Senior Product Manager, AI Product

About the role

ReelShort is seeking a senior product manager to define and launch a new AI companion and chat experience. Based in the Bay Area and reporting to the General Manager, you own the product strategy, the roadmap, and the specifications, working with engineering and design partners distributed across multiple time zones.

What you'll do

• Own product strategy and roadmap for the AI chat product, from concept through launch and iteration
• Write the PRDs, specification quality is the primary deliverable of this role, because distributed partners work from your documents rather than from hallway conversation
• Define the AI interaction model: conversation design, persona and character systems, memory, safety and content boundaries, and the monetization surface
• Drive execution with engineering partners across time zones, including a standing evening working window for real-time overlap
• Own the metrics: retention, engagement depth, conversion, and unit economics per user, including inference cost
• Run competitive and technical scanning across the global AI companion and chat market, and convert what you learn into roadmap decisions

What they're looking for

• 6+ years in product management, including at least 2 years shipping AI or LLM-powered consumer products
• Experience with consumer content or entertainment products, you understand engagement loops, not only workflow tools
• SaaS or platform background, including familiarity with subscription and in-app purchase mechanics
• Exceptional written specification skills. We will ask for a PRD writing sample and weigh it heavily
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones, and the ability to collaborate with teams across countries, functions, and backgrounds to push projects to completion. An evening working window is a standing requirement...
• Experience in a global-to-local environment, managing cross-functional stakeholders across multiple time zones
• Comfort with ambiguity and a small team, this is a zero-to-one product with no existing playbook
• Shipped an AI companion, character chat, or roleplay product a plus

About Crazy Maple Studio (ReelShort)

Crazy Maple Studio (ReelShort)

Bay Area and Los Angeles studio behind ReelShort, working across mobile gaming, reading and streaming.

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