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Technical Product Manager - open level (R5249)

Shield AI· Office of the CTO / Special Projects
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Hybrid (San Diego, CA / Washington, D.C. / San Mateo, CA / Remote)$190k - $330kFull Time EmployeePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Technical Product Manager for Shield AI's Special Projects team within the Office of the CTO. Focus on agentic AI portfolio (Brain, Springboard, enterprise AI/data modernization) and foundation-model based autonomy; lead strategic product definition, roadmaps, and cross-functional execution in a highly technical, regulated domain.

Responsibilities

  • Own product definition, roadmap, and metrics across the office of the CTO's agentic AI portfolio: an enterprise knowledge assistant (Brain), an agent-driven engineering platform (Springboard), and enterprise AI/data modernization and app development.
  • Translate CTO strategy into crisp requirements, milestones, exit criteria, and KPIs — then hold the line on them.
  • Drive adoption of internal platforms: reduce onboarding friction, instrument usage, track NPS and active users, and run developer advocacy and objection handling.
  • Shape product direction for foundation-model based autonomy architectures and model lifecycle tooling (evaluation, fine-tuning, verification, deployment).
  • Run continuous discovery with engineers, operators, and executive stakeholders; turn findings into prioritized backlogs.
  • Prioritize ruthlessly across competing initiatives with small teams and aggressive timelines.
  • Analyze the agentic tooling, enterprise AI platform, and foundation model ecosystem; recommend build/buy/partner positions to leadership.
  • Author strategy documents, product briefs, and executive updates that drive decisions.
  • Manage transitions of maturing products from incubation to owning organizations.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of product management for deeply technical products; engineering or CS background.
  • Technical fluency: you read code, work APIs and CLIs from a terminal, and prototype with AI coding tools yourself.
  • Shipped developer tools, internal platforms, or AI/ML products — and drove their adoption.
  • Working fluency in LLM-based systems: agents, evaluation, context management, fine-tuning trade-offs.
  • Metrics-driven operating style: you define KPIs, instrument products, and report against thresholds and objectives.
  • Exceptional written communication — requirements, strategy docs, executive briefs.
  • Proven stakeholder management up to the executive level across engineering, product, and business functions.
  • Fluid intelligence that allows one to operate effectively in ambiguous conditions while finding opportunities to drive technical efforts and force multiply.
  • This role requires travel to a Shield AI location 1-3 times per quarter

Skills

Required:Product management for technical productsTechnical fluency with code, APIs, CLIsLLM-based systems

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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