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Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors
🏢 Elastic📍 United States📅 4 days ago💼 Full-time
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<div class="content-intro"><p>Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.</p></div><h3><strong>What is The Role</strong></h3> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="cri0k-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cri0k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cri0k-0-0"><span data-text="true">We're looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy and </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:ru:" class="chakra-text css-cua023"><span data-offset-key="cri0k-1-0"><span data-text="true">roadmap</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="cri0k-2-0"><span data-text="true"> for Elastic's embedding/reranking and vector database and related capabilities. In this senior role, you'll be the go-to expert on search/vector search, guiding the direction for technologies like vector indexing and hybrid retrieval. This position offers the chance to shape a vital part of our product, working closely with engineering and research teams to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of numerous organizations while keeping pace with the evolving landscape of AI.</span></span></div> </div> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing</strong></h3> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="61h5v-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="61h5v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="61h5v-0-0"><span data-text="true">Conduct market research to uncover emerging trends in search/vector databases as well as SOTA model research in emerging areas to manage unstructured data, working alongside our model team. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="aq4ki-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aq4ki-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aq4ki-0-0"><span data-text="true">Evaluate the competitive landscape to enhance product positioning and develop user personas that guide feature decisions. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="er3kp-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="er3kp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="er3kp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align the product strategy with business goals while prioritizing features based on customer feedback and market demands.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="5s3d4-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5s3d4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5s3d4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Establish long-term product goals and milestones for the vector use cases, document AI and unstructured data management to drive its development. Prioritize features and enhancements based on user feedback and technical feasibility. Allocate resources skillfully to ensure timely updates, while coordinating with engineering teams to validate </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r10:" class="chakra-text css-cua023"><span data-offset-key="5s3d4-1-0"><span data-text="true">roadmap</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="5s3d4-2-0"><span data-text="true"> assumptions. Communicate updates and expectations clearly to stakeholders and executives.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="vkjp-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="vkjp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="vkjp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Own the vision, strategy, and multi-quarter </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r12:" class="chakra-text css-cua023"><span data-offset-key="vkjp-1-0"><span data-text="true">roadmap</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="vkjp-2-0"><span data-text="true"> for Elastic's vector database as well as core search use cases, from low-level indexing internals to the developer-facing APIs and SDKs. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="e1otv-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e1otv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e1otv-0-0"><span data-text="true">Partner deeply with engineering and applied research on trade-offs, be a credible technical peer in those conversations. Define and defend the metrics that matter: recall, latency, index size, ingestion throughput, and total cost of ownership. Advance the competitiveness of Elastic AI and Vector products across all deployments - Serverless and Self-managed.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="blj6o-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="blj6o-0-0"><span data-offset-key="blj6o-0-0"><span data-text="true">Define a unified strategy and </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r14:" class="chakra-text css-cua023"><span data-offset-key="blj6o-1-0"><span data-text="true">roadmap</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="blj6o-2-0"><span data-text="true"> across embedding/reranking models and vector indexing/ semantic ingestion, model lifecycle, and end-to-end retrieval quality. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="96mot-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="96mot-0-0"><span data-offset-key="96mot-0-0"><span data-text="true">Manage the operating cadence. Make sure shared metrics and priorities align the research, cloud, and engineering teams. Address trade-offs where model and index decisions intersect. </span></span></div> </li> </ul> <h3>What You Bring </h3> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="6bl7q-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6bl7q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6bl7q-0-0"><span data-text="true">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="csm54-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="csm54-0-0"><span data-offset-key="csm54-0-0"><span data-text="true">Master's degree in a relevant discipline preferred</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="d80jc-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d80jc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d80jc-0-0"><span data-text="true">8+ years in product management, with significant time on technical infrastructure, databases, search, or ML/AI platforms. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="3fbng-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3fbng-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3fbng-0-0"><span data-text="true">You should have good working knowledge of vector search fundamentals. This includes embeddings, ANN indexing, similarity metrics, and trade-offs between recall and latency. Additionally, you need to know about hybrid retrieval. </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="8qfae-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8qfae-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8qfae-0-0"><span data-text="true">You should have a working knowledge of generative models, model fine tuning, model capabilities and document processing for large corpus </span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="9rt5o" data-offset-key="e7fag-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e7fag-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e7fag-0-0"><span data-text="true">You don't need to be a researcher, but you should hold your own with engineers on these topics. A track record of shipping developer- or infrastructure-facing products that were adopted at scale. </span></span></div> </li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;