Staff Product Manager, AI Platform at Affinity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 May, 26

Salary

220000.0

Posted On

09 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Management, AI, Machine Learning, APIs, Collaboration, User Empathy, Data-Driven Decision Making, Experimentation, Prototyping, Communication, Governance Frameworks, Semantic Search, Recommendation Models, Agile Methodologies, B2B SaaS, Enterprise Software

Industry

Software Development

Description

Affinity is the relationship intelligence CRM platform trusted by private equity, venture capital, and investment banking professionals to unlock the power of their network. We help the world's most sophisticated dealmakers turn relationships into results. As a Staff Product Manager for AI Platform, you'll lead one of our most strategically important product domains—the foundational AI capabilities that empower product teams across the organization to build intelligent solutions for our customers. You'll own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for our core AI platform services, including semantic search, AI guardrails, agentic frameworks, and similarity and recommendation models. Your work will directly enable teams to augment workflows, automate processes, and deliver the next generation of AI-powered experiences. In this role, you will define the platform vision and be responsible for measuring adoption, developer experience, and business impact. You will partner with cross-functional teams to conduct research, run experiments, lead teams through design and engineering sprints, define success metrics, measure impact, and ultimately ship platform capabilities that accelerate innovation across the product portfolio. You're excited about this opportunity because you will: Define and drive the vision for a modern AI platform that serves as the foundation for product innovation across the company. Own a portfolio of high-impact capabilities—semantic search, AI guardrails, agentic frameworks, and similarity and recommendation models—that teams rely on to deliver customer value. Build for builders: design APIs, abstractions, and developer experiences that make it easy for product teams to integrate sophisticated AI into their solutions. Establish guardrails and governance frameworks that ensure our AI capabilities are safe, reliable, and aligned with responsible AI principles. Navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, evaluating build-vs-buy decisions and staying ahead of emerging technologies and best practices. Partner closely with engineering, applied science, and design teams to lead discovery, definition, and delivery of platform capabilities that drive measurable business outcomes. We’re excited about you because you have: Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. 6+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years at a B2B SaaS company (enterprise software experience a plus). Experience leveraging complex technology to create delightful product solutions and leveraging AI/ML to drive insights and recommendations. Experience working on zero-to-one products, or leading experiment-based concepts and prototyping quickly to validate ideas before development. Experience collaborating closely with engineering, AI/ML and design teams end-to-end to drive business impact. Strong communication skills that foster cross-team collaboration and ensure alignment on key outcomes and objectives. Deep understanding and empathy for users. Deep interest in how technology can unlock the power of professional networks and transform private capital investing, with enthusiasm for Affinity's mission. How we work: Our culture is a key part of how we operate, as well as our hiring process: We iterate quickly. As such, you must be comfortable embracing ambiguity, be able to cut through it, and deliver value to our customers. We are candid, transparent, and speak our minds while simultaneously caring personally with each person we interact with. We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available. If you’d want to learn more about our values click here. What you'll enjoy at Affinity: We live our values: As owners, we take pride in everything we do. We embrace a growth mindset, engage in respectful candor, act as playmakers, and "taste the soup" by diving deep into experiences to create the best outcomes for our colleagues and clients. Health Benefits: We cover both you and your dependents' extended health benefit premiums and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being. Retirement Planning: We offer an RRSP plan to help you plan for your future. Learning & Development: We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program. Wellness Support: We reimburse monthly for things like home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness. Team Connection: Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to success. Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity or benefits. This represents the salary range that Affinity believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting, that it will pay for the posted job. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $176,000 to $220,000 CAD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At Affinity, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of our recruitment process to help screen and evaluate candidate applications. While AI assists our hiring team in managing applications efficiently, it never replaces decisions made by real people. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices, and our AI tools are regularly monitored to ensure they support—not replace—human judgment. Additional Information: This job posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently seeking to fill. About Affinity With more than 3,000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valley's best firms, Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers to find, manage, and close more deals. How? Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Consultants, and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month. We are are proud to have received Inc. and Fortune Best Workplaces awards as well as to be Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed. We use E-Verify Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

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Responsibilities

As a Staff Product Manager for AI Platform, you'll lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution for core AI platform services. Your work will enable teams to augment workflows, automate processes, and deliver AI-powered experiences.