Principal Product Manager, AI Agents & MCP

Amplitude•San Francisco, CA

59d•$237,000 - $398,000

About The Position

Amplitude is hiring a product lead for Agentic Amplitude, the team responsible for the company’s AI agent strategy. The team has launched the Amplitude Global Agent, Custom agents, and its MCP surface, and continues to develop new products. It is small, fast-moving, and values curiosity, autonomy, rapid iteration, and strong cross-functional partnership as AI technology evolves. The role will set the strategy and vision for Amplitude’s agents and MCP capabilities, lead design and engineering teams in delivering new innovations, and serve as a company thought leader on agentic products. The product vision is to help customers reach insights faster, make decisions with greater confidence, and take effective actions to improve their products. The position will also advance ways for customers to use Amplitude through coding agents, command-line interfaces, and IDEs, as well as through Amplitude’s own interface. Success includes establishing a clear agent and MCP strategy that leadership and the field organization can consistently articulate; increasing adoption of existing capabilities and delivering new products for emerging needs; and expanding MCP adoption in customer workflows beyond the Amplitude interface. The role is eligible for equity, benefits, and other forms of compensation. Listed total target cash ranges vary by work location: $237,000–$356,000 in Colorado, California outside the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington; and $265,000–$398,000 in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. These ranges include bonus or commission.

Requirements

At least 7 years of product management experience, including taking 0-to-1 products from concept through delivery.
At least 3 years building products using AI/ML technologies, including recent hands-on experience delivering agentic products.
Fluency in current LLM trends, models, and tools, with a strong understanding of context management, latency, evaluation methods, and common failure modes.
Experience building systems that measure whether a probabilistic product improves over time.
A demonstrated record of executing complex initiatives in close partnership with engineering and design.
Comfort operating amid ambiguity, rapid change, and a roadmap that evolves alongside the technology.
A consistent history of setting ambitious goals and achieving them through clear strategy, disciplined execution, and effective collaboration.

Responsibilities

Define the direction and investment priorities for Amplitude’s agent and MCP surfaces over the next 12 to 24 months.
Own the product vision for how AI agents help customers reach insights faster, make more confident decisions, and take actions to improve their products.
Advance MCP capabilities so customers can work with Amplitude through coding agents, CLIs, and IDEs, as well as through Amplitude’s user interface.
Create evaluations, quality standards, and feedback mechanisms to measure customer value and improve the agent experience.
Speak regularly with customers to understand their workflows and identify opportunities and use cases for AI agents.
Partner with the field organization to enable effective positioning, demonstrations, and support of AI Agent products.
Serve as a thought leader on agentic products and establish best practices internally and with customers.
Lead design and engineering teams in delivering new product innovations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees on select plans.
401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of eligible pay per pay period, up to $2,000 annually.
Flexible time off and paid holidays.
Monthly wellness stipends.
Monthly commuter transit and parking stipends.
Quarterly learning and development stipends.
New-hire home office equipment stipend.
12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Carrot fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
Back-up child care support.
No-cost employee access to Modern Health coaching and therapy sessions.
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
Charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
For Washington-based employees: unlimited PTO and 10 to 13 holidays annually.