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Senior Product Manager, Agent Optimization

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$208k2026-10-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the applied research-to-product pipeline for agent optimization, focusing on improving agent quality, cost efficiency, and safety through observability, evaluation, and continual learning.

Role type

Senior Product Manager (AI/Developer Tools)

Builds

Open source tools for agent diagnosis, evaluation, and improvement; production-ready agent optimization features.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Agent Systems / Developer Tooling

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Product strategy, technical fluency in agent architectures, partnership management, open source community engagement, evidence-driven product approach, GTM alignment, benchmark design, zero-to-one product building

Preferred skills

Frontier AI lab experience, research publication experience, SDK/platform integration experience, hands-on production agent building

Technologies

Agent architectures, observability tools, evaluation frameworks, automated experimentation platforms

Responsibilities

Drive product strategy and roadmaps for agent optimization projects; partner with research and engineering to translate findings into products; define developer experience for open source tools; build adoption motions with marketing and GTM teams; establish product narratives and success metrics; manage early partner collaborations and integrations.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC