Senior Product Manager, AI Compute Platform

Emerald AI; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerald AI is building a software platform to orchestrate AI compute across power and grid conditions. We seek a Senior Product Manager to own the core platform powering our technology.

This highly technical role partners with engineering to translate complex customer and technical requirements into clear product direction, driving execution from concept through production across distributed systems, AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data center software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience building infrastructure software, cloud platforms, or distributed systems.
• Experience delivering highly technical platform products, including APIs, control planes, or developer-facing infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to write exceptionally clear product requirements, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Proven ability to drive ambiguous technical problems from concept to execution while balancing customer needs and engineering constraints.
• Excellent prioritization, written communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment and partnering closely with senior engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for Emerald AI's core compute platform, including workload orchestration, control plane capabilities, APIs, telemetry, and platform observability.
• Define product capabilities that intelligently orchestrate AI workloads across distributed compute infrastructure while ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Partner closely with engineering to translate product strategy into clear, technically rigorous requirements and execution plans.
• Drive the evolution of platform services, including workload power profile simulation, NVIDIA DSX integrations, and telemetry pipelines.
• Work directly with customers and internal stakeholders to understand infrastructure workflows, operational challenges, and platform requirements.
• Lead platform releases from planning through deployment, ensuring high quality, operational readiness, and a seamless customer experience.
• Prioritize platform investments by balancing customer value, technical complexity, and long-term architectural goals.

Skills

Product management

Infrastructure software

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

PRD writing

Cross-functional leadership

Startup environment

Tools

Kubernetes

NVIDIA DSX

Job description

Emerald AI is building a software platform to orchestrate AI compute across power and grid conditions. We seek a Senior Product Manager to own the core platform powering our technology.

This highly technical role partners with engineering to translate complex customer and technical requirements into clear product direction, driving execution from concept through production across distributed systems, AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data center software.