Product Manager, Core Product
Character.AI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $225,000 - $275,000 per year
About the role
- Own end-to-end product development for core user experiences, including conversations, character interactions, and discovery
- Execute on product vision and ship ambiguous, open-ended experiences leveraging current and future AI model capabilities
- Develop deep user empathy by understanding motivations, behaviors, and emotional needs
- Partner closely with AI research to identify opportunities enabled by new model capabilities
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and community teams to deliver polished, intuitive products
- Build and iterate on creator-facing tools that expand the platform’s content ecosystem
- Partner with data science to measure engagement depth, product quality, and user satisfaction
- Drive cross-functional execution, release coordination, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 5+ years of consumer product management experience
- Proven track record launching successful products from 0→1 or major evolutions at scale
- Strong intuition for products where engagement, session depth, and delight matter
- Ability to balance near-term execution with long-term product vision
- Strong design sensibility; experience in design or design-adjacent roles strongly preferred
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and partnering closely with engineering and research teams.
Benefits
- Top-notch health coverage for you & your family, with majority of the premium covered
- We invest in your future with a generous 401(K) contribution
- New parents, we've got you covered with incredible paid leave -up to 20 weeks
- 4 weeks of PTO to explore, unwind & come back recharged
- Daily in-office catering plus a monthly Doordash stipend to help keep you fueled no matter where you are
- Monthly wellness stipend to support you in your health journey
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product developmentAI model capabilitiesuser empathydata analysisproduct quality measurementuser satisfaction measurementcreator-facing tools developmentcross-functional executionrelease coordinationcontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
strong intuition for productsability to balance execution and visionstrong design sensibilitycomfort operating in ambiguitycollaborationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvinguser-centered thinkingadaptability