Senior Product Manager

About the role

Kira is transforming how people learn by using AI to empower teachers to deliver personalized learning at scale. We’re backed by top investors and driven by a team that is deeply passionate about using technology to change education.

Responsibilities

• Own your product area from discovery and requirements to launch, adoption, and iteration.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear product strategies, roadmaps, and specs.
• Work deeply across the stack: frontend UX, backend systems, and AI/ML components.
• Collaborate tightly with engineering to break down work, unblock teams, and ship quickly.
• Use data, user research, and intuition to drive prioritization decisions.
• Rally cross-functional stakeholders around a clear vision while keeping execution crisp.
• Drive a culture of fast learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high product quality while being scrappy and pragmatic in a startup environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with startup or zero-to-one experience.
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable discussing architecture, data pipelines, model behavior, and UX tradeoffs.
• Proven track record of owning a domain and launching complex products at high velocity.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend, and AI teams with credibility and empathy.
• Exceptional execution skills: you keep teams aligned, focused, and shipping.
• Low-ego collaborator who values clarity, resilience, and teamwork more than titles.
• Experience with AI/ML products (LLMs, copilots, workflow automation, or similar) is a major plus.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained Series A environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant product management experience.

Skills

• Product Management: Strong understanding of product development lifecycle and ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Data Analysis: Proficient in analyzing data to inform product decisions.
• User Research: Ability to conduct user research and gather insights to improve product offerings.
• Technical Fluency: Comfortable discussing technical aspects of product development, including architecture, data pipelines, and model behavior.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.

Benefits

• $180,000–$210,000 salary + meaningful equity
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including a medical insurance plan with 100% coverage of employee premiums
• DoorDash credit for lunch daily
• Dog friendly office 🐶

Pay

• $180,000–$210,000 salary

Schedule

• Full-time

Contact

Equal Opportunity Employer At Kira, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Background Check

Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Background Check Kira will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.