Hardware Platform Product ManagerNexthop AI is a team of industry-leading professionals with deep hardware and software expertise spanning silicon, systems, network operations and cloud development, dedicated to building innovative, bleeding-edge networking solutions for large-scale AI deployments. The team culture thrives on collaboration, creativity and fun while delivering foundational technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.About the Role:As a Hardware Platform Product Manager, you'll work on advanced technologies and products to solve interesting customer problems, playing a key role in driving and delivering the platform roadmap.This role is a great fit for a team player with a creative and learning mindset, and with solid engineering depth. It's a great opportunity to work closely with the Nexthop leadership team and help deliver on their vision.Job Responsibilities:Be the Subject Matter Expertise for Nexthop hardware platformsDeliver exceptional customer experiences through deep expertise in Nexthop's products and solutions, support key internal and external stakeholdersCollaborate with cross-functional Nexthop teams - hardware and software engineering, customer engineering, marketing, and account managers, to share knowledge and drive go-to-market for products to market effectively and drive customer adoptionProactively develop high quality collateral to support sales and marketing activitiesBuild relationships with Nexthop's customers - executives, engineering and operations teams to communicate product roadmaps and identify specific problems that need to be addressed in the short term or incorporated into product roadmapsDrive on-time execution of ProductsIdentify feature requirements and prioritize, balancing internal and external stakeholders and managing expectationsContinuously engage with Nexthop's technology partners to facilitate long term product planning and mid to short term issuesContinuously refine product management practices, tools, and processes to drive efficiency, scale and effectivenessDrive product Go-to-Market and StrategyProactively identify risks across the portfolio, particularly at the intersection of business and engineering.
Develop long and short term mitigation strategiesProactively analyze competing systems and solutions, deliver high quality analyses to support sales and marketing activityHelp with product launches, industry events, conferences and ensure messaging and positioning is aligned towards positive brand creationQualifications:We're seeking individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative startup and possess exceptional problem-solving skills and a strong aptitude for taking initiative and learning. Additionally we value individuals who practice and instill customer empathy. The following skills are essential for this role,Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field - Master's degree or MBA is a plusMinimum 10 years of experience as a product manager, technical marketing engineer across networking technologies - switching, routing hardware systems, silicon, optics and interconnectsMinimum 5-7 years experience as a hardware engineer is a plusSignificant experience with network architectures for Hyperscaler, Cloud, HPC and AI/ML environments, including technology adjacenciesProven ability to work independently in a fast paced, leading-edge environment, bringing domain expertise and enhancing team productivityExcellent communication skills - verbal, written and presentationOur company combines all the advantages of working at a startup with the expertise of a seasoned team who have successfully built startups into thriving companies.
Here you'll have the unique opportunity to collaborate and learn from top-tier engineers, while still working on mission critical projects. If you are excited to learn, solve hard problems at the forefront of computer systems, and be a part of shaping a burgeoning company, this is the place for you.