About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take full ownership of a product area, guiding it from early research through launch and ongoing refinement. You will partner daily with engineers, designers and commercial colleagues, and this is a hands-on individual contributor position rather than a people management one.
What you'll do
- Lead a product area from initial customer research through planning, release and follow-up improvements.
- Act as the link between engineering, design and business teams, translating user needs into clear specifications and informing technical design choices.
- Create early working prototypes with AI-assisted coding tools so engineers start from something tangible.
- Define measurable goals for each initiative and keep refining until targets are met.
- Collaborate with sales and customer success colleagues on positioning and on supporting active deals.
- Travel within the country to customer locations roughly monthly, with occasional added trips around major milestones.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5 to 10 years in product management or a closely related discipline, such as forward-deployed engineering, as an individual contributor.
- Currently working as a founder or product manager, and in that position for at least 1 year.
- Background in business-focused subscription software at an early-stage or scaling company, with a history of delivering under tight resources and fast timelines.
- A track record of taking a brand-new product or capability from nothing to launch, beyond maintaining an existing backlog.
- Enough technical depth to build prototypes with AI-assisted tools, navigate source code and take part in design discussions.
- Hands-on work with external system connections and partner interfaces.
- Concise, clear written documentation that helps teams make decisions.
- Located in the United States and authorized to work without visa sponsorship.
- Willingness to travel domestically about once a month.
Bonus points
- Prior work in a regulated sector such as financial services, insurance or healthcare.
- An earlier career in software engineering or customer-embedded engineering before moving into product.
- A technical university degree.
- Familiarity with large language model concepts and having released AI-driven functionality to users.
- Comfort with data analysis, building reports and using metrics to guide post-launch improvements.
- Experience as a startup founder.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 170,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Remote (US)
- Full-time
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