Product Director, Physical AI Platform

Job Title: Product Director, Physical AI Platform Location: Remote (US-based) Reports To: Chief Technology Officer About Vantage Compute Vantage Compute is a Physical AI platform for industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and utilities that helps organizations capture expert know-how, turn it into dynamic work instructions, and drive verified execution on the front line. The platform spans knowledge capture and sharing, AI-powered verification through Smart Compare and photo/video validation, and time and motion intelligence through guided workflows, SOP adherence, and real-time execution visibility. Vantage Compute supports customers from knowledge capture to verified execution, with strategic account expansion often centered on verification, AI-guided workflows, and time and motion intelligence. Role Description We're looking for a Product Director, Physical AI Platform to lead the build-out of our next-generation Physical AI platform. In this role, you will be the architectural and strategic force behind our platform’s "full layer cake"—from the technical substrate to business outcomes. You will not merely ship capability; you will exercise upstream judgment to determine which problems are actually worth solving, ensuring our platform is understandable, scalable, and delivers durable value to manufacturing enterprises. You’ve worked with AI pipelines and you understand APIs, security, governance, service oriented architecture, ontologies, and scalability at an enterprise level. This is a senior, high-ownership role. You'll lead platform product strategy across Vantage Compute's core product lines — Knowledge Capture & Transfer, Operational Output Verification, Live SOP Verification, and Time and Motion AI — working closely with engineering, design, partners, and our manufacturing customers to set direction and ship products that matter on the factory floor. What You'll Own Define the Platform Strategy & Roadmap: Act as a product leader who builds and leads platforms that "compress the path from first access to first value". You will own the vision for our Physical AI ecosystem, standardizing where necessary and federating where appropriate to maintain agility. You will define and drive the platform roadmap. Prioritize ruthlessly against customer outcomes, not just feature velocity. Build Technical Foundations: Develop a deep understanding of the platform's technical underpinnings, including AI architecture, data pipelines, and commercially available solutions such as the Nvidia Cosmos stack. You will guide engineering teams on "how things work," ensuring we build robust predictive models (e.g., time series forecasting for manufacturing optimization) that are reliable at enterprise scale. Customer Discovery: In the "End User Era," you will prioritize the needs of internal teams, partners, developer community, and end-users who champion our software. You will know the difference between what customers ask for and what will actually move the needle. You will invert the traditional enterprise sales model by designing a platform where the product itself does the selling. You will identify specific "annoyances"—not just high-level business goals—to solve for builders on our platform, turning their daily frustrations into opportunities for innovation. Cross-functional & Iterative Execution You will partner closely with engineering and design to ship high-quality products. You will write crisp specs and run tight discovery-to-delivery cycles. Balance long-term platform thinking with near-term customer commitments. You will implement a routine of monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) and "in-market" experiments. You will pilot new ideas quickly, leveraging data to decide whether to formalize them or pivot, ensuring we do not invest heavily in unproven hypotheses. Go-to-Market Partnership Support Sales and Customer Success as the domain expert — in enterprise deals, customer QBRs, and product marketing conversations. You can talk to customers’ CIOs, IT, and AI Teams on the same day and land differently with each. AI Product Judgment Vantage Compute's products are AI-native — from step detection in live video to automated activity classification to computer vision-based output verification. You bring clear thinking on what AI solutions can and can't do reliably in a manufacturing context, and you set appropriate accuracy, latency, and confidence thresholds that customers can actually trust. What You Bring ● An Expert Operator: You bring experience in leading vision, strategy, and execution for enterprise-grade platforms. You have a proven track record of scaling B2B/C platforms across complex industries (e.g., industrial, supply chain, or TMT). You are comfortable operating in environments where AI is infiltrating workflows and changing how organizations function. ● Technically Fluent: Solid understanding of the ML development lifecycle (data prep, training, deployment, monitoring) and MLOps concepts, with prior experience owning a developer-faci