[Hiring] Product Manager @FirstPrinciples

Role Description

FirstPrinciples is looking for a driven and experienced product manager to join our team. In this role, you will play a key, cross-functional role helping shape the vision, development, and growth of our products.

This role is a rare, rewarding opportunity to build for the unique and complex requirements of the spaces we operate in. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in product management who can combine strategic thinking with enough technical depth to guide our efforts and bring complex ideas to life.

• Define, refine, and shape product capabilities across the Theo Platform products in alignment with FirstPrinciples’ mission.
• Plan, prioritize, and drive product development while balancing technical constraints, product requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Work closely with FirstPrinciples leadership to ensure the product vision addresses research challenges and supports scientific advancement.
• Work closely with technical & engineering teams to translate high-level research concepts into actionable technical specifications and user stories, managing the day-to-day backlog.
• Continuously improve and iterate your product portfolio, deeply owning the vision, strategy, and roadmap of your products.
• Maintain consistent communication across the organization to ensure transparency and alignment.
• Uphold operational excellence through documentation, cross-team alignment, and strong execution rituals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience shipping products as a Product Manager at a technology company.
• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field; ensuring you can comfortably debate technical tradeoffs.
• Deep understanding of modern product management craft and theory, as well as practical experience applying it.
• Demonstrated ability to plan product roadmaps, prioritize features, and manage releases.
• Familiarity with software development processes, best practices, AI/ML concepts, and data infrastructure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with a remote-first team.
• Bonus: Experience with foundational or frontier AI products, in physics and/or fundamental science topics, and in an early-stage startup environment.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work on foundational problems at the intersection of AI and physics.
• A high-trust, low-bureaucracy environment with real ownership.
• Remote-first work with flexibility in how you structure your day.
• Exposure to cutting-edge ideas across AI, scientific discovery, and emerging technologies.
• A culture that values curiosity, depth of thinking, and first-principles reasoning.
• The chance to contribute to work aimed at advancing fundamental science.