Sr Director, Product Management AI & Automation

Job description

PagerDuty, Inc.

(NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management.

Trusted by nearly half of both the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50, as well as approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100, PagerDuty is essential for delivering always-on digital experiences to modern businesses.
Join us.

(https://careers.pagerduty.com/) At PagerDuty, you'll tackle complex problems, collaborate with kind and ambitious people, and help build a more equitable world—all in a flexible, award-winning workplace.
PagerDuty is seeking a **Senior Director of Product Management, AI and Automation** , to lead the industry’s transformation toward fully automated operations.

Our vision: a world where empowered developers build and ship applications 10x faster with AI, and those applications run reliably and autonomously in production.

When the unexpected happens, AI agents and automated remediation will resolve most issues—so human teams can focus on innovation, not firefighting.
In this pivotal role, you’ll own both our current AI and Automation portfolio and its seamless integration into PagerDuty Operations Cloud.

Your work will accelerate incident detection, triage, diagnosis, and remediation—plus enable proactive, planned operations.

The result?

Our customers’ teams spend less time on operational toil and more time building what’s next.
This is a unique opportunity for a strategic, hands-on leader who thrives at the intersection of vision, execution, and team leadership.

You’ll report directly to the SVP of Product Management, set the strategic direction with your peers leading Incident Management and AIOps, and inspire a high-performing team to deliver breakthrough value for our customers—and drive PagerDuty’s growth.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ Develop a compelling product strategy and roadmap for PagerDuty’s AI assistant, AI agent platform, and (workflow and runbook) automation offerings.
+ Allocate resources strategically between innovation and sustaining existing products to optimize business outcomes.
+ Develop and evangelize our internal AI agent platform to empower product and professional services teams to build agents on our data and integrate them into our interfaces and workflows.
+ Empower PagerDuty product and professional services teams to build, deploy, and continuously improve generative AI features and agents by evolving our data and agent platforms.
+ Expand our AI ecosystem through partnerships and integrations across communications platforms, cloud storage, and infrastructure, embracing emerging standards like MCP and A2A.
+ Set and achieve product engagement targets as a leading indicator of success in our transition to usage-based packaging and pricing models.
+ Drive product decisions with a strong focus on customer value measured through product engagement and feedback, and financial impact measured by win rates, retention, and ARR.
+ Foster a high-performing, product management team with diversity of experience and perspectives through coaching, empowerment, and accountability.
+ Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Product-led Growth, Enterprise GTM, Pricing, and Finance to maximize your products’ market and business impact.
+ Build trusted relationships with customers, partners, media and industry analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, IDC, representing PagerDuty as a thought leader.
**Basic Qualifications**
+ Minimum 12 years in product management, with significant experience in SaaS, AI, and/or automation.
+ Understanding of workflow platforms (triggers, variables, conditions, and actions) and no code, low code, and procode authoring modalities.
+ Experience with and deep interest in building experiences powered by generative and agentic AI.
+ Strong technical acumen and experience leading and developing high-performing product management teams.
+ Proven track record of taking products from concept to market success in a startup or agile innovation environment with a rapid experimentation mindset.
+ Self-motivated user of AI tools for personal productivity and the craft of product with a bias towards scaling team output with technology rather than adding headcount.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience building and delivering business results from AI/ML, observability, or incident management products.
+ Experience scaling product ecosystems through technical integration, commercial partnerships, and go to market programs.
+ MBA degree is beneficial, but not required.
+ Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable presenting to executives, customers, and industry analysts.
The base salary range for this position is 200,000 - 337,000 USD.

This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.
Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

The range, which is subject to change based on primary work location, reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position.

Within the range, we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills/competencies and experience.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific offerings for this role, as well as the salary range for your primary work location during the hiring process.
**Hesitant to apply?**
We encourage you to submit your resume even if you don't meet every requirement.

We value potential and consider each candidate's full professional story.

Whether you're exploring a career change or taking your next step, we look forward to reviewing your application.

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**Where we work**
PagerDuty operates a hybrid work model with offices (https://careers.pagerduty.com/locations) in 8 major cities: Atlanta, Lisbon, London, San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto.

While we offer flexibility within our established locations, we **cannot** employ candidates residing in:
**Location restrictions:**
**Australia:** Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
**Canada:** Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
**United States:** Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming
_Candidates must reside in an eligible location, which vary by role._
**How we work**
Our values (https://careers.pagerduty.com/#values) guide how we support customers, collaborate with colleagues, develop products, and foster a culture of belonging.

They define not just our actions, but what it means to be Dutonian.
People Leaders at PagerDuty are responsible for creating high performance environments that drive accountability.

PagerDuty has four key dimensions that define our Leadership Impact: Lead Self, Lead the Team, Lead the Business, and Lead the Future.

Each dimension has three associated competencies to give leaders a shared language for guiding their development, career, promotion, and succession planning discussions.

Our Manager Expectations serve as a practical guide for managers to understand their responsibilities, prioritize their efforts, and drive engagement and performance.
**What we offer**
As a global organization, our total rewards approach is competitive with industry standards and aligned with local laws and regulations.

Learn more, including country-specific offerings, on our benefits site (https://careers.pagerduty.com/global-benefits) .
**Your package may include:**
+ Competitive salary
+ Comprehensive benefits package
+ Flexible work arrangements
+ Company equity*
+ ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)*
+ Retirement or pension plan*
+ Generous paid vacation time
+ Paid holidays and sick leave
+ Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
+ Paid parental leave: 22 weeks for pregnant parent, 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)*
+ Paid volunteer time off: 20 hours per year
+ Company-wide hack weeks
+ Mental wellness programs
*Eligibility may vary by role, region, and tenure
**About PagerDuty**
PagerDuty, Inc.

(NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management.

The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is an AI-powered platform that empowers business resilience and drives operational efficiency for enterprises.

With a generative AI assistant at its core, PagerDuty empowers teams to detect and resolve issues in real time, orchestrate complex workflows, and drive continuous improvement across their digital operations.

Trusted by nearly half of both the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50, as well as approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100, PagerDuty is essential for delivering always-on digital experiences to modern businesses
PagerDuty is Great Place to Work-certified™, a Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, a Fortune Best Medium Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology, and a top rated product on TrustRadius and G2.
Go behind-the-scenes on our careers site (https://careers.pagerduty.com/home) and @pagerduty on Instagram.
**Additional Information**
PagerDuty is an equal opportunity employer.

PagerDuty does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status.

Your privacy is important to us.

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PagerDuty is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process.

Should you require accommodation, please email accommodation@pagerduty.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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