Director Of Product (AI)

TL;DR

Director Of Product (AI): Leading the product strategy for algorithms and personalization across VRChat, with an accent on matchmaking, discovery, and trust & safety. Focus on building and evolving recommender systems, designing social matchmaking experiences, and establishing measurement and experimentation for algorithmic systems.

Location: Fully remote, work from anywhere.

Company

VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind platform enriching social connection through immersive VR experiences, backed by $100M in funding.

What you will do

• Own the product strategy for personalization, matchmaking, and discovery across VRChat.
• Lead the roadmap for algorithmic systems, including candidate generation, ranking, and diversity controls.
• Partner closely with ML/Engineering and Data Science to deliver production-grade models and pipelines.
• Design user-facing experiences that translate algorithmic capabilities into clear user value.
• Define and operationalize success metrics across relevance, retention, and ecosystem health.
• Ensure system quality and integrity by addressing spam, manipulation, and unintended consequences.

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience on large-scale consumer platforms.
• Deep experience building algorithm-driven products like personalization, ranking, recommender systems, or search/discovery.
• Strong fluency in experimentation and measurement, including A/B testing and metrics design.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams on ML systems, covering model lifecycle and data pipelines.
• Strong product judgment around tradeoffs such as relevance vs. diversity or growth vs. ecosystem health.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts into crisp decisions and narratives.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote company, work from anywhere.
• Health Benefits and Stock Options.
• 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees.
• Generous paid holiday schedule and unlimited/flexible vacation time.
• Paid parental leave benefits.
• Diverse, creative, and collaborative environment.