Staff Product Manager - AI Team

Staff Product Manager - Ai Team

Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do! We're working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries. This is an exciting time in our trajectory, we've closed Series D funding, scaled past the 200-person mark, and were named to Forbes' America's Best Startups of 2022 and 2023!

You'll work with our AI team, which is building CanvasHoneycomb's AI-powered investigation tool that enables natural language conversations with observability data. Canvas is our primary AI entry point, letting users generate queries, visualizations, and insights through conversation rather than manual instrumentation.

Beyond Canvas, you'll collaborate with product managers across our portfolio to understand where AI can create leverage, help teams make informed decisions about AI investments, and ensure we're building coherent AI experiences rather than fragmented features. You'll also partner with our product design team, engineering leadership, and customer-facing teams to maintain a pulse on both technological possibilities and real-world customer needs.

This is a research-oriented role for someone energized by ambiguity, emerging technology, and the challenge of translating early signals into product strategy.

What you'll do in the role :

Define AI product strategy in service of Honeycomb's vision

• Synthesize AI trends, customer needs, and technical capabilities into clear strategic recommendations
• Help the product organization understand where and how AI creates genuine customer value vs. where it's hype
• Identify emerging observability challenges created by AI adoption (e.g., LLM drift, prompt regression, low-context generated code)
• Make informed bets about which AI technologies and approaches warrant investment

Conduct research that bridges technology and customer reality

Enable AI innovation across the product portfolio

Evangelize the AI-observability connection

What you'll bring to the role :

Proven AI product experience

Strategic thinking with customer empathy

Technical credibility without needing to be the expert

Communication and collaboration skills

Curiosity and learning orientation

Base Salary based on level of experience

$220,000 - $250,000 USD

What you'll get when you join the Hive :

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