Senior Product Manager (Mandarin Speaker)

Kira; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

Lunch credit

Wellhub membership

401(k) matching

Pet friendly office

Job summary

Kira, an AI-powered learning platform, is seeking a Senior Product Manager in San Francisco to own an end-to-end problem domain—from strategy to execution—and to collaborate with our Beijing team and co-founders to build the future of education.

You’ll work across frontend, backend, and AI/ML components to define roadmaps, translate ambiguous problems into clear specs, and ship high-quality features at a fast cadence that improve student outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with startup or zero-to-one experience.
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable discussing architecture, data pipelines, model behavior, and UX tradeoffs.
• Proven track record of owning a domain and launching complex products at high velocity.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend, and AI teams with credibility and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Own your product area from discovery to launch and iteration.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear strategies and roadmaps.
• Work across frontend, backend, and AI components.
• Collaborate with engineering to break down work and ship quickly.
• Drive prioritization using data, user research, and intuition.

Skills

Product management

Startup experience

Technical fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Execution excellence

Team leadership

AI/ML product experience

Job description

Kira is transforming how people learn by using AI to empower teachers to deliver personalized learning at scale. We’re backed by top investors and driven by a team that is deeply passionate about using technology to change education.As our Senior Product Manager, you’ll own an entire problem domain end-to-end—from strategy to execution to continuous iteration. You’ll work closely with our team in Beijing as well as our co‑founders to build the future of Kira. You’ll work across engineering, design, and GTM to define the roadmap and deliver high-quality features at a fast cadence. This role is perfect for someone who’s scrappy, low ego, decisive, and obsessive about getting real product into users’ hands and make a meaningful impact on educational outcomes for students.

What You’ll Do

• Own your product area from discovery and requirements to launch, adoption, and iteration.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear product strategies, roadmaps, and specs.
• Work deeply across the stack: frontend UX, backend systems, and AI/ML components.
• Collaborate tightly with engineering to break down work, unblock teams, and ship quickly.
• Use data, user research, and intuition to drive prioritization decisions.
• Rally cross‑functional stakeholders around a clear vision while keeping execution crisp.
• Drive a culture of fast learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high product quality while being scrappy and pragmatic in a startup environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Fluent in Mandarin
• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with startup or zero-to-one experience.
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable discussing architecture, data pipelines, model behavior, and UX tradeoffs.
• Proven track record of owning a domain and launching complex products at high velocity.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend, and AI teams with credibility and empathy.
• Exceptional execution skills: you keep teams aligned, focused, and shipping.
• Low-ego collaborator who values clarity, resilience, and teamwork more than titles.
• Experience with AI/ML products (LLMs, copilots, workflow automation, or similar) is a major plus.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, resource‑constrained Series A environment.

What We Offer

• $180,000–$220,000 salary + meaningful equity
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including a medical insurance plan with 100% coverage of employee
• Daily lunch credit through DoorDash in office + free DashPass to use anytime for work or personal use
• Wellhub Membership: 100% company-paid access to premium gym networks (Orangetheory, SoulCycle), 60+ wellness apps (Headspace, MyFitnessPal, Apple Fitness+), and 1:1 coaching sessions spanning fitness, mental health, nutrition, and sleep
• 401(k) matching
• Pet friendly office

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Kira, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Background Check Kira will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.