Senior PM, AI Cloud Platform (0→1) – Power-Aware Compute

Emerald; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Make an impact

Competitive pay + equity

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible location

Job summary

Emerald AI is building a next-generation AI cloud platform designed for the era of large-scale AI training and inference. We believe cloud infrastructure should be intelligent, power-aware, and optimized for modern GPU workloads—not simply a collection of virtual machines.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager, AI Cloud Services to lead the definition and launch Emerald Cloud Services. This is a true 0->1 product role, responsible for discovering customer needs, shaping the product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience building cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, or enterprise software.
• Experience launching and scaling customer-facing software products from concept through commercialization.
• Exceptional customer empathy with a strong product discovery mindset.
• Excellent product intuition and ability to identify market opportunities.
• Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision making.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience defining product strategy and prioritizing roadmaps in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to independently lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, early-stage startup.

Responsibilities

• Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Emerald’s Cloud Services platform, shaping how customers access, manage, and optimize AI compute.
• Conduct customer discovery and market research to identify emerging AI infrastructure needs and translate insights into differentiated offerings.
• Define product requirements for AI cloud services, including compute provisioning, management, APIs, developer workflows, and platform capabilities.
• Partner closely with engineering to deliver scalable products while balancing customer needs, technical complexity, and business priorities.
• Work with Sales, Business Development, and Marketing to define packaging, pricing, go-to-market strategy, and drive customer adoption.
• Lead products from initial concept through launch, iteration, and commercialization.
• Bring clarity to ambiguous problems and build alignment across customers, engineering, and business teams.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Product management

Customer empathy

Data-driven decisions

Strategic thinking

Tools

Kubernetes

Slurm

Job description

Emerald AI is building a next-generation AI cloud platform designed for the era of large-scale AI training and inference. We believe cloud infrastructure should be intelligent, power-aware, and optimized for modern GPU workloads—not simply a collection of virtual machines.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager, AI Cloud Services to lead the definition and launch Emerald Cloud Services. This is a true 0->1 product role, responsible for discovering customer needs, shaping the product