Founding Product Manager
People Culture Talent · San Francisco, CA
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- Full-time
- $150,000 / year
- San Francisco, CA
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Job highlights
- Define AI infrastructure product strategy and roadmap.
- Drive product development from concept to launch.
- Engage directly with customers for discovery.
- Prioritize roadmap balancing feedback and goals.
- Lead cross-functional teams for alignment.
About the role
Founding Product Manager - AI Infrastructure Company
We are recruiting on behalf of our valued client. This opportunity is for a position with their organization, not with People Culture Talent. We're excited to help connect talented professionals with this exceptional team!
The Role
We're hiring a Founding Product Manager to fill a gap that's been founder-owned until now at a Series A AI infrastructure company. You'll work alongside the CTO, a founding engineering team, and in close contact with customers to define what gets built and why. The role requires genuine technical fluency, strong customer instincts, and the ability to operate with minimal structure.
What You’ll Own
- Product Strategy — Define and drive the roadmap. Make sure engineering investment is pointed at the right problems.
- Customer Discovery — Talk to customers directly and often. Surface the patterns that should shape product direction.
- Roadmap Prioritization — Balance customer feedback, technical constraints, and business goals. Make the call and document the reasoning.
- Cross-Functional Leadership — Connect engineering, leadership, and go-to-market. Keep priorities aligned as the company scales.
- Product Development — Guide initiatives from concept to launch. Stay close to the work without micromanaging it.
- Market Insight — Track competitive dynamics and industry trends.
- Operational Foundation — Stand up the product processes, planning rhythms, and communication structures that don't exist yet.
What You’ll Bring
- 4+ years of product management experience in B2B SaaS, developer tools, infrastructure, or enterprise software
- Experience working directly with engineering teams to ship technical products
- Strong customer discovery instincts — you find signal in conversations, not just data
- Technical fluency — you can engage credibly with engineers on architecture and implementation tradeoffs
- Excellent written communication; decisions travel in writing on an async-first team
- A data-informed approach to prioritization — you can defend your calls
- Experience with APIs, integrations, or infrastructure products is a strong plus
About Our Client
This venture-backed AI infrastructure company is developing the connectivity layer that enables AI platforms and B2B software to take meaningful action within the systems businesses rely on. The founding team brings experience from Google, Meta, and AWS. The team is small, retention rates are exceptional, and the technical standards are high. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals who are excited about meaningful ownership and the chance to help shape the future of collaboration between businesses and AI.
Key skills/competency
- Product Strategy
- Customer Discovery
- Roadmap Prioritization
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Product Development
- Market Insight
- B2B SaaS
- Developer Tools
- AI Infrastructure
- Technical Fluency
Skills & topics
- Product Manager
- Founding Product Manager
- AI
- Infrastructure
- SaaS
- Developer Tools
- B2B
- Product Strategy
- Customer Discovery
- Roadmap
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight B2B SaaS, developer tools, or infrastructure product management experience.
- Showcase technical fluency: Emphasize experience working with engineering on technical products and APIs.
- Demonstrate customer discovery skills: Provide examples of gathering customer insights to shape product direction.
- Highlight leadership experience: Detail your cross-functional leadership and ability to drive initiatives.
- Prepare for technical discussions: Be ready to discuss architecture and implementation tradeoffs.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary focus of the Founding Product Manager role at this AI infrastructure company?
- The Founding Product Manager will define and drive the product strategy, roadmap, and development for a Series A AI infrastructure company, filling a role previously handled by founders. This involves deep customer engagement and close collaboration with engineering.
- What kind of technical background is required for the Founding Product Manager position?
- Genuine technical fluency is essential. You should be able to engage credibly with engineers on architecture and implementation tradeoffs. Experience with APIs, integrations, or infrastructure products is a strong plus.
- How does the company approach product development and prioritization for this Founding Product Manager role?
- The role involves defining the roadmap, prioritizing based on customer feedback, technical constraints, and business goals, and guiding initiatives from concept to launch. Decisions are made with clear reasoning and documented for an async-first team.
- What opportunities for ownership and impact exist for the Founding Product Manager?
- As a founding member of the product team, you'll have significant ownership in defining product strategy and processes. You'll directly shape the connectivity layer for AI platforms and B2B software.
- What is the expected level of customer interaction for this Founding Product Manager role?
- Direct and frequent customer interaction is a key part of this role. You will be responsible for customer discovery, surfacing patterns, and ensuring product direction is shaped by real user needs.
- What experience is preferred for a candidate applying for the Founding Product Manager position?
- Preferred experience includes 4+ years in B2B SaaS, developer tools, infrastructure, or enterprise software, with a strong track record of shipping technical products and excellent written communication skills.
- What makes this AI infrastructure company unique?
- This Series A company is building the crucial connectivity layer for AI and B2B software. The founding team has experience from top tech companies like Google, Meta, and AWS, and the company boasts high retention and technical standards.