Principal AI Strategy & Competitive Intelligence

SambaNova; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA with employer contribution

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Employee wellness benefits

Job summary

SambaNova in the United States is seeking a Principal Product Manager, Product Strategy and Competitive Intelligence to convert market intelligence into roadmap, pricing, and positioning decisions. You will build AI-powered tooling to accelerate analysis and translate data into actionable product inputs.

You will own TCO modeling, connect architecture details to financial outcomes, and drive weekly intel briefs to inform the product and executive teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in semiconductor or AI infrastructure analysis, competitive intelligence, equity research, corporate or product strategy at a chip, cloud, or AI infrastructure company.
• Built quantitative market or economic models (accelerator forecasts, TCO, capacity and demand) from primary inputs.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, economics, or a similar quantitative field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Turn market intelligence into decision-ready input for product strategy and pricing decisions.
• Build a TCO model and connect architecture specs to financial performance.
• Develop AI-powered tooling to automate and scale research pipelines.
• Maintain a house model of where RDU inference wins on cost and latency across workloads and competitors.
• Lead weekly/ monthly intel briefs and coordinate with product and exec teams.

Skills

Market intelligence

Competitive analysis

Python

LLM APIs

Executive writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, economics or related field

Tools

Versioned specs matrix

AI tooling

Job description

SambaNova in the United States is seeking a Principal Product Manager, Product Strategy and Competitive Intelligence to convert market intelligence into roadmap, pricing, and positioning decisions. You will build AI-powered tooling to accelerate analysis and translate data into actionable product inputs.

You will own TCO modeling, connect architecture details to financial outcomes, and drive weekly intel briefs to inform the product and executive teams.