Product Manager, Developer Experience & Tools

About the role:

Modular is building a next-generation AI infrastructure platform that unifies many application frameworks and hardware backends, simplifying deployment for AI production teams and accelerating innovation for AI researchers and hardware developers. We are looking for a senior Product Manager to drive growth through improvements to the developer experience and tooling across the MAX SDK product surface. This includes owning the frontend design of the site by which MAX and Mojo users share and discover ecosystem projects, how users install MAX and other Mojo-ecosystem packages, and what tools they need to accomplish all this. In this role, you will work closely with our frameworks, CLI, design, and frontend development teams, and interface directly with some of the world’s most advanced AI users. Join our world-leading team and redefine how AI infrastructure is built and deployed.

LOCATION: Candidates based in the US or Canada are welcome to apply. You can work remotely from home.

What you will do:

• Develop the strategic plan to build the world’s best developer experience and tooling for the MAX product surface, defining the long-term vision, product roadmap, and release schedule.
• Work closely with AI users and engineering teams to gather product requirements and prioritize these based on impact, business value, and technical feasibility.
• Understand the AI infrastructure market, conducting research, analyzing customer needs and trends, and assessing competition to make informed decisions.
• Launch industry-defining features, leading the team through phased testing and release process, prioritizing feedback and iterating quickly, and coordinating promotional activities.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, Design, and other cross-functional teams on cutting-edge technologies, ensuring a consistent and cohesive product development process and user-friendly messaging.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success, and work with analytics to ensure that you can track product performance, identify areas for improvement, and make data-driven decisions.
• Ensure that products align with Modular’s overall strategic goals and vision and contribute directly to our organization's success.

Product Focus

• Frontend website for sharing and discovering MAX and Mojo projects
• CLI experience for installing MAX and Mojo
• CLI experience for building, packaging and running MAX and Mojo projects
• CLI tooling to facilitate the optimization of AI models
• CLI experience for users deploying and serving their production AI models into production

What you bring to the table:

• 7+ years of product management experience on highly technical developer-focused products.
• Experience designing high-quality UX and driving significant product growth for a developer-focused API/CLI/app/platform.
• Experience driving new products from 0 to 1, including defining initial product vision, go-to-market strategy, and customer conversations.
• Experience working in teams to develop/deploy ML models into production environments
• Experience working on product-led growth products, including understanding how to position free versus premium products to maximize paying customers.
• A customer-centric mindset, including being able to take customer needs and translating them into product requirements, while balancing technical constraints with customer expectations to deliver a successful product.
• A proactive and ownership mindset, with an attitude that seeks to drive positive change in the organization and learn more from our customers, team, and the broader market.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate (both verbal and written) the value proposition of highly-technical developer products to enterprise customers.
• Ability to effectively collaborate cross-functionally, working closely with multiple engineering teams, program management, tech writing, and developer marketing.

The estimated base salary range for this role to be performed in the US, regardless of the state, is $198,000.00 - $286,000.00 USD. 
The salary for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of permissible, non-discriminatory job-related factors, which include but are not limited to education, training, work experience, business needs, or market demands. This range may be modified in the future. The total compensation for a candidate will also include annual target bonus, equity, and benefits, with equity making up a significant portion of your total compensation.

For candidates who fall outside of the listed requirements, we nevertheless encourage you to apply as we may have openings that are lower/higher level than the ones advertised.