Senior AI Developer Platform Product Manager

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the AI Developer Platform to own developer-facing platform products powering TikTok’s API and AI-native advertising ecosystem.

You will define and ship APIs, SDKs, CLI workflows, MCP tooling, and documentation while collaborating with engineering, product marketing, partnerships, and external technology partners to translate developer needs into a clear roadmap and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management for developer/API platforms or SaaS.
• Experience owning APIs, SDKs, or developer tools.
• Strong technical fluency in APIs, authentication, webhooks, and integration patterns.
• Ability to translate needs into strategy, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap for AI developer platform capabilities across APIs, SDKs, CLI tooling, MCP integrations, agentic workflows, documentation, and developer experience.
• Partner with engineering to design and ship scalable developer-facing products, including API capabilities, authentication flows, tooling, schemas, validation, sandbox environments, observability, and integration support infrastructure.
• Deeply understand developers, technology partners, agencies, advertisers, and emerging AI agent ecosystems; translate needs into product requirements and platform priorities.
• Evaluate how AI-native workflows, MCP/tool-calling standards, agent frameworks, and tooling trends should influence TikTok’s API and platform strategy.
• Drive product discovery across external partners and internal teams, including opportunity sizing, competitive analysis, and developer feedback synthesis.

Skills

Product management

APIs

Developer platforms

AI products

SaaS platforms

Advertising tech

Tools

APIs

SDKs

Developer tools

Platform infrastructure

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the AI Developer Platform to own developer-facing platform products powering TikTok’s API and AI-native advertising ecosystem.

You will define and ship APIs, SDKs, CLI workflows, MCP tooling, and documentation while collaborating with engineering, product marketing, partnerships, and external technology partners to translate developer needs into a clear roadmap and scalable solutions.