Director of Product Management – Agentic Platform Enablement Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete product strategy, roadmap, and launch criteria for APEX platform surfaces over a 1–6 quarter timeline.

• Establish launch readiness criteria for non-deterministic systems alongside Engineering, Security, Research, and Design teams.

• Define the autonomy spectra and user trust and control experiences.

• Proactively identify and mitigate potential misuse and risks prior to launch.

• Outline monitoring, audit trails, and rollback capabilities for autonomous features.

• Create prototypes, scripts, and evaluation harnesses within engineering and product repositories, as well as internal SDKs.

• Utilize the platform daily, submitting accurate bug reports and requests for behavior changes.

• Instrument adoption, quality, and safety metrics, while conducting experiments and A/B tests.

• Lead, coach, and develop product managers, including crafting development plans and conducting performance discussions.

• Recruit and cultivate AI-fluent, technically proficient product managers.

• Convert vision and portfolio strategy into sequenced roadmaps aligned with business OKRs.

• Own domain-level OKRs and provide updates on progress, risks, and trade-offs.

• Make decisions regarding building, buying, or partnering with clear ROI justification.

• Foster cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Design, Data, Security, Marketing, and GTM teams.

• Ensure the completion of responsible AI, ethics, compliance, and legal reviews.

• Represent the platform through enablement, developer relations, launch communications, and public releases.

• Incorporate AI tools and agents into daily tasks and demonstrate their usage for the team.

• Report directly to the VP of Product Management for APEX.

• Contribute to Pax8’s AI and cloud marketplace, catering to SMBs and IT partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 8–10 years of experience in product management or a similar role.

• At least 3 years of experience in leading product managers and developing teams.

• Previous professional experience as a software engineer or a proven track record in driving technical product direction.

• Proficient in writing prototype-quality code, scripts, and evaluation harnesses personally.

• Demonstrated success in delivering capabilities on developer-focused platforms, including APIs, SDKs, CLIs, or developer tools.

• Proven experience in managing multiple products with measurable outcomes and significant transformations in product, platform, automation, or processes.

• Competence in designing and executing experiments and measuring adoption and quality metrics.

• Ability to clearly articulate and justify expected ROI.

• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Familiarity with frontier models and agentic systems, including tool utilization, planning, multi-step execution, and understanding failure modes.

• Knowledge of agent SDKs, computer-use interfaces, and orchestration frameworks.

• Capability to interpret model evaluations and capability reports.

• Ability to establish safety, authority, and escalation boundaries for autonomous functionalities.

• Daily experience with tools such as Claude, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Atlassian AI, Figma, and Pendo.

• Understanding of AI capabilities and limitations, including trade-offs in cost, latency, and quality.

• Proficient in using enterprise-approved AI tools and applying data classification and privacy principles.

• Knowledgeable about responsible AI, covering bias, fairness, and transparency requirements.

• Effective at prompting and setting context for discussions.

• Capable of measuring AI product outcomes, including accuracy, user satisfaction, adoption, and business impact.

• Expert-level proficiency in AI.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on engineering experience.

• Valid authorization to work in the United States.

• Willingness to undergo identity, security compliance, reference, and qualification checks.

• Product management certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Annual bonus opportunity.

• Employee stock options.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Paid volunteer time.

• Wellness initiatives and employee assistance programs.

• Continuous learning and development opportunities.

• Dedicated resources for professional development.

• Collaborative remote-first culture.

• Access to innovative technologies and AI-powered learning tools.

• Employer-covered life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.

• Paid sick leave.

• Paid parental leave.

• RTD EcoPass for qualified Colorado-based employees.

• Internal development hub.

• AI-powered tools, mentors, and collaborative opportunities across continents.

• Identity, reference, and qualification checks for successful candidates.