Staff Product Manager – Product Operations
Lambda
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $275,000 - $484,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Lead the definition and continuous improvement of product operating rhythms — roadmap planning, goal setting, prioritization, and execution frameworks.
- Establish and refine processes that increase the velocity, quality, and alignment of product delivery.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to ensure the right balance between strategic initiatives, technical investment, and innovation.
- Act as the product manager for internal product operations tools and systems, including roadmap management platforms, capacity planning models, OKR systems, and collaboration tools.
- Define requirements, manage vendor integrations, and build automation to reduce manual effort and improve transparency.
- Partner with data and engineering teams to develop internal dashboards and analytics capabilities that surface insights on delivery, utilization, and team health.
- Be the connective tissue between Product Management and multiple cross-functional teams through structured operational cadences and effective communication channels.
- Lead product team business reviews, planning sessions, and retrospectives.
- Create clarity by ensuring decision-making, status, and outcomes are documented and visible across teams.
- Define and operationalize key metrics for product execution health — velocity, delivery predictability, roadmap balance, and team capacity.
- Translate data and qualitative feedback into actionable insights that inform strategy and operations improvements.
- Champion a culture of accountability and learning through process retrospectives and experimentation.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product management, product operations, or program management, with at least 3+ years in a senior or staff-level role
- Deep understanding of product development lifecycles, agile practices, and portfolio management
- Experience in AI infrastructure or AI platforms is ideal
- Demonstrated success managing internal tools, workflows, or operational platforms as a product owner
- Proven ability to drive alignment and execution across complex, matrixed organizations
- Strong analytical skills — able to build models, interpret data, and translate insights into scalable frameworks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at synthesizing complex information for executive audiences
- Experience with modern product and operations toolchains (e.g., Jira, Productboard, Airtable, Notion, Looker, Workday, or custom dashboards)
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and Commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
- Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
product managementproduct operationsprogram managementagile practicesportfolio managementdata analysisautomationmodel buildingmetrics definitionAI infrastructure
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationanalytical skillscollaborationdecision-makingaccountabilitysynthesis of informationstrategic thinkingprocess improvementcross-functional alignment