Director, Product Management — Agentic AI in Production

Akka; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 162,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Akka as a Director of Product Management for their Agentic AI Platform. This remote position requires a dynamic leader to drive product strategies and work closely with clients to ensure effective Day 2 operations. Ideal candidates will have extensive expertise in AI and a relentless approach to innovation and storytelling in technology.

Benefits

Competitive salary with performance-based incentives

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Flexible remote working environment

Qualifications

• Expertise or overwhelming desire to become an expert in agentic AI.
• Experience in enterprise IT architecture and technology stack.
• Proven ability to create compelling narratives for technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead product management for Akka's Agentic AI Platform.
• Drive product strategies for production-related behaviors.
• Become a resident expert on AI security and evaluation.

Skills

Communication

Strategy Development

Product Management

Expertise in AI

Education

Experience delivering digital products

Job description

Director, Product Management — Agentic AI in Production

Director, Product Management — Agentic AI in Production

Job Title: Director, Product Management — Agentic AI in Production

Location: USA or Europe Remote

Company Overview: Akka powers the next generation of agentic AI systems and distributed applications—built for resilience, speed, and intelligence at scale. Trusted by industry giants and innovators alike, we provide the backbone for AI-native software. We value innovation, collaboration, and customer-centricity in everything we do. Learn more at akka.io.

Position Overview:

A world class, bad ass, makes your mother cry with joy product manager for Akka’s Agentic AI Platform solely focused on production personas responsible for operating Akka systems. You will be responsible for thought leadership, roadmap, and tooling that ensures every Akka customer thinks of their Day 2 concerns simply as “non-existent”.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product manager for Akka Platform, our environment that automates Day 2 operations in serverless, BYOC, and self-hosted configurations. This includes roadmap, pricing, packaging, enablement, and customer ownership
• Product manager for all production-related behaviors that flow into the Akka console: elasticity, resilience, failover, disaster recovery, observability, tracing, evaluation, safety, security
• Akka’s in-house resident expert on evaluation, guardians, and AI security — both how it must be incorporated during the creation of systems and day 2 evolution of AI systems that need to iteratively build certainty and confidence
  
  

Qualifications:

Some of the many expectations for this unique individual:

• An expert on, or an incredible ** provable ** overwhelming ** desire to become an expert on agentic AI. This includes understanding the nuances of LLMs, micro-reinforcement learning, ambient AI, streaming memory systems, augmenting real-time audio, designing networks of agents that plan and adapt, evaluation strategies, scaling AI, AI flow tracing, semantic memory, orchestration systems, and safety controls
• An obsessive, relentless approach to communicating, messaging, and positioning emerging technology towards architects, CIOs, developers, and IT delivery executives. If you aren't thrilled by the idea of creating compelling narratives in slides, video, blogs, and papers, then you will not enjoy this role
• That you relish the dopamine rush of crushing our rivals, which are well-funded startups that we are already beating, and we will leapfrog
• That you become an indispensable part of the AI and agentic community: standards evolution, technology partnerships, thought leadership, and connected to others that are pushing the industry forward
• That enterprise projects, with all their complexities and texture, is second nature such that we can guide our sales teams, partners, and customers towards AI best practices, accelerating delivery and getting repeatedly noticed by analysts as the very best at what we do
• That the depth and complexity underlying Akka's 15 years of distributed systems engineering and architecture delights and stimulates your creativity while underscoring an unshakeable conviction in our potential
• An intuitive understanding of the enterprise IT architecture and technology stack project and purchasing lifecycle. Prior experience in delivering world class digital experiences. A strong preference for those that have conceived of, built and launched multiple products that have garnered amazing customer, analyst, and user feedback
  
  

Where You’ll Work:

This is a remote position.

Why Join Us? At Akka, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and impact. We offer competitive compensation, professional growth opportunities, and a supportive environment where your contributions make a difference.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning
• Flexible remote working environment
• Collaborative, inclusive, and innovative company culture
  
  

Our Core Values:

• We’re Authentic: We value transparency and genuine communication, without politics or games. We're honest and assume good intentions, cultivating trust and accountability within our organization and in our interactions with others outside of Lightbend
• We’re Customer-Focused: We value customer outcomes above all else. By prioritizing our customers' interests, and meeting them where they are today, we help ensure their success. We are dedicated to deeply understanding our customer’s needs, anticipating challenges, navigating time constraints and striving to exceed expectations
• We’re Nonconventional: We value fearless innovation by challenging the status quo and embracing alternative approaches. Continuous learning and a growth mindset aimed at improving ourselves, our company, and our products, drives us to push boundaries and explore new solutions. Guided by a bias for action, we leverage industry and customer insights to inspire fresh ideas, enabling optimal future offerings
• We’re Persistent: We value excellence through continuous experimentation and courageous problem-solving. We recognize that achieving success often demands approaching challenges with tenacity and taking calculated risks to achieve leading-edge solutions
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Akka is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds and experiences. We celebrate differences and provide equal opportunities for all employees.

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