
Principal Product Manager, General Compute
Crusoe
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Francisco • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $260,800 - $326,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and own the strategic direction for Crusoe's general compute platform, shaping multi-year product narratives that guide investment across engineering, infrastructure, and GTM teams
- Operate across organizational boundaries to align compute strategy with networking, storage, managed services, and go-to-market teams, ensuring cohesive platform evolution
- Shape executive decision-making by framing tradeoffs between infrastructure investment, market positioning, customer demand, and long-term business outcomes
- Identify emerging risks and opportunities in AI infrastructure before they become visible—new workload patterns, architectural shifts, competitive dynamics, or technology transitions
- Define the problem space when ambiguity is highest and organizational alignment doesn't exist, creating clarity for multiple teams to execute against shared vision
- Ensure execution succeeds at scale by defining operating models, sequencing major investments, resolving cross-organizational friction, and maintaining accountability for outcomes spanning multiple teams
- Drive initiatives that materially change Crusoe's revenue potential, cost structure, or competitive differentiation in cloud infrastructure
- Synthesize market trends, technological shifts (GPU roadmaps, virtualization evolution, AI framework requirements), and economic realities into actionable strategy
- Establish durable product frameworks and decision models that other Product Manager and teams adopt for evaluating compute investments and customer requirements
- Anticipate second- and third-order effects across the ecosystem—how compute decisions impact network topology, cooling economics, energy strategy, or customer contract structures
- Lead strategic customer and partner discussions, representing Crusoe's compute vision and gathering insights that inform platform direction
- Mentor product managers and engineers across the organization, modeling Crusoe values and developing the next generation of infrastructure product leaders
- Influence how Crusoe allocates capital to compute infrastructure, balancing GPU vs CPU investment, bare metal vs virtualization, and custom vs standard offerings
Requirements
- 10+ years of product management experience with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, HPC, or large-scale compute platforms
- Proven track record defining strategic direction that shapes multiple product portfolios and informs company-level planning
- Demonstrated ability to deliver step-function impact on business trajectory through initiatives that materially change revenue, cost structure, or competitive positioning
- Expertise solving problems spanning organizational, technical, and business dimensions simultaneously—integrating infrastructure constraints, economic models, customer demand, and platform implications
- Strong track record operating across organizational boundaries to influence strategy at company level, including executive decision-making and capital allocation
- Experience defining new problem spaces when ambiguity is highest, bringing structure to strategic questions without established precedent
- Deep understanding of AI infrastructure including GPU platforms, distributed training systems, inference optimization, and evolving workload characteristics
- Proven ability to anticipate second- and third-order effects, ensuring local optimizations don't create systemic inefficiencies across complex ecosystems
- Excellent communication skills translating technical complexity into strategic narratives for executives, customers, and partners
- Active mentor and role model who develops product management and engineering talent across the organization
- Experience leading compute or infrastructure strategy at a cloud provider, AI infrastructure company, or hyperscaler (Nice-to-Have)
Benefits
- Industry competitive pay
- Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
- Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
- Employer contributions to HSA accounts
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Teladoc
- 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Subscription to the Calm app
- MetLife Legal
- Company paid commuter benefit; $300/month
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud infrastructureHPClarge-scale compute platformsAI infrastructureGPU platformsdistributed training systemsinference optimizationcapital allocationoperating modelsproduct frameworks
Soft Skills
strategic directionexecutive decision-makingproblem-solvinginfluencing strategycommunicationmentoringcross-organizational collaborationclarity creationinitiative drivingsynthesizing market trends