Product Manager, API & Platform

San Francisco, Ca Or, United StatesHybrid

Responsibilities

Own the API and developer
Launch integrations that unlock new use cases: MCP wrappers, no-code workflow platforms, and strategic partner integrations
Define and grow this business line by shaping positioning, pricing, and go-to-market strategy with Sales and Marketing teams Who you are

You'll create APIs that let developers programmatically import media, run AI-powered edits, and export content.
Work closely with our Agentic AI team to influence what editing capabilities we build and how they're exposed through the API
You start with the customer : Plenty of “AI products” start with the technology and they all suck. You care deeply about understanding customers, and have
experience in doing customer discovery and defining features that solve real problems.
Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI.

The base salary range for this role is $171,000 - $235,000/year.
Benefits include a generous healthcare package, 401k matching program, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA.

Automated video editing is an emerging category, and we're positioned to define it.
Media companies want to turn thousands of podcast episodes into social clips.
Marketing teams want to automatically create product demos for every release.
Agencies want to process client content in bulk with consistent branding.
As the Product Manager for this 0 to 1 area, you'll build and own the platform that makes this all possible.
In essence, turning Descript's already powerful editing capabilities into infrastructure that media businesses can depend on. What you’ll do