Product Lead, AI Language Tutor Platform

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Speak, an AI language tutor app, is seeking a product leader to direct the technical roadmap of the tutor's AI components—voice, memory, content, and evaluation. The role emphasizes hands-on decision-making and close collaboration with engineers and PMs to drive measurable improvements in learners’ conversations.

The ideal candidate has shipped AI/ML systems to production, can balance model behavior with latency, reliability, and cost, and has experience hiring or coaching product managers.

Qualifications

• Decision making for AI product direction
• Experience shipping AI/ML to production
• People leadership/mentoring PMs
• Knowledge of voice, memory, and content systems (bonus)

Responsibilities

• Set product direction for the AI language tutor's technical components (voice, memory, content, evaluation) with measurable impact.
• Evaluate model behavior, latency, reliability, and cost with engineering partners.
• Directly ship prototypes to production and learn from failure modes and latency/cost tradeoffs.

Job description

Speak, an AI language tutor app, is seeking a product leader to direct the technical roadmap of the tutor's AI components—voice, memory, content, and evaluation. The role emphasizes hands-on decision-making and close collaboration with engineers and PMs to drive measurable improvements in learners’ conversations.

The ideal candidate has shipped AI/ML systems to production, can balance model behavior with latency, reliability, and cost, and has experience hiring or coaching product managers.