Staff Product Manager, AI Platform

Affinity.co • San Francisco, CA

17d

About The Position

Affinity is the relationship intelligence CRM platform trusted by private equity, venture capital, and investment banking professionals to unlock the power of their network. We help the world's most sophisticated dealmakers turn relationships into results. As a Staff Product Manager for AI Platform , you'll lead one of our most strategically important product domains—the foundational AI capabilities that empower product teams across the organization to build intelligent solutions for our customers. You'll own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for our core AI platform services, including semantic search, AI guardrails, agentic frameworks, and similarity and recommendation models. Your work will directly enable teams to augment workflows, automate processes, and deliver the next generation of AI-powered experiences. In this role, you will define the platform vision and be responsible for measuring adoption, developer experience, and business impact. You will partner with cross-functional teams to conduct research, run experiments, lead teams through design and engineering sprints, define success metrics, measure impact, and ultimately ship platform capabilities that accelerate innovation across the product portfolio. You're excited about this opportunity because you will: Define and drive the vision for a modern AI platform that serves as the foundation for product innovation across the company. Own a portfolio of high-impact capabilities—semantic search, AI guardrails, agentic frameworks, and similarity and recommendation models—that teams rely on to deliver customer value. Build for builders: design APIs, abstractions, and developer experiences that make it easy for product teams to integrate sophisticated AI into their solutions. Establish guardrails and governance frameworks that ensure our AI capabilities are safe, reliable, and aligned with responsible AI principles. Navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, evaluating build-vs-buy decisions and staying ahead of emerging technologies and best practices. Partner closely with engineering, applied science, and design teams to lead discovery, definition, and delivery of platform capabilities that drive measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• 6+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years at a B2B SaaS company (enterprise software experience a plus).
• Experience leveraging complex technology to create delightful product solutions and leveraging AI/ML to drive insights and recommendations.
• Experience working on zero-to-one products, or leading experiment-based concepts and prototyping quickly to validate ideas before development.
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering, AI/ML and design teams end-to-end to drive business impact.
• Strong communication skills that foster cross-team collaboration and ensure alignment on key outcomes and objectives.
• Deep understanding and empathy for users.
• Deep interest in how technology can unlock the power of professional networks and transform private capital investing, with enthusiasm for Affinity's mission.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the vision for a modern AI platform that serves as the foundation for product innovation across the company.
• Own a portfolio of high-impact capabilities—semantic search, AI guardrails, agentic frameworks, and similarity and recommendation models—that teams rely on to deliver customer value.
• Build for builders: design APIs, abstractions, and developer experiences that make it easy for product teams to integrate sophisticated AI into their solutions.
• Establish guardrails and governance frameworks that ensure our AI capabilities are safe, reliable, and aligned with responsible AI principles.
• Navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, evaluating build-vs-buy decisions and staying ahead of emerging technologies and best practices.
• Partner closely with engineering, applied science, and design teams to lead discovery, definition, and delivery of platform capabilities that drive measurable business outcomes.

Benefits

• We cover your medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums with comprehensive PPO, HDHP and HMO options (in CA), and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being.
• We offer a 401(k) plan to help you plan for your future.
• We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program.
• We reimburse monthly for things like home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness.
• Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed