Lead AI PM, Creator Tools — Remote

Descript; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous healthcare

401k matching

Catered lunches

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Descript is seeking a Lead Product Manager to own the Narrative Editing team, shaping how users capture, edit, and perfect stories with script-first editing and AI regeneration features. You’ll drive end-to-end product design, collaborating with an in-house AI Research team to deploy cutting-edge capabilities that balance simplicity with power.

You will lead a small, collaborative team and own strategy, roadmap, and metrics to deliver measurable impact in a fast-growing startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience shipping creative/tools/workflow software.
• Customer discovery and feature definition experience.
• Ability to handle ambiguous problems and translate ideas into action.
• Strong product intuition with end-to-end workflow design.
• Experience partnering with AI Research or advanced AI features.

Responsibilities

• Own the editor roadmap by understanding customer goals and AI video landscape.
• Shape script-first editing and in-editor AI features to deliver simple yet powerful workflows.
• Collaborate with AI Research to launch features like video regeneration and speaker ID.
• Oversee recording, script generation, and translation flows within Descript.
• Ensure the product scales for larger teams and complex workflows.

Skills

Product management

Creative tools

End-to-end workflows

Customer discovery

Systems thinking

AI collaboration

Job description

Descript is seeking a Lead Product Manager to own the Narrative Editing team, shaping how users capture, edit, and perfect stories with script-first editing and AI regeneration features. You’ll drive end-to-end product design, collaborating with an in-house AI Research team to deploy cutting-edge capabilities that balance simplicity with power.

You will lead a small, collaborative team and own strategy, roadmap, and metrics to deliver measurable impact in a fast-growing startup environment.