AI API Product Manager — Developer Platform Growth

RiseMe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Exa, a SF-based team building a search API for the AI era, is looking for a product manager to own strategy and execution for new product extensions of the core Exa API. You will engage directly with strategic customers for about half of your time to land real business outcomes.

The role emphasizes outcomes, cross-functional collaboration with engineering, marketing, and sales, and clear metrics for growth, adoption, and speed.

Qualifications

• 2-8+ years of product management experience building technical or developer-facing products.
• Strong technical background with CS/EE degree or equivalent depth earned on the job.
• Excellent written communication.
• Willingness to work directly with engineering teams by reading code, specifications, testing integrations, and prototyping with AI tools.
• Preferred: Early startup or founding experience plus technical PM experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap, strategy, and success metrics for product extensions of the core Exa API platform.
• Work directly with AI-native startups and enterprises that integrate the Exa tool; unblock them and convert pain into productized capability.
• Define metrics and success criteria to guide prioritization and measure impact across quality, coverage, cost, and speed.
• Partner with product marketing, sales, and the field to launch platform capabilities that land, like pricing and packaging, docs, cookbooks, and enablement.

Skills

Product management

Technical background

Written communication

Hands-on with code/AI tools

Startup/Founding experience

Education

CS/EE degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Exa, a SF-based team building a search API for the AI era, is looking for a product manager to own strategy and execution for new product extensions of the core Exa API. You will engage directly with strategic customers for about half of your time to land real business outcomes.

The role emphasizes outcomes, cross-functional collaboration with engineering, marketing, and sales, and clear metrics for growth, adoption, and speed.