> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2719913-product-manager-for-software-applied-ai](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2719913-product-manager-for-software-applied-ai). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Product Manager for Software / Applied AI - **Company:** Lila Sciences, Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $288,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Data Infrastructure, Scrum Methodology, Software Architecture, Software Construction - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/product-lead-software-applied-ai-lila-sciences-7906848 ## About the Role Product Management experience building complex B2B SaaS, data-heavy platforms, or highly technical software products. The Full-Stack Mindset: You are comfortable navigating both the user experience of a complex workflow and the technical realities of the backend architecture required to support it. Bias for Action in Complexity: You thrive in ambiguous environments. You can take a vague, highly technical customer request and turn it into a clear, prioritized roadmap for your engineering team in days, not weeks., A degree or deep practical experience in the hard sciences (materials science, chemistry, biology, etc.). Building for Scientists: Direct experience building software, tools, or platforms specifically designed for scientific researchers or lab environments. Startup DNA: Experience as an early-stage product manager who knows how to move fast, iterate, and build from 0 to 1. ## Description As the Product Manager for Software / Applied AI at Lila, you will help build the first truly AI-native system of record for scientific discovery. We are looking for product leaders who can dive deep into a specific domain and own it completely. Whether your strengths align best with our core software platform or our cutting-edge agentic science offerings, you will be embedded with a dedicated scrum team to solve complex, full-stack challenges. You will sit at the intersection of commercial, engineering, design, and scientific research, building the tools that accelerate the next generation of scientific discovery. We are hiring for a wide range of function areas, and seniority levels - final title and level will be decided at the offer stage. Priority areas include 1) data, 2) ML / computational tooling, 3) scientific agents, and 4) harness & evals., We will match your unique product strengths to a specific scrum team, where you will go deep, define the roadmap, and become the absolute subject matter expert for that product area. That said, we operate as one product team and collaborate closely. Full-Stack Product Execution: From designing user-facing scientific workflow tools to shaping the underlying data infrastructure that powers our AI models, you will define requirements and guide execution across the entire stack. The intelligence platform for Science: Build intuitive, powerful software that scientists actually want to use. You will be responsible for translating incredibly complex scientific workflows into scalable, elegant digital products. Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead the dialogue between our research scientists (who push the boundaries of what's possible) and our engineering teams (who build robust, scalable systems), ensuring we ship high-impact, cohesive products., You care deeply about the "how" - how the product is built, how it performs, and how it directly impacts the end user's daily work. ## Related Videos - [Marketing x Product: How We Stopped Gaslighting Each Other and Built AI Products That Actually Work](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100244-marketing-x-product-how-we-stopped-gaslighting-each-other-and-built-ai-products-that-actually-work) - [Coffee with Developers - Cassidy Williams - ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/912-coffee-with-developers-cassidy-williams) - [Modern Web Development with Nuxt3](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/294-modern-web-development-with-nuxt3) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [The End of Software as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1393-the-end-of-software-as-we-know-it) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [What is product discovery and why do developers need it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/517-what-is-product-discovery-and-why-do-developers-need-it) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development)