Associate Product Manager, Technical – AI Platform for Life Sciences

MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group; Los Altos (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MaxIT Consulting is seeking an Associate Product Manager, Technical to join an AI-native early-stage company in Los Altos, CA. You will turn product concepts into engineering-ready specs, review data models and API contracts, and define what success looks like for AI features, working closely with the founders.

This entry-level opportunity is ideal for technical early-career professionals. You will own quality for shipped features, collaborate on AI-driven document extraction and classification,

Qualifications

• 0–3 years in product, technical program management, software engineering or related technical role (internships count).
• CS, engineering or equivalent degree from a top program; can read a codebase and reason about architecture.
• Has written structured technical documents (specs, design docs, research papers).
• Has built something under real constraints: startup internship, research lab or side project with users.
• Fluent with AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

Responsibilities

• Break product briefs into components and scope what goes into each build.
• Write feature stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases and state transitions.
• Review data models and API contracts against the existing schema.
• Define what 'correct' means for AI features such as document extraction and classification.
• Own product quality for shipped features.

Skills

Product management

Technical documentation

Codebase literacy

AI tools

Education

CS/engineering degree

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Los Altos, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) | On-site | Full-time

MaxIT Consulting is looking for an Associate Product Manager, Technical to join a venture-backed, early-stage AI company building an AI-native operating system for drug development programs, already used by leading biopharma companies.

The Opportunity

This is the entry point for sharp technical people early in their careers: you will turn product concepts into engineering-ready specs, review data models and API contracts, and define what "correct" means for AI features, working directly with the founders. Steep learning curve and real scope.

Key Responsibilities

• Break product briefs into components and scope what goes into each build.
• Write feature stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases and state transitions.
• Review data models and API contracts against the existing schema.
• Define what "correct" means for AI features such as document extraction and classification.
• Own product quality for shipped features.

Required Qualifications

• 0 to 3 years in product, technical program management, software engineering or a related technical role (internships count).
• CS, engineering or equivalent technical degree from a top program; can read a codebase and reason about architecture.
• Has written structured technical documents (specs, design docs, research papers).
• Has built something under real constraints: startup internship, research lab or side project with users.
• Fluent with AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

Nice to Have

• AI-native projects: LLM integrations, structured extraction, agentic workflows or evaluation harnesses.
• Production code or a technical project shipped end to end; experience at a startup under 50 people.

Work Arrangement

On-site role in Los Altos, CA (San Francisco Bay Area); fully remote is not possible. Candidates must live in or relocate to the Bay Area and must already be authorized to work in the United States.