Director of Product
Core
Define automation for the context era by curating an intelligent context layer that delivers the right information at the right time for mission-critical workloads and AI agents.
Role type
Director of Product (Engineering-led org)
Builds
Prefect OSS, Prefect Cloud, FastMCP OSS, and Horizon (automation/orchestration platforms)
Domain
Data infrastructure, AI agents, orchestration, developer tools
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Multi-team roadmap ownership, influence without authority, product discovery & validation, post-launch measurement, cross-domain synthesis, startup/eng-led org experience
Preferred skills
Multi-product portfolio experience, platform/product tension, post-acquisition integration, agentic systems, MCP
Technologies
Python, orchestration, MCP, data stack
Responsibilities
Drive product decisions for shared surfaces across the product portfolio; Build and coach the product discovery practice; Coach product engineers on problem framing and evidence-based decision making; Design and own the system for measuring product success and post-launch validation
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC
