Senior Product Manager–AI Infrastructure & Agentic Systems

About the company

Striveworks is an AI operations company that provides an AIOps platform to deploy, govern, monitor, and sustain AI for national security and defense missions.

About this role

<p><strong><em>“In 36 months, agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it.” — Dr. Jim Rebesco, Cofounder and CEO, Striveworks</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <p>The government’s demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production, despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing, but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops, trust goes with it.</p> <p>Striveworks was built to solve that problem.</p> <h2><strong>What you’ll build</strong></h2> <p>Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases—providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab.</p> <p>As a Senior Product Manager–AI Infrastructure &amp; Agentic at Striveworks, you will work closely with our software engineering, data science, and sales teams to define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. You will also ensure that our platform meets the evolving needs of our customers. We are looking for Product Managers who enjoy building highly complex software products and operationalizing cutting-edge AI technologies to deliver enterprise value.</p> <p>Your day-to-day will include:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Defining, prioritizing, and scheduling requirements:</strong> Work directly with customers, engineers, and other stakeholders to write crisp, well-structured requirements and maintain a clear product roadmap. Proactively identify and communicate risks to satisfying requirements.</li> <li><strong>Clearing the pathway for successful execution:</strong> Participate in standups and planning and design sessions to ensure that engineering teams understand priorities and deadlines. Resolve issues that hinder developer progress. Take ownership for the execution team delivering on time.</li> <li><strong>Validating and testing deliverables:</strong> Perform product acceptance testing to confirm that features meet requirements and customer expectations.</li> <li><strong>Managing documentation and communication:</strong> Own the drafting and maintenance of technical documentation, release notes, and internal/external communications on new features.</li> <li><strong>Supporting go-to-market:</strong> Partner with marketing to position new capabilities, craft product collateral, and support launch efforts.</li> <li><strong>Staying ahead of the curve:</strong> Track customer feedback, market trends, competitive capabilities, and emerging technologies to inform the product roadmap and strategic decisions.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What it’s like here</strong></h2> <p>We lead with trust, treat each other with respect, and use candor consistently, kindly, and constructively. We care deeply about our work, and we find genuine satisfaction in doing it well. Above all, we take ownership—because we feel the weight of collective results personally. We are looking for people who share these values and are eager to put them into practice.</p> <h2><strong>What we’re looking for</strong></h2> <ul> <li>A degree in a technical field (computer science, engineering, or similar)</li> <li>6+ years of product management or closely related experience building complex, technical software products, preferably for enterprise or government customers</li> <li>Strong technical fluency in AI and machine learning (ML) systems, with the ability to work effectively with software engineers, data scientists, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams</li> <li>Hands-on experience and deep expertise in one or more of the following areas: <ul> <li>LLM gateways, model routing, inference infrastructure, or model serving</li> <li>AI observability, model monitoring, model test and evaluation, or responsible AI practices</li> <li>Agent frameworks, multi-agent orchestration, configuration-driven workflows, tool calling, or workflow engines</li> <li>Retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, knowledge retrieval, or online and offline evaluation</li> <li>Enterprise platform services such as usage metering, automated billing, entitlements, policy enforcement, auditability, and tenant administration</li> </ul> </li> <li>Proven ability to turn ambiguous customer and business problems into clear product requirements, priorities, and measurable outcomes</li> <li>Experience partnering closely with engineering teams throughout discovery, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration</li> <li>Strong product judgment, including the ability to balance near-term customer needs with longer-term platform strategy and architectural considerations</li> <li>Experience defining and using product metrics, platform KPIs, customer feedback, and usage data to guide decisions</li> <li>The ability to communicate technical concepts and product tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences</li> <li>US citizenship and the eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain a Secret (or above) US security clearance&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>The following isn’t required, but we’d love to see it:</p> <ul> <li>Previous experience as a software engineer, ML engineer, data scientist, or solutions architect</li> <li>Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, APIs, distributed systems, or modern data and ML platforms</li> <li>Proficiency with Figma to create product design artifacts (e.g., wireframes, prototypes, etc.)</li> <li>Active Secret (or above) US security clearance</li> </ul> <p>This position offers a hybrid/on-site work environment at our office in Austin, Texas. You will be expected to travel up to 20% of the time.&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>Compensation</strong></h2> <p>The anticipated base pay range for this position is $155,000–$200,000/year. Striveworks’ total compensation package includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.</p>