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Director of Product

San Francisco Bay Area. Posted a month ago

The role

The Director of AI Product Management will define and scale Xnurta's AI strategy, including model-based optimization and generative intelligence. This person will lead a team of AI product managers and partner with engineering and data science leadership to shape the platform's core intelligence layer.

What you will do

  • Define and own Xnurta's multi-year AI strategy.
  • Establish the vision and roadmap for AI-driven automation and decision-making.
  • Identify emergent AI opportunities and convert them into product initiatives.
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a team of AI product managers.
  • Build partnerships with Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering, Platform Engineering, GTM, and Customer Success teams.
  • Align executive stakeholders around strategy and prioritization.
  • Partner with AI/ML leaders to define training data, evaluation metrics, and testing strategies.
  • Lead large-scale experimentation frameworks.
  • Design and drive the architecture of AI-driven components.
  • Communicate AI strategy and impact to executive and technical teams.

Required qualifications

  • 8–12+ years of product management experience, with significant experience in AI/ML-driven products, ad tech, or large-scale optimization platforms.
  • Demonstrated success shipping and scaling ML-based systems across high-volume use cases.
  • Strong technical understanding of ML fundamentals (training pipelines, model evaluation, offline/online experimentation, feature engineering, RL, LLM workflows, etc.).
  • Proven leadership experience managing PM teams and influencing cross-functional executives.
  • Exceptional communication and product storytelling skills.
  • Deep analytical mindset with fluency in data tools, metrics design, and scientific thinking.
  • Experience working in fast-paced SaaS, retail media, or advertising technology environments.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Amazon Ads, DSP bidding systems, MMM/MTA, predictive forecasting, or performance optimization models.
  • Experience deploying or integrating LLMs, agentic systems, or generative AI into production workflows.
  • Mandarin proficiency for cross-regional collaboration.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • A supportive and inclusive AI-first culture
  • Unlimited PTO

About the company

Xnurta is an AI-native retail media and advertising optimization platform built for brands, sellers, and agencies on Amazon and beyond.