Technical Product Marketing Manager (TPMM)

Goodfire; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market competitive salary

Equity

Competitive benefits

Job summary

A leading AI interpretability company in San Francisco is seeking a Technical Product Marketing Manager to lead technical product marketing and brand strategy. This pivotal role bridges technical depth with narrative clarity, shaping the communication of the company's mission to AI engineers and enterprise technical leaders. Ideal candidates will have at least 4 years of experience in technical product marketing and excellent storytelling skills, alongside a self-starter mentality. The role offers a competitive salary range of $175,000 - $300,000, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in technical product marketing or related role.
• Proven ability to understand and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Excellent storytelling and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape the narrative of interpretable AI development.
• Lead enterprise and technical product marketing.
• Own the field and partner story.
• Drive cultural relevance.
• Collaborate across every function.

Skills

Technical product marketing

Storytelling

Communication of technical concepts

Design instincts

Self-starter mentality

Collaborative skills

Job description

Technical Product Marketing Manager (TPMM)

About Goodfire

Behind our name: Like fire, AI holds the potential for both immense benefit and significant risk. Just as mastering fire transformed human history, we believe the safe and intentional development of AI will shape the future of our species. Our goal is to tame this new fire.

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research company focused on understanding and designing AI systems that people can trust. Our mission is to advance humanity's understanding of AI to build safe and powerful AI systems. We believe that deep research breakthroughs are necessary to make this possible.

Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a team of the world’s top interpretability researchers and engineers from organizations like OpenAI and DeepMind. We’ve raised $59M from investors like Menlo, Lightspeed and Anthropic and work with customers including Arc Institute, Mayo Clinic, and Rakuten.

About the role

We’re seeking a Technical Product Marketing Manager (TPMM) to lead our technical product marketing and brand strategy.

In this role, you’ll articulate our company vision to AI engineers, enterprise technical leaders, and other key stakeholders - communicating why interpretability matters and how Goodfire’s platform, Ember, enables end users to deliver more useful AI systems.

As Goodfire’s first technical product marketing hire, you’ll play a pivotal role in defining how we communicate our mission and products to the world, bridging technical depth with narrative clarity, and shaping both our external brand and GTM story.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the narrative of interpretable AI development. Define and communicate how Goodfire changes the way people think about developing AI. You’ll translate our breakthroughs in interpretability into stories that resonate with AI practitioners, enterprise partners, and the broader public
• Lead enterprise and technical product marketing Craft product positioning that speaks both to practitioners (ML engineers) and executive sponsors (CTOs, Chief Scientists).
• Own the field and partner story. Design narratives that land customers: build decks, demos, and success stories that help applied/GTM teams close accounts and design partners.
• Drive cultural relevance. Understand what AI leaders, builders, and the chronically online are talking about and communicate how Goodfire is relevant.
• Collaborate across every function. Work with product, research, eng to launch initiatives that feel both technically rigorous and visually powerful. Every launch should move both the enterprise market and the broader AI discourse.

What you’ll bring

You’re an experienced technical product marketer with experience shaping compelling product narratives and moonshot research directions.

Required experience

• 4+ years of experience in technical product marketing or a related role (DevRel, GTM, Product)
• Proven ability to understand and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Excellent storytelling and writing skills, with examples of impactful narratives or launches
• Strong editorial and design instincts, you care about how ideas look and feel
• Self-starter mentality: you identify needs, prioritize effectively, and unblock yourself
• Experience collaborating closely with highly technical research, product, and engineering teams

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
• Experience working with state of the art AI models
• Prior experience creating content for technical or enterprise audiences
• Familiarity with interpretability techniques and SOTA tooling for AI model

Our values

Goodfire is looking for individuals who embody our values and share our deep commitment to making interpretability accessible. We are building a team first and foremost.

Put mission and team first

All we do is in service of our mission. We trust each other, deeply care about the success of the organization, and choose to put our team above ourselves.

Improve constantly

We are constantly looking to improve every piece of the business. We proactively critique ourselves and others in a kind and thoughtful way that translates to practical improvements in the organization. We are pragmatic and consistently implement the obvious fixes that work.

Take ownership and initiative

There are no bystanders here. We proactively identify problems and take full responsibility over getting a strong result. We are self-driven, own our mistakes, and feel deep responsibility over what we’re building.

Action today

We have a small amount of time to do something incredibly hard and meaningful. The pace and intensity of the organization is high. If we can take action today or tomorrow, we will choose to do it today.

What we offer

This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits.
The expected salary range for this position is $175,000 - $300,000 USD

Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to join a vital mission at an important point in its trajectory — we are developing groundbreaking technology with a world-class team on the critical path to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity. If you want to do your life’s work with us, even if you believe you do not meet every single requirement, apply now.