Parspec Logo

Parspec

Product Management Intern, Agentic AI

Posted 2 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
In-Office
San Mateo, CA, USA
Internship
In-Office
San Mateo, CA, USA
Internship
Own a component of Parspec’s AI quoting agent from customer discovery through engineering-ready specifications. Responsibilities include interviewing users, mapping workflows, identifying human-versus-agent responsibilities, building prototypes, defining reliability and success metrics, writing product requirements, and analyzing AI pricing models, usage, costs, and unit economics. The intern will recommend a pricing strategy and present findings to leadership while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.
The summary above was generated by AI
About Parspec

Founded in 2021, Parspec is revolutionizing the materials supply chain for the $13 trillion USD construction industry by digitizing and organizing the industry's product data. Our proprietary AI technology maintains a current and comprehensive catalogue of millions of products, enabling our customers to instantly identify the products that best meet their needs. Trusted by top designers, builders, distributors, manufacturers, and sales agents, and backed by leading venture investors, Parspec is paving the way for a more innovative, connected, and sustainable future in construction.

Join us in building transformative technology that reshapes one of the world's oldest and largest industries.

The Opportunity

What does it take to turn an AI agent into a product customers trust and pay for? That question sits at the heart of this internship.

We are looking for an intern to work alongside Parspec's product leadership on our AI quoting agent, the product at the center of how distributors and rep agencies build quotes. You will own a piece of it end to end, from customer discovery through an engineering-ready product spec, and help shape the business model behind it. Quoting is the beating heart of our customers' business. It is also messy, manual, and full of judgment calls, which is exactly what makes it both a hard and a valuable problem for an AI agent to take on.

This is not a shadowing role. You will talk to real customers, write requirements that engineers build against, and build prototypes. If you see yourself becoming an AI product leader or founding a company someday, this is a chance to work on the two problems that define AI product management right now: making agents reliable and making them commercially viable.

What You Will Achieve and Key Responsibilities

Define what to build

  • Interview distributor and rep agency users to understand how quotes get built today, step by step, including the workarounds and judgment calls that never show up in a process diagram

  • Map the quoting workflow end to end and identify where an AI agent delivers the most value, and where human judgment needs to stay in the loop

  • Turn what you learn into a clear, prioritized view of what the agent should do next, backed by customer evidence rather than intuition

Prototype and validate

  • Build working prototypes to test agent workflows with real users before engineering commits to a full build

  • Translate customer needs into product requirements and an engineering-ready spec for your piece of the agent

  • Define the success metrics that tell us the agent is actually working: accuracy, time saved, trust, and adoption

  • Set the release criteria the agent must meet before it reaches customers, including how we evaluate reliability on real-world quoting scenarios

Shape AI pricing

  • Analyze the value the agent creates for customers, how usage actually behaves, and what it costs us to serve

  • Study how other AI products charge for agentic work, from seats to usage to outcomes, and what those models would mean for our customers and our margins

  • Recommend how Parspec should charge for AI-powered work, with the analysis to back it up, and present it to leadership

Why This Matters

Every software company is racing to put AI agents in front of customers. Very few have figured out the two things that actually matter: making the agent reliable enough that customers trust it with real work, and pricing it so the business works. Parspec is live in the market with AI doing real quoting work for real customers, which means these are not thought experiments here. The quality bar you set shapes what customers experience, and the pricing model you recommend shapes how the company grows. Few internships put you that close to the decisions that matter.

Who You Are

You are curious about how products get built and sold. You like talking to users as much as you like working through data, and you can hold both the customer's reality and the business model in your head at the same time. You write clearly, you ask sharp questions, and you are comfortable forming a view on a problem nobody has fully solved yet. You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and go deep into a messy workflow to map complex processes and identify how AI can enhance them. You do not need to be an AI engineer, but you need to be genuinely curious about how AI agents work, what makes them fail, and what makes people trust them.

Mandatory Qualifications
  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree (undergraduate or graduate) in Business, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field

  • Strong analytical skills, including comfort working through usage data, unit economics, and pricing trade-offs

  • Structured problem-solving ability: you can break an ambiguous question down into an answerable workplan

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to run a customer interview and write a spec an engineer can build from

  • A real ownership mentality: you have taken something from question to shipped result without being managed through it

  • Genuine interest in AI products: you have used them seriously, formed opinions on what works and what does not, and can articulate why

Preferred Experience
  • Prior professional experience in product management, consulting, software engineering, or a startup operating role

  • Hands-on experience building with or evaluating LLMs and AI agents, even on personal projects

  • Exposure to B2B SaaS business models, pricing and packaging work, or product discovery methods

  • Interest in construction, building materials, industrial distribution, or vertical SaaS businesses

  • Experience in fast-paced or early-stage startup environments


What We Offer
  • Direct, sustained working exposure to Parspec's product leadership

  • Ownership of a live piece of an AI product that real customers use, with a spec and a pricing recommendation the company acts on

  • Hands-on experience with the two defining challenges of AI product management: making agents reliable and making them commercially viable

  • A strong foundation and a credible story for future roles in AI product management, product leadership, or founding

  • Flexible hybrid work environment

Join Us and Lead the Transformation!

At Parspec, we recognize that traditional job descriptions don't always capture the full range of your unique abilities, and that's perfectly okay. You may not meet every requirement, but if you bring a mix of experiences, fresh perspectives, and a passion that aligns with our mission, we want to hear from you!

The Parspec team believes that varied backgrounds drive better outcomes and fuel innovation. We are a team of self-starters who lead from every seat. We think big, set a standard of excellence, and are committed to diversity and a discrimination-free workplace. We welcome applicants from all walks of life to join us and help shape the future of our industry.

HQ

Parspec San Mateo, California, USA Office

San Mateo, CA, United States

Parspec San Francisco, California, USA Office

San Francisco, California, United States

Similar Jobs

36 Minutes Ago
In-Office
Internship
Internship
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software • Defense Technology
Supports the design of autonomous capabilities by translating operational concepts into mission autonomy, command and control, and mission-planning systems. Develops requirements, interfaces, and MBSE artifacts; contributes to design reviews; and delivers a complete systems design package and final project demonstration. Works with experienced systems engineers throughout project planning and execution.
Top Skills: Autonomy SystemsCameoCommand And Control (C2)Mission Planning SystemsModel-Based Systems Engineering (Mbse)Sysml
44 Minutes Ago
Easy Apply
Hybrid
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Easy Apply
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Lead the design and implementation of high-performance C-based DLP engines, inspection libraries, dictionary compilers, and distributed incident-processing infrastructure. Drive architecture for multi-threaded daemons on Linux and FreeBSD using shared memory, IPC, and lockless concurrency. Resolve complex production issues through core dump analysis, system profiling, and memory leak detection while serving as a senior technical leader across engineering teams.
Top Skills: Ai ToolsCDictionary CompilersDlpEdmFreebsdIdmInter-Process Communication (Ipc)LinuxLockless ConcurrencyMulti-ThreadingRegex Evaluation EnginesShared Memory
44 Minutes Ago
Easy Apply
Remote or Hybrid
3 Locations
Easy Apply
233K-291K Annually
Senior level
233K-291K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Leads regional channel and partner strategy across the Americas to drive customer acquisition, pipeline, and revenue growth. Builds relationships with solution providers, systems integrators, and MSPs/MSSPs; aligns partners with field sales; governs joint business plans, forecasting, QBRs, and MDF investments; develops partner Zero Trust capabilities; and leads Partner Business Managers. Requires extensive enterprise software or cybersecurity channel-sales experience, people management, and regional partner relationships.
Top Skills: AICloud NetworkingCybersecuritySaaSSalesforceSaseSseZero Trust Exchange

What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene

San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.

Key Facts About San Francisco Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
  • Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
  • Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account