Principal Product Manager, Vision AI
Costa Mesa · 8+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Costa Mesa
About the role
- We're looking for a Principal Product Manager, Vision AI to define and build computer vision and camera-powered products at Toast, including vehicle intelligence, operational analytics, and new AI-powered restaurant experiences.
- Vision AI will be your primary focus, with broader influence across Enterprise Drive-Thru, working across software, AI, hardware, and restaurant operations.
Responsibilities
- Own the Vision AI product vision and strategy.
- Drive zero-to-one product development.
- Help shape Enterprise Drive-Thru strategy.
- Own hardware-enabled experiences.
- Lead customer research and field validation.
- Drive technology and partner decisions.
- Drive commercialization and adoption.
- Lead across the organization.
- Embrace AI-first product development.
Requirements
- Product leadership experience. 8+ years of Product Management experience owning complex products, significant product areas, or multi-team initiatives from strategy through scale.
- AI and emerging technology experience. Experience delivering AI-enabled products, machine learning systems, computer vision applications, or adjacent emerging technologies.
- Zero-to-one leadership. Proven ability to take ambiguous opportunities from discovery through prototype, pilot, commercialization, and scale.
- Enterprise product experience. Experience building for large, complex customers while balancing individual customer needs with scalable product investments.
- Technical fluency. Ability to partner deeply with Engineering and Hardware teams on architecture, integrations, AI systems, and technical trade-offs.
- Strategic decision making. Ability to balance customer impact, performance, scalability, operational complexity, development investment, and economics when defining product direction.
- Customer obsession. Experience conducting deep customer discovery, field research, and pilots with strategic customers.
- Vendor and partner strategy. Experience evaluating technology vendors and making build vs. buy vs. partner decisions.
- Leadership and influence. Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to align senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams around a product vision.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with computer vision, camera systems, video analytics, or machine learning products, especially real-time video.
- Experience building products that combine software and hardware.
- Familiarity with AI model evaluation, experimentation, and performance measurement.
- Experience in restaurant, retail, hospitality, automotive, transportation, or other operationally complex environments.
- Familiarity with drive-thru operations or multi-location restaurant technology.
- Technical background or deep experience partnering with Engineering on architecture, AI infrastructure, or hardware/software integrations.
Benefits
- Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
- Equity
- Benefits
Workplace
- This Role can be based in California OR Remote in CST
- We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
Skills
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
- Product Management
