About the RoleEmerald AI is building a next-generation AI cloud platform designed for the era of large-scale AI training and inference. We believe cloud infrastructure should be intelligent, power-aware, and optimized for modern GPU workloads-not simply a collection of virtual machines.
We're looking for a Senior Product Manager, AI Cloud Services to lead the definition and launch Emerald Cloud Services. This is a true 01 product role, responsible for discovering customer needs, shaping the product strategy, and bringing new cloud services to market. You'll work across engineering, design, commercial, and customers to build a differentiated AI cloud experience for enterprises, AI labs, and infrastructure providers.
Key Responsibilities- Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Emerald's Cloud Services platform, shaping how customers access, manage, and optimize AI compute.
- Conduct customer discovery and market research to identify emerging AI infrastructure needs and translate insights into differentiated offerings.
- Define product requirements for AI cloud services, including compute provisioning, management, APIs, developer workflows, and platform capabilities.
- Partner closely with engineering to deliver scalable products while balancing customer needs, technical complexity, and business priorities.
- Work with Sales, Business Development, and Marketing to define packaging, pricing, go-to-market strategy, and drive customer adoption.
- Lead products from initial concept through launch, iteration, and commercialization.
- Bring clarity to ambiguous problems and build alignment across customers, engineering, and business teams.
Minimum requirements- 5+ years of product management experience building cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, or enterprise software.
- Experience launching and scaling customer-facing software products from concept through commercialization.
- Exceptional customer empathy with a strong product discovery mindset.
- Excellent product intuition and ability to identify market opportunities.
- Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision making.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience defining product strategy and prioritizing roadmaps in ambiguous environments.
- Ability to independently lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, early-stage startup.
Preferred requirements- Experience building AI infrastructure products.
- Familiarity with NVIDIA GPUs, Kubernetes, Slurm, or distributed AI training.
- Experience with cloud provisioning, identity, networking, storage, or infrastructure automation.
- Experience working with AI startups, enterprise ML teams, or cloud infrastructure providers.
What We Offer- Make an impact. Solve the AI power bottleneck and shape how data centers scale sustainably.
- Join a world-class team of AI, cloud, software, and energy experts in a collaborative, low-ego environment.
- Build from 01. Influence strategy, GTM, org design, and customer/investor engagement from day one.
- Competitive pay + equity. Stock options let you share in the value you help create.
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching.
- Flexible location. Work from D.C., Boston, or the Bay Area, with 2 WFH day/week.
- Backed by top investors, including Radical Ventures and NVIDIA.
