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Staff Product Manager, Automation

Retool

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 194750 - 342000

Posted: 24 August 2026 (28 days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ABOUT RETOOL

Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like tracking performance metrics handling support workflows building admin dashboards and countless processes you might never have thought of. But most companies dont have the resources to properly invest in these tools leading to a lot of old clunky internal software or worse teams still stuck in manual and spreadsheet workflows.

AI has changed who gets to build software. The definition of developer now includes analysts operators and domain experts creating solutions directlyand the tools they reach for are multiplying by the week. Thats both an opportunity and a challenge: as more people build with more AI tools the risk of shipping ungoverned software into production grows just as fast.

At Retool were building the platform that makes all of it safe to ship. Build with any AI tool you want then deploy into one place that connects to your real business data enforces enterprise policies automatically and lets teams create once and reuse everywhere with shared trusted components. The cost of building software has collapsed. The cost of governing it hasntand thats the problem we solve.

Developers and domain experts have already automated over 100 million hours of work on our platform freeing them to focus on creative problem-solving and strategic work that drives real business value. The people closest to the problem can now build the software to solve it safely and within enterprise guardrails.

Lets build the future together.

WHAT YOULL DO

Were looking for a Product Manager to help define and scale the next generation of automation at Retool. Youll lead the evolution of Retools automation capabilitiesincluding workflows integrations and AI-driven agentsexpanding our platform beyond internal apps into end-to-end process orchestration.

Youll operate in a highly ambiguous fast-moving space: forming a strong point of view on where automation and AI are heading identifying the highest-leverage product bets and driving them from early concept through customer adoption. This role sits at the intersection of platform developer experience and applied AIand will help shape automation as a core pillar of Retools product strategy. Youll operate at the frontier of applied AI and workflow orchestration: deciding when AI should act autonomously where humans stay in the loop and how teams debug trust and scale automated systems. The problems are open-ended the surface area is large and the impact is foundational to Retools platform strategy.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Youll join Retools Product team collaborating closely with engineers designers and go-to-market leaders building the future of internal software. The team is senior fast-moving and deeply technical with experience across high-growth startups and large-scale platforms.

The Automation team is responsible for extending Retool beyond internal applications into workflow orchestration and AI agentspowering everything from backend operations to autonomous system coordination.

THE SKILLSET YOULL BRING

6 years of product management experience ideally with complex workflows platforms or developer-facing products
A point of view on AI-first automation and how intelligent systems should behave in production environments
Experience shipping complex multi-step systems that integrate across services and tools
Comfort operating at a low level of abstraction with engineers on execution models state management and system reliability
Strong synthesis skillsyou can distill noisy customer signals and technical constraints into a clear strategy
Bias toward action: you balance long-term vision with pragmatic execution over 612 month horizons
A collaborative low-ego work style with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and executives

Retool offers generous benefits to all employees and hybrid work location. For more information please visit the benefits and perks section of our careers page!

Retool is currently set up to employ all roles in the US and specific roles in the UK. To find roles that can be employed in the UK please refer to our careers page and review the indicated locations.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

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