Head of Product Management & Marketing

About the Job

This role is with one of Mindpool's trusted partner companies. We work closely with their teams to understand the technology, culture, and hiring priorities behind each search, so we can provide candidates with the right context before they enter the process.

The Role

We're partnering with a Series D, VC-backed technology company building advanced hardware solutions for next-generation AI and data center infrastructure.

They're looking for a Head of Product Management & Marketing who can operate at the intersection of thermal engineering, AI infrastructure, product strategy, hyperscale customers, and technical marketing.

This is not a conventional Product Management or Product Marketing role. You'll need the technical depth to work directly with Engineering, the product judgment to shape strategy and roadmap, and the commercial perspective to translate complex technology into something customers, partners, and the market understand.

The Work

• Own product strategy, roadmap, definition, and requirements for technically complex products.
• Work closely with Engineering on thermal architecture, cooling technologies, and product trade-offs.
• Understand the broader AI infrastructure stack across GPU/server architecture, racks, power delivery, cooling, networking, and data center deployment.
• Engage with hyperscalers, OEMs/ODMs, partners, and customers to understand requirements and shape product direction.
• Work across modern data center cooling architectures, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, cold plates, CDUs, immersion cooling, and air cooling.
• Lead market analysis, competitive positioning, customer discovery, pricing, and go-to-market planning.
• Take technically complex products from concept through commercialization.
• Partner hands-on with Marketing on technical content, product messaging, sales enablement, and thought leadership.
• Translate complex engineering concepts into clear, differentiated customer-facing narratives.
• Align Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Sales around a common product and market strategy.

What You Bring

• Deep experience across product management and/or product marketing for technically complex hardware or infrastructure products.
• Strong understanding of data center thermal solutions and modern cooling architectures.
• Hands-on knowledge of liquid cooling and cold plate technology, including how different cooling approaches compare technically and commercially.
• Strong understanding of AI infrastructure, including GPU/server, rack-level, power, and thermal requirements.
• Experience working with hyperscalers and/or major OEM/ODM ecosystems.
• Understanding of how AI infrastructure is evaluated, purchased, deployed, and scaled.
• Proven ownership across product strategy, roadmap, positioning, commercialization, and go-to-market.
• Ability to work shoulder-to-shoulder with Engineering while maintaining a strong customer and commercial perspective.
• Experience translating deeply technical products into compelling market positioning and sales narratives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort operating across Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales, partners, and customers.

The underlying profile is someone who can understand the technology deeply → challenge and collaborate with Engineering → define the product → understand the customer problem → shape product strategy → position the solution → enable Sales → communicate it to the market → drive adoption.

San Jose, California (On-site)

$220,000-$280,000 base + bonus + stock options