Product Manager – HPC & AI (SW/HW)

Salt Digital Recruitment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Product Manager for HPC & AI to join their team in Houston, TX. This role focuses on defining and delivering software capabilities for firmware lifecycle management and power optimization across AI and HPC infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in product management, strong analytical and commercial skills, and the ability to manage complex software stacks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of work experience in software product management, systems management, or infrastructure software.
• Experience with firmware lifecycle management and operations in HPC and AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the product strategy and roadmap for AI and HPC software management capabilities.
• Define customer value propositions for reliability, uptime, and operational simplicity.
• Translate market and field requirements into product requirements for firmware workflows.
• Own rack management software requirements spanning health, telemetry, and inventory.
• Prioritize power management capabilities and efficiency reporting.
• Collaborate with teams to create customer-facing narratives for AI/HPC operations.
• Drive lifecycle governance and establish KPI frameworks for product success.

Skills

Deep knowledge of firmware and platform software stacks

Strong understanding of rack-scale infrastructure management

Expertise in power and thermal management concepts

Strong cross-functional leadership skills

Ability to convert complex technical capabilities

Strong analytical and commercial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related field

MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred

Job description

Product Manager – HPC & AI (SW/HW)

On-site: Houston, TX

AI & HPC Software & Hardware Product Manager focused on defining and delivering software capabilities for firmware lifecycle management, rack-scale operations, and power/thermal optimization across HPC and AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for AI and HPC software management capabilities, including firmware, rack, and power management domains.
• Define customer value propositions and business outcomes for reliability, uptime, energy efficiency, and operational simplicity across Cray EX, ProLiant, and AI Factory deployments.
• Translate market and field requirements into product requirements for firmware lifecycle workflows (upgrade orchestration, rollback, policy controls, compliance tracking).
• Own rack management software requirements spanning rack-level health, telemetry, inventory state, fault isolation, and automated remediation workflows.
• Define and prioritize power management capabilities, including power capping, thermal-aware scheduling, workload-to-power policy alignment, and datacenter efficiency reporting.
• Partner with engineering to align software architecture and release sequencing across iLO, system firmware, rack management controllers, and cluster management platforms.
• Collaborate with PMM, sales, and solutions teams to create technical enablement content, reference architectures, and customer-facing narratives for power-efficient AI/HPC operations.
• Drive lifecycle governance across plan, build, launch, sustain, and end-of-life phases, ensuring roadmap clarity and measurable adoption outcomes.
• Establish KPI frameworks for product success, including firmware compliance rates, mean time to recovery, rack-level incident reduction, and power utilization effectiveness indicators.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related field of study.

MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred.

8+ years of work experience in software product management, systems management, infrastructure software, or a related field.

Knowledge & Skills

• Deep knowledge of firmware and platform software stacks (BMC, BIOS/UEFI, device firmware update flows, and lifecycle policy controls).
• Strong understanding of rack-scale infrastructure management, including telemetry pipelines, alerting systems, inventory models, and remediation operations.
• Expertise in power and thermal management concepts for AI and HPC systems, including performance-per-watt trade-offs and operational guardrails.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills to drive alignment across engineering, operations, support, sales, and marketing teams.
• Ability to convert complex technical capabilities into clear product requirements, release plans, and customer value narratives.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, including KPI design, business case development, and prioritization under constrained resources.