Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Networking)

About the role

Long-term vision: Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe's networking foundation, from fleet-wide architecture to fabric design.
Vendor management strategy: Own Crusoe's long-term vendor management strategy for the network, including defining our cost structure and capital allocation.
Platform targets: Set the performance, reliability, scalability, and cost targets the network must hit, including network cost per GPU and per server.
Connectivity architecture: Own cross-DC and multi-site connectivity strategy, network topology, and failure-domain design.
Technology strategy: Drive NIC, DPU, switch, and networking technology strategy, including evaluating new hardware generations and vendors.
Structural investment: Identify structural limitations in the current architecture and prioritize the long-term investments that resolve them.
Engineering partnership: Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on major technical tradeoffs, and define the product requirements and business rationale behind foundational investments.
Executive communication: Represent networking foundations in leadership reviews, translating architecture and vendor tradeoffs into clear decision docs.

Responsibilities

Long-term vision: Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe's networking foundation, from fleet-wide architecture to fabric design.
Vendor management strategy: Own Crusoe's long-term vendor management strategy for the network, including defining our cost structure and capital allocation.
Platform targets: Set the performance, reliability, scalability, and cost targets the network must hit, including network cost per GPU and per server.
Connectivity architecture: Own cross-DC and multi-site connectivity strategy, network topology, and failure-domain design.
Technology strategy: Drive NIC, DPU, switch, and networking technology strategy, including evaluating new hardware generations and vendors.
Structural investment: Identify structural limitations in the current architecture and prioritize the long-term investments that resolve them.
Engineering partnership: Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on major technical tradeoffs, and define the product requirements and business rationale behind foundational investments.
Executive communication: Represent networking foundations in leadership reviews, translating architecture and vendor tradeoffs into clear decision docs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of technical product management experience, or product-minded infrastructure engineering experience, with a track record of owning architecture-level outcomes at Principal or equivalent scope.
• Subject matter expertise in networking, with the credibility to operate as a peer to senior infrastructure engineers and architects.
• Direct experience with fleet-wide network architecture, topology design, and failure-domain strategy at scale.
• Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and vetting in-house software engineering investment for core networking infrastructure.
• A strong grasp of infrastructure economics at scale, including cost per unit and capacity planning.
• An analytical mindset with the ability to use data to inform multi-year infrastructure decisions.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into clear narratives for engineering leadership and executives.
• Direct experience with RDMA fabrics such as InfiniBand or RoCE, and with GPU cluster networking for AI training or inference.

Qualifications

• Experience with data center network design, including cross-DC and multi-site connectivity.
• Familiarity with the current landscape of networking silicon, NICs, and switch vendors serving AI infrastructure.
• Experience managing or mentoring other product managers.

Skills

• Networking fundamentals.
• Vendor management and cost structure optimization.
• Network architecture and design.
• Performance, reliability, and scalability considerations.
• Technical tradeoff analysis.
• Executive communication and presentation skills.
• RDMA fabrics and GPU cluster networking.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages.
• Restricted Stock Units.
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs.
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance.
• Employer contributions to HSA account.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability.
• Mental health & wellness support.
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit).
• Cell phone stipend.
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
• Volunteer time off.
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance.
• Daily meals allowance.
• Additional perks & programs specific to location.

Pay

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $285,000-$335,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Schedule

N/A