Head of Product Management

divh2Head Of Product Management/h2pInception creates the worlds fastest, most efficient AI models. Our Mercury model is the worlds fastest reasoning LLM and first commercially available diffusion LLM, delivering 5x greater speed and efficiency than todays LLMs, with best-in-class quality. We are the AI researchers and engineers behind such breakthrough AI technologies as diffusion models, flash attention, and DPO./ph3The Role/h3pReporting to the Chief Executive Officer and working closely with the founding team, this role provides an opportunity to own and define Inceptions product direction. As the Head of Product Management, youll synthesize customer needs, ecosystem trends, and breakthrough AI research into products that transform how millions of users work, create, and solve problems. This role requires a leader whos comfortable driving innovation in uncharted territory, where the very nature of whats possible with AI is being redefined every day. The ideal candidate is a data-driven, customer-centric product builder who operates comfortably at the intersection of advanced AI research and pragmatic product delivery. They have shipped 0?1 products, scaled 1?N, and are credible with highly technical teams. They bring strong judgment in fast-changing environments, communicate crisply with executives and partners, and can translate subtle user needs into instant-speed experiences./ph3Key Responsibilities/h3ulliOwn end-to-end product lifecycle from strategy through launch/liliConduct user research and analyze performance metrics specific to AI model behaviors and map these onto emerging use cases/liliLead cross-functional execution across Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Go-to-Market teams./liliHelp design evaluation systems and live benchmarks to track and improve speed and quality in target use cases/liliSet performance targets that connect model capabilities to user needs./liliPartner with early customers to prove value in target use cases and convert pilots into repeatable product bets./li/ulh3Qualifications/h3ulli5+ years of product management experience/liliBS/MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field (or equivalent experience)/liliExtensive track record of driving product initiatives in rapidly changing technical landscapes and translating large and diverse sets of feature requests and feedback into product feature definitions/liliComfortable reading and writing code: able to prototype, explore APIs, and work closely with engineering teams/li/ulh3Preferred Experience/h3ulliExperience conducting user research and interviews/liliDeep knowledge of LLMs at the modeling or application layer/liliExperience working in a startup and scaling products from early stage to growth phase/li/ulh3Why Join Inception/h3ullistrongWork with World-Class Talent/strong : Collaborate with the inventors of diffusion models and leading AI researchers/lilistrongShape Foundational Technology/strong : Your decisions will influence how the next generation of AI products are built and used/lilistrongImmediate Impact/strong : Join at the ground floor where your contributions directly shape product direction and company trajectory/li/ulh3Perks Benefits/h3ulliCompetitive salary and equity in a rapidly growing startup/liliFlexible vacation and paid time off (PTO)/liliHealth, dental, and vision insurance/liliCatered meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)/liliCommuter subsidies/liliA collaborative and inclusive culture/li/ulh3About Us/h3pInception creates the worlds fastest, most efficient AI models. Todays autoregressive LLMs generate tokens sequentially, which makes them painfully slow and expensive. Inceptions diffusion-based LLMs (dLLMs) generate answers in parallel. They are 5x faster and more efficient, while delivering best-in-class quality. Inception was co-founded by Stanford professor Stefano Ermon, who co-invented such breakthrough AI technologies as diffusion models, flash attention, and DPO, UCLA professor Aditya Grover, who co-invented node2vec, decision transformers, and d1 reasoning, and Cornell professor and Afresh co-founder Volodymyr Kuleshov, who co-invented MDLM and Block Diffusion. We pioneered the application of diffusion to language, with worlds first (and only) commercially available dLLM, Mercury. We are currently deploying our large-scale diffusion LLMs at Fortune 500 companies. Diffusion is the technology behind todays image and video AI, and were making it the standard for LLMs as well. Our team includes engineers from AWS, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Microsoft, HashiCorp, and OpenAI. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we are backed by top-tier venture capitalists, including Menlo Ventures, Mayfield, M12 (Microsofts venture fund), Snowflake Ventures, Databricks, and Innovation Endeavors, and by tech luminaries such as Andrew Ng, Andrej Karpathy, and Eric Schmidt./p/div