Senior Director of Product Management, AI

Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if youre ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us. SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE As a Senior Director of Product Management, you will lead a dynamic team at the forefront of building and expanding Pure’s next-generation AI and HPC solutions. You will drive the development of cutting-edge products and solutions to meet the growing demands of AI-driven workloads and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, addressing a multi-billion dollar addressable market. In this role, you will spearhead Pure’s efforts to define and execute on the next wave of storage innovation for AI and HPC, collaborating with leading technology innovators, enterprise customers, and ecosystem partners worldwide. Your strategic and technical vision will be instrumental in shaping the future of data-centric infrastructure that powers mission-critical AI applications and HPC workloads for global industry leaders. You’ll leverage deep technical expertise and market insights to create actionable engineering requirements, guiding the implementation from concept to completion. Working alongside a world-class engineering team, we’re looking for someone who can merge technical depth with business acumen to act as a transformative force in the AI and HPC markets. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING • Manage and mentor a team of highly skilled Product Managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence. • Develop the strategy and roadmap for AI and HPC solutions, ensuring alignment with market needs, customer demands, and Pure’s business objectives. • Drive execution of this strategy across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-native deployments to build a high-growth business. • Partner with Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market (GTM), and Finance teams to develop and drive AI and HPC-focused product initiatives. • Work with Business Unit leadership and Finance to establish growth targets and objectives for AI and HPC solutions. • Assess the competitive and market landscape for AI and HPC from both technical and business perspectives. • Anticipate and accurately predict trends to maintain Pure’s leadership in the market. • Collaborate with customers, partners, Sales, and Marketing to identify, define, and articulate winning use-case-centric go-to-market models. • Gather customer feedback to identify key issues, needs, and trends, ensuring alignment with customer requirements. • Conduct market and technology analyses to inform product development and identify new opportunities in AI and HPC. • Engage with the executive team to establish scope and goals for growth initiatives. • Serve as a key spokesperson and evangelist for Pure Storage’s AI and HPC solutions, delivering compelling presentations to internal and external audiences. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE • 10 years of Product Management experience with a focus on enterprise software, infrastructure or AI-related technologies. • 5 years of experience in leadership managing teams of Product Managers and cross-functional teams. • Strong technical aptitude with expertise in AI/Ml technologies, architectures, and frameworks. • Deep understanding of AI and HPC ecosystems, including knowledge of technologies such as GPU acceleration, distributed training, parallel file systems, and high-bandwidth networking (e.g., RDMA, InfiniBand). • Track record of driving innovation and successfully launching complex, market-leading products in large enterprise environments. • Strong customer engagement skills with the ability to identify use cases, resolve problems, and build trusted relationships with customers and partners. • Analytical, data-driven decision-maker with a bias for action and execution. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of delivering concise and persuasive messaging. • Experience with storage technologies and use cases such as NVMe, NFS, SMF, FCP/iSCSI, data pipelines, and performance optimization is a plus but not required. • Experience driving successful field marketing programs and go-to-market strategies. • Bachelors degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering) or equivalent experience. MBA or advanced degree preferred. • We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

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