Senior Product Manager, AI

People in AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

People In AI in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a hands-on Product Manager to own major AI-enabled software initiatives from concept through adoption. You’ll work with founders, engineers, and customers in a fast-growing, early-stage environment.

This role requires strong technical fluency and product judgment to translate complex problems into actionable specs, roadmaps, and launches. Hybrid work 2–3 days in office.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in product management for complex software products.
• Experience leading early-stage, startup or high-growth tech environments.
• Ability to translate customer problems into actionable specs and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmaps, and execution across AI-enabled software products.
• Lead zero-to-one development from discovery through prototyping, launch, and iteration.
• Engage with customers to understand challenges and validate product-market fit.
• Translate requirements into clear specifications and work with engineers on integrations.

Skills

Product strategy

Zero-to-one development

Product lifecycle ownership

Technical fluency with APIs

System architecture familiarity

Collaboration with engineers

Strong product judgment

Interest in AI/LLMs

Job description

Compensation: $225,000 - $325,000 base + equity

Location: San Francisco Bay Area | Hybrid (2-3 days in office)

Join a fast-growing, early-stage AI technology company building a next-generation software platform designed to transform how complex industries operate. The company has established early commercial traction and is now expanding its product organization as customer adoption accelerates.

This is an opportunity to join at a highly influential stage, with significant ownership over product direction, customer experience, and the development of sophisticated AI-powered workflows.

The Role

You will take ownership of major product initiatives, working closely with founders, engineers, technical specialists, and customers to bring ambitious products from concept through commercial adoption. This is a hands-on Product Manager position requiring strong product judgment, technical fluency, and the ability to operate independently in an ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment.

You'll help establish product direction, translate complex customer problems into actionable engineering requirements, and determine where AI can deliver the greatest practical value.

What You'll Do

• Own product strategy, roadmaps, and execution across critical AI-enabled software products.
• Lead zero-to-one product development, taking ideas from customer discovery through PRDs, prototyping, launch, and iteration.
• Work directly with customers to understand operational challenges, identify opportunities, and validate product-market fit.
• Translate complex technical, data, and business requirements into clear product specifications.
• Partner closely with engineering teams on system capabilities, APIs, data models, integrations, and AI-powered functionality.

What You'll Bring

• Strong Product Management experience building and launching complex software products.
• Demonstrated success in zero-to-one product development, ideally within a startup or high-growth technology environment.
• Experience owning the complete product lifecycle, from initial discovery and requirements gathering through launch and iteration.
• Strong technical fluency, with the ability to collaborate deeply with engineers on APIs, data models, system architecture, and integrations.
• Excellent product judgment and the ability to turn ambiguous customer problems into clear, actionable solutions.
• Genuine interest in AI, LLMs, and emerging technologies, with an understanding of how these capabilities can improve existing workflows.

Why Join?

• Join an ambitious AI company at an early stage of commercial growth, with substantial opportunity to influence its direction.
• Own meaningful products from initial concept through real-world customer adoption.
• Work directly with founders and technical leadership on important product and strategic decisions.
• Help define the product function and establish processes as the organization scales.
• Work on technically sophisticated AI applications solving tangible business challenges.
• Enjoy significant autonomy, visibility, and ownership beyond what is typically available in larger organizations.

About People In AI

We partner with AI-first startups, scale-ups, and enterprise organizations to connect exceptional product, engineering, and AI talent with opportunities to build production AI systems, intelligent platforms, and the next generation of enterprise technology.