Lead product manager

WRITER; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Parental leave

Galleri cancer testing

Job summary

WRITER, a leading enterprise AI platform company, seeks a senior staff product manager to shape the next chapter of our product. You will report to the VP of Product and act as a force-multiplier across the product organization, steering ambiguous, high-impact initiatives with excellence.

You’ll own multi-quarter roadmaps, collaborate with engineering and design, and translate customer needs into prioritized bets while balancing technical depth and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience with a track record of owning and shipping complex, high-impact products, ideally in SaaS, platform, infrastructure, or AI/ML-driven environments
• Senior- or staff-level experience operating autonomously across ambiguous, multi-team problem spaces and influencing outcomes well beyond your immediate team
• Genuine customer obsession and ability to design from deep understanding of workflows and pain points
• Technical credibility to engage with engineers/researchers on system design, LLM capabilities, data, and architecture

Responsibilities

• Drive high-impact product initiatives end-to-end from discovery to launch, adoption, and iteration across multiple squads and surfaces
• Shape product strategy and roadmap in partnership with VP of Product and leadership
• Spend time with enterprise buyers and end users to uncover unmet needs and champion the customer voice
• Define requirements with engineering and design, discuss LLMs and platform architecture clearly
• Align stakeholders across go-to-market, sales, marketing, customer success and leadership
• Define and own success metrics and report outcomes to leadership
• Mentor and coach other PMs to raise product craft and velocity

Skills

Product strategy

Roadmap ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Customer empathy

LLMs / AI

Technical depth

Job description

About WRITER

WRITER is where the world's leading enterprises orchestrate AI-powered work. Our vision is to expand human capacity through superintelligence. And we're proving it's possible – through powerful, trustworthy AI that unites IT and business teams together to unlock enterprise-wide transformation. With WRITER's end-to-end platform, hundreds of companies like Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard are building and deploying AI agents that are grounded in their company's data and fueled by WRITER's enterprise-grade LLMs. Valued at $1.9B and backed by industry-leading investors including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth, WRITER is rapidly cementing its position as the leader in enterprise generative AI.

Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and London, our team thinks big and moves fast, and we're looking for smart, hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work with AI.

About This Role

This is a chance to help shape the next chapter of WRITER's product at a moment when generative AI is redefining how work gets done. As senior staff product manager, you'll report directly to Wil Pong, VP of Product, and operate as a force-multiplier across the product organization — setting direction where it's unclear, aligning stakeholders, and making sure our most critical initiatives ship with excellence.

You’ll own ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces that span multiple product areas and teams, and you’ll be equal parts strategist and operator. One moment you're shaping a multi-quarter roadmap; the next you're rolling up your sleeves to unblock execution. We're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of customer empathy, technical depth, and business judgment — and who is energized by turning complex, evolving AI capabilities into products customers love.

We are open to hiring for this role at multiple levels, with compensation ranges scaled to match your experience, expertise, and the scope of the role.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive high-impact product initiatives end-to-end, from discovery and problem definition through launch, adoption, and iteration across areas that span multiple squads and surfaces
• Shape product strategy and roadmap in partnership with the VP of Product and product leadership, translating company-level goals into clear, sequenced, ambitious bets
• Spend time with enterprise buyers, end users, and prospects to uncover unmet needs, validate problem-solution fit, and champion the customer voice in every decision
• Partner closely with engineering and design to define requirements, navigate technical tradeoffs, and build the right things in the right order, bringing real fluency to conversations about LLMs, agents, platform architecture, and data
• Align cross-functional stakeholders across go-to-market, sales, marketing, customer success, and executive leadership, communicating strategy and tradeoffs with crisp, audience-appropriate narrative
• Define and own success metrics for your areas, using data and qualitative signal to evaluate impact, course-correct, and tell the story of outcomes to leadership
• Raise the bar on product craft across the org by mentoring and coaching other PMs, modeling best practices, and strengthening a culture built on rigor, customer obsession, and velocity

Is this you?

• 8+ years of product management experience with a track record of owning and shipping complex, high-impact products, ideally in SaaS, platform, infrastructure, or AI/ML-driven environments
• Senior- or staff-level experience operating autonomously across ambiguous, multi-team problem spaces and influencing outcomes well beyond your immediate team
• Genuine customer obsession — you instinctively go to the customer, synthesize signal from noise, and design from a deep understanding of real workflows and pain points
• Technical credibility to engage meaningfully with engineers and researchers on system design, LLM capabilities, data, and architecture, knowing when to go deep and when to defer to the experts
• A blend of strong strategic thinking and relentless execution — you can set a compelling vision one moment and sweat the details of a release plan the next
• Exceptional communication that you tailor for any audience, from a frontline engineer to the executive team, driving alignment without relying on org chart authority
• A mentor's instinct and a builder's drive, with the data-informed, outcome-driven mindset to define success up front and move with the speed this environment demands

Nice to haves

• Experience building products powered by LLMs, generative AI, or large-scale AI/ML systems
• Background in enterprise software, developer platforms, or developer-facing products
• Familiarity with AI governance, guardrails, and the operational considerations of deploying AI in regulated or high-stakes environments

Benefits & Perks (US Full-time Employees)

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)
• Fertility and family planning support
• Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
• Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
• Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
• Annual work-life stipends for:
• Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
• Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

WRITER is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Compensation Range: $183K - $283K