Product Manager, Infrastructure, New York

Pinecone is on a mission to build the search and database technology to power AI applications for the next decade and beyond. Our fully managed vector database makes it easy to add vector search to AI applications. Since creating the “vector database” category, demand has grown incredibly fast and it shows in our user base. We are a distributed team with clusters in New York, San Francisco, Tel-Aviv, and Manchester.

About the Role:

As a Product Manager on the core database team, you will work closely with the Product and Engineering teams of the Pinecone vector database. Your role is to deeply understand the requirements of our users, including their scale, security, and regulatory requirements, to define product requirements that meet their needs, and to work with engineering to build and ship these capabilities.

Your key objective is to collect user requirements, and design and build key capabilities of our core vector database platform, which will drive adoption. You will work closely with customers and our engineering and GTM teams. You will bring a sense of ownership, accountability, and entrepreneurship to your objective of driving platform adoption.

In this role, you will:

• Communicate with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and priorities.

• Write product requirement documents for new capabilities and features.

• Work closely with the engineering team to build and launch new products and features.

• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer success to ensure timely and high quality execution 

• Forecast timelines and communicate product strategy and deliverables to company leadership

• Work closely with all leaders at Pinecone to accelerate our product led growth strategy

 Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in product management, with at least 3 years working on  highly technical SaaS or cloud infrastructure products.

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related technical field

Bonus Points

• Demonstrated success in an unstructured environment

• A passion for databases and/or search

• Experience in a customer-facing role

• Experience building cloud software infrastructure.

Perks & Benefits:

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources

• 401(k) Plan

• Equity award

• Flexible time off

• Paid parental leave

• Annual Company Retreat

• WFH Equipment Stipend

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are the cornerstone of everything we do at Pinecone. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in a job description. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications listed in this posting. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.