Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find answers in real time using all their data at scale. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together search and AI for search, security, and observability.

We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy and roadmap for Elastic's embedding/reranking and vector database capabilities. In this senior role, you will be the go-to expert on search/vector search, guiding vector indexing and hybrid retrieval.

• Conduct market research on search/vector databases and SOTA model research.
• Evaluate the competitive landscape and develop user personas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align product strategy.
• Own the vision, strategy, and multi-quarter roadmap for Elastic's vector database and core search use cases.
• Define and defend metrics: recall, latency, index size, ingestion throughput, and total cost of ownership.
• Advance competitiveness across Serverless and Self-managed deployments.
• Define unified strategy across embedding/reranking models, vector indexing, semantic ingestion, model lifecycle, and end-to-end retrieval quality.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 8+ years in product management with technical infrastructure, databases, search, or ML/AI platforms.
• Working knowledge of vector search fundamentals: embeddings, ANN indexing, similarity metrics, recall/latency trade-offs, hybrid retrieval.
• Knowledge of generative models, fine-tuning, model capabilities, and document processing.
• Track record of shipping developer- or infrastructure-facing products adopted at scale.

Base salary only, no variable compensation. Typical starting salary range: $199,700—$315,900 USD. In select locations (Seattle, LA, SF Bay Area, NYC Metro), alternate range: $239,800—$379,300 USD. Eligible for stock program and 401k match up to 6%.

• Health coverage for you and your family
• Flexible locations and schedules
• Generous vacation days
• Up to $2000 donation match and 40 hours volunteer time
• Minimum 16 weeks parental leave

Apply via the job posting page.