Lead product manager

Posted 14 Days Ago
3 Locations
Hybrid
183K-283K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Generative AI
The leading enterprise generative AI platform
The Role
Leads high-impact, cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through launch and iteration. Shapes multi-quarter strategy and roadmaps, engages enterprise customers, partners with engineering and design on AI and platform products, defines success metrics, aligns stakeholders, and mentors product managers. The role requires technical fluency in LLMs, agents, data, and architecture, along with strong strategic judgment, execution, communication, and customer empathy.
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🚀 About WRITER

WRITER is where the world's leading enterprises orchestrate AI-powered work. Our vision is to expand human capacity through superintelligence. And we're proving it's possible – through powerful, trustworthy AI that unites IT and business teams together to unlock enterprise-wide transformation. With WRITER's end-to-end platform, hundreds of companies like Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard are building and deploying AI agents that are grounded in their company's data and fueled by WRITER's enterprise-grade LLMs. Valued at $1.9B and backed by industry-leading investors including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth, WRITER is rapidly cementing its position as the leader in enterprise generative AI.

Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and London, our team thinks big and moves fast, and we're looking for smart, hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work with AI.

📐 About this role

This is a chance to help shape the next chapter of WRITER's product at a moment when generative AI is redefining how work gets done. As senior staff product manager, you'll report directly to Wil Pong, VP of Product, and operate as a force-multiplier across the product organization — setting direction where it's unclear, aligning stakeholders, and making sure our most critical initiatives ship with excellence.

You'll own ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces that span multiple product areas and teams, and you'll be equal parts strategist and operator. One moment you're shaping a multi-quarter roadmap; the next you're rolling up your sleeves to unblock execution. We're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of customer empathy, technical depth, and business judgment — and who is energized by turning complex, evolving AI capabilities into products customers love.

We are open to hiring for this role at multiple levels, with compensation ranges scaled to match your experience, expertise, and the scope of the role.

🦸🏻‍♀️ Your responsibilities

  • Drive high-impact product initiatives end-to-end, from discovery and problem definition through launch, adoption, and iteration across areas that span multiple squads and surfaces

  • Shape product strategy and roadmap in partnership with the VP of Product and product leadership, translating company-level goals into clear, sequenced, ambitious bets

  • Spend time with enterprise buyers, end users, and prospects to uncover unmet needs, validate problem-solution fit, and champion the customer voice in every decision

  • Partner closely with engineering and design to define requirements, navigate technical tradeoffs, and build the right things in the right order, bringing real fluency to conversations about LLMs, agents, platform architecture, and data

  • Align cross-functional stakeholders across go-to-market, sales, marketing, customer success, and executive leadership, communicating strategy and tradeoffs with crisp, audience-appropriate narrative

  • Define and own success metrics for your areas, using data and qualitative signal to evaluate impact, course-correct, and tell the story of outcomes to leadership

  • Raise the bar on product craft across the org by mentoring and coaching other PMs, modeling best practices, and strengthening a culture built on rigor, customer obsession, and velocity

⭐️ Is this you?

  • 8+ years of product management experience with a track record of owning and shipping complex, high-impact products, ideally in SaaS, platform, infrastructure, or AI/ML-driven environments

  • Senior- or staff-level experience operating autonomously across ambiguous, multi-team problem spaces and influencing outcomes well beyond your immediate team

  • Genuine customer obsession — you instinctively go to the customer, synthesize signal from noise, and design from a deep understanding of real workflows and pain points

  • Technical credibility to engage meaningfully with engineers and researchers on system design, LLM capabilities, data, and architecture, knowing when to go deep and when to defer to the experts

  • A blend of strong strategic thinking and relentless execution — you can set a compelling vision one moment and sweat the details of a release plan the next

  • Exceptional communication that you tailor for any audience, from a frontline engineer to the executive team, driving alignment without relying on org chart authority

  • A mentor's instinct and a builder's drive, with the data-informed, outcome-driven mindset to define success up front and move with the speed this environment demands

Nice to haves

  • Experience building products powered by LLMs, generative AI, or large-scale AI/ML systems

  • Background in enterprise software, developer platforms, or developer-facing products

  • Familiarity with AI governance, guardrails, and the operational considerations of deploying AI in regulated or high-stakes environments


🍩 Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)

  • Generous PTO, plus company holidays

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family

  • Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)

  • Fertility and family planning support

  • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri

  • Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options

  • Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution

  • Annual work-life stipends for:

    • Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.

    • Learning and development stipend

  • Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites

  • Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

WRITER is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

By submitting your application on the application page, you acknowledge and agree to WRITER's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of product management experience
  • Track record of owning and shipping complex, high-impact products
  • Experience operating autonomously across ambiguous, multi-team problem spaces
  • Genuine customer obsession and ability to understand customer workflows and pain points
  • Technical credibility with system design, LLM capabilities, data, and architecture
  • Strong strategic thinking and execution skills
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder alignment skills
  • Mentoring ability and an outcome-driven, data-informed mindset
  • Experience in SaaS, platform, infrastructure, or AI/ML-driven environments
  • Experience building products powered by LLMs, generative AI, or large-scale AI/ML systems
  • Background in enterprise software, developer platforms, or developer-facing products
  • Familiarity with AI governance, guardrails, and operational considerations in regulated or high-stakes environments

Writer Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Writer and has not been reviewed or approved by Writer.

  • Healthcare Strength — Employer-covered medical plan options plus dental, vision, life insurance, and FSA are highlighted across careers materials. These details point to strong core coverage in the health benefits offering.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is positioned as competitive, with recent postings citing 12 to 16 weeks depending on role or location. This indicates a substantial leave benefit for parents, though specifics should be confirmed at the offer stage.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer contributions is repeatedly listed as part of total rewards. Job ads and company materials consistently reinforce retirement support as a core benefit.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
350 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Writer is the full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for the world’s leading enterprises. Its fully integrated solution makes it easy to deploy secure and reliable AI applications and agents that automate mission-critical work. Writer’s suite of development tools is supported by Palmyra – Writer’s state-of-the-art family of LLMs – alongside its industry-leading graph-based RAG and customizable AI guardrails. Hundreds of customers like Accenture, Intuit, L’Oreal, Salesforce, Uber, and Vanguard trust Writer to transform the way they work. Founded in 2020 with offices in San Francisco, New York City, and London, Writer is backed by world-leading investors, including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Insight Partners, Balderton, B Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Citi Ventures, IBM Ventures, WndrCo, and others. Learn more at writer.com.

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