About Blaize
Blaize (Nasdaq: BZAI) is a leader in programmable, energy-efficient edge AI computing, building the AI platform that brings intelligence from the cloud to the real world. Our technology powers mission-critical applications across smart cities, industrial automation, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, logistics, automotive, and defense.
We are at an exciting inflection point, expanding from breakthrough edge AI technology into a full-stack AI platform serving enterprises, governments, and cloud service providers around the globe. By combining innovative computing architecture with scalable AI solutions, we are helping organizations deploy AI where decisions matter most.
Headquartered in California with a global presence across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Blaize offers the opportunity to work alongside talented innovators who are shaping the future of AI in the real world.
Learn more at www.blaize.com or follow us on LinkedIn at @blaizeinc.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Product Operations & Governance Manager to help operationalize product planning, prioritization, execution governance, and cross-functional coordination across our AI infrastructure and AI services platform initiatives.
This role will work closely with Product leadership, Engineering, Architecture, PMO, Sales, Marketing, GTM, and Solutions teams to improve execution visibility, roadmap governance, engineering allocation discipline, and operational alignment across platform and customer-driven initiatives.
The ideal candidate is highly structured, execution-oriented, and capable of driving operational discipline in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support operational governance for roadmap planning, prioritization reviews, engineering allocation discussions, capability readiness tracking, and stage-gate reviews.
- Help maintain structured visibility into platform initiatives, dependencies, and execution maturity.
- Drive recurring operating cadences across Product, Engineering, Architecture, PMO, Sales, Marketing, GTM, and Solutions.
- Coordinate reviews, status tracking, action items, and escalation follow-through.
- Maintain dashboards and reporting views covering roadmap sequencing, engineering dependencies, milestone tracking, prioritization status, technical readiness, and execution risks.
- Help structure and normalize incoming engineering requests and opportunity-driven asks.
- Support prioritization governance processes using defined evaluation frameworks and commitment signals.
- Improve intake discipline, execution visibility, operational alignment, and governance consistency across initiatives.
Qualifications
Required
- Experience in Product Operations, Program Management, PMO, or cross-functional execution roles within technology organizations.
- Strong organizational, coordination, and execution management skills.
- Experience working across Product, Engineering, and customer-facing organizations.
- Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously.
- Strong communication, reporting, and operational planning skills.
Preferred
- Experience in AI infrastructure, semiconductor, cloud, edge AI, or accelerated computing environments.
- Familiarity with product lifecycle management, roadmap governance, and engineering prioritization processes.
- Experience building dashboards, operational reporting, and governance mechanisms.
Success Metrics
- Improved prioritization discipline and execution visibility
- Better cross-functional coordination and operating cadence consistency
- Reduced fragmentation across engineering and product initiatives
- Improved roadmap and readiness tracking accuracy
- Faster escalation resolution and operational alignment
