Valence

Technical Product Manager, AI

Valence

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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About the role

  • Act as a thought partner and execution lead for the VP of Engineering across product and AI initiatives
  • Lead strategic product direction and roadmap development in close partnership with the VP of Engineering, AI leadership, and the wider team
  • Own product initiatives end-to-end, from data insights and experimentation through to shipped features and measurable impact
  • Help shape prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoffs across engineering, AI, and product workstreams
  • Serve as a bridge between AI, engineering, and product, ensuring shared context on goals, constraints, and system behavior
  • Drive clarity and alignment on AI product quality, evaluation frameworks, and improvement initiatives
  • Step in as needed to unblock teams, clarify ownership, or drive cross-functional initiatives forward
  • Contribute to organizational planning and process design that enables teams to move quickly without losing focus
  • Support and potentially manage product team members as the organization scales

Requirements

  • 5+ years of DevOps / Infrastructure experience, ideally supporting and scaling B2B SaaS platforms
  • Proven experience owning and evolving infrastructure that supports multiple engineering teams and production systems
  • Strong ability to operate as a trusted partner to senior engineering leadership, providing both strategic input and execution support
  • Experience acting as a force multiplier in complex organizations — comfortable owning ambiguity and driving clarity
  • AI/ML product experience or strong intuition for generative AI systems, able to reason about quality, tradeoffs, and limitations
  • Comfort stepping outside a strict PM role to address organizational or execution gaps when needed
  • Interest in mentoring or managing others as the team grows (people management experience is a plus, not a requirement)
  • Familiarity with enterprise security processes, audits, and procurement workflows
  • A proactive, ownership-driven mindset — you see problems before they become incidents and take initiative to fix them
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across application, AI, and leadership teams, balancing competing priorities
Benefits
  • Competitive salary including base + bonuses
  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one
  • Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave
  • Retirement plan support for US and global employees
  • Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed company at a growth inflection point
  • Financial upside that comes from scaling fast
  • Top-up grants as we scale and you deliver exceptional performance — your compensation grows alongside your impact
  • A culture built for top talent: intensity to win, growth without limits, and a team that solves hard problems and celebrates big wins together
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsInfrastructureB2B SaaSAI/ML product experiencegenerative AI systemsdata insightsexperimentationevaluation frameworksproduct initiativesprocess design
Soft Skills
thought partnerstrategic inputexecution supporttrusted partnerforce multiplierproblem-solvinginitiativecollaborationmentoringpeople management