Sr. Product Manager, AI Infrastructure

At Penguin Solutions (Nasdaq: PENG) – The AI Factory Platform Company – we’re building a team of innovators who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI. As part of the AI technology revolution, our teams design, build, deploy, and manage AI factories for enterprises, sovereign AI initiatives, and neocloud providers worldwide.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Penguin Solutions operates globally through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. For nearly three decades, we have operated at the intersection of memory and AI/HPC infrastructure. That engineering expertise positions us to power the next generation of AI workloads, from training to inference and agentic AI at scale.

Penguin Solutions brings together differentiated infrastructure software, advanced memory, compute systems, end-to-end services, and industry-leading partner solutions in a full-stack AI factory platform designed to help customers deploy and scale AI workloads with speed and precision.

At Penguin Solutions, we value ideas over hierarchy and believe in servant leadership, where leaders enable teams to do their best work. We empower employees to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow through challenging work, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced AI tools and technologies. With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager, AI Infrastructure, to define and drive the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle execution of Penguin Solutions’ infrastructure portfolio. This role is responsible for advancing next-generation server and data center infrastructure platforms supporting AI, HPC, and cloud environments.

Operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, this individual will translate market demand and customer requirements into scalable, differentiated infrastructure solutions—ensuring alignment with overall portfolio strategy and long-term business objectives.

This role requires deep domain expertise across data center infrastructure technologies and the ability to influence internal stakeholders and external partners to shape product direction and deliver market-leading solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management for AI and HPC infrastructure products, including rack systems, power distribution, cooling solutions, and supporting infrastructure technologies.
• Translate customer requirements, market trends, competitive intelligence, and business priorities into product strategy, investment decisions, and executable product plans.
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept and business case development through launch, operationalization, and lifecycle management.
• Drive cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, sales, marketing, and support organizations.
• Serve as the voice of the customer by engaging directly with enterprise, cloud, hyperscale, research, and AI-focused customers to understand evolving infrastructure requirements.
• Develop infrastructure solutions and reference architectures that support AI training, inference, HPC, and next-generation accelerated computing environments.
• Drive infrastructure strategy for AI factories, including power, cooling, rack integration, and deployment architectures that support increasingly dense accelerator-based computing environments.
• Act as a subject matter expert on data center infrastructure trends, including power delivery, thermal management, rack-scale architectures, facility considerations, and emerging infrastructure technologies.
• Partner with solution architects, account teams, and engineering organizations to define infrastructure requirements for complex customer engagements and strategic opportunities.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, storage, and software product teams to ensure alignment across the broader platform portfolio.
• Develop business cases, market assessments, pricing strategies, and total cost of ownership (TCO) models to guide product investment and portfolio decisions.
• Engage with ODMs, OEMs, suppliers, and ecosystem partners to evaluate technologies, influence roadmaps, and accelerate product innovation.
• Support product positioning, messaging, competitive differentiation, and sales enablement activities in partnership with marketing and go-to-market teams.
• Define product requirements for scalability, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, compliance, and global deployment readiness.
• Monitor product performance, customer adoption, market dynamics, and competitive developments to drive continuous product improvement and future roadmap planning.
• Ensure ecosystem alignment with company product strategy, platform architecture, and long-term AI infrastructure vision.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in product management for data center infrastructure, servers, networking, power, cooling, or related technologies
• Experience supporting AI, HPC, cloud, or hyperscale deployments
• Proven experience managing hardware or infrastructure products across the full product lifecycle
• Strong technical foundation in data center infrastructure, server platforms, or AI/HPC systems
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders internally and externally
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong executive presence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI/HPC infrastructure architectures
• Knowledge of liquid cooling technologies and high-density power delivery
• Experience with data center power and thermal solutions (e.g., PDU, UPS, transformers, liquid cooling)
• Familiarity with OCP, rack-scale infrastructure, and modern data center design
• Knowledge of data center facility infrastructure, including power distribution and HVAC systems

Location

Remote - US

Travel

As needed to customer sites

Compensation & Benefits

The base pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position in the United States is $150,000- 170,000; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on business considerations, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education. The position is bonus-eligible, and there are medical, dental, and vision benefits available. There is a 401k saving plan and other benefits, such as Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, and an Employee Assistance Plan.

Inclusion & Belonging Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces differences and fosters belonging for all.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, creed, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.