced competing priorities, and delivered measurable results. Pay attention to how they think. The best product managers can explain trade-offs and show how their decisions supported business outcomes.

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