Technical Product Manager, AI Systems

Job Title: Technical Product Manager, AI Systems

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Technical Product Manager, AI Systems with our client that is fully remote.

Job Description:

• This is a deeply technical, hands-on role. Work directly with engineers on system design, evaluation, and trade-offs-defining requirements, but shaping how the system works for global users.
• You work at the intersection of user needs, model capability, and system constraints, and are responsible for turning AI potential into real, reliable behavior in a real-world application.

Job Responsibilities:

• Research and define end-to-end AI system requirements from capability to behavior to user impact
• Translate model capabilities, data constraints, and evaluation results into clear product and system decisions
• Make hard trade-offs across quality, latency, cost, reliability, and UX
• Work closely with ML, backend, and mobile engineers on system design, evaluation, and iteration
• Define and evolve evaluation frameworks across offline metrics, online experiments, and human feedback
• Drive execution with clear specs, strong judgment, and disciplined prioritization
• Ensure systems ship quickly, safely, and reliably, with strong feedback loops
• Own product quality end-to-end - correctness, predictability, and user trust
• Product strategy clearly aligns AI capabilities with user needs and company priorities.
• AI features deliver real value, are understandable, predictable, and trusted by users.
• Decisions balance quality, speed, cost, and reliability effectively under uncertainty.
• Roadmaps and priorities are clear, with fast iteration based on real user feedback.
• Teams are aligned, focused, and able to execute on AI product goals with minimal friction.

Job Qualifications:

• Technical foundation:
  • Strong grounding in computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and system design.
  • Solid understanding of ML fundamentals and how modern AI systems behave in production.
  • Comfort reading, reviewing, and discussing technical design documents.
• AI & ML experience:
  • Hands-on exposure to AI-powered products, including LLM-based systems.
  • Experience working with model evaluation, prompt or pipeline iteration, and feedback loops.
  • Strong intuition for model limitations, hallucinations, bias, and drift.
• Product leadership:
  • Significant experience owning complex, technical products end-to-end.
  • Proven ability to work closely with senior engineers and ML teams.
  • Strong judgment and decision-making ability in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Ability to balance ambition with technical and operational reality.

Nice To Have:

• Experience shipping AI-heavy consumer products.
• Background as an engineer or highly technical product manager.
• Experience defining evaluation metrics for ML systems.
• Strong intuition for AI UX patterns and failure handling.
• Prior experience in zero-to-one product environments.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Direct Hire
• Pay Range: Market Rate
• Location: Fully Remote.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.