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New York, NY · On-site · Full-time Compensation: $100K–$180K + equity About the Company Our client is a Series A consumer AI company building a personal context platform that already has millions of people using it to track and understand what they consume. They are a small, fast-moving team backed by leading technology investors, and this hire will be the operational core of their product and engineering organization. Founded 2021 · roughly 15 people · Industry: AI, Consumer The Role This is the operational backbone of the product, design, and engineering team: keeping the shipping machine clear, coordinated, and fast so each function can focus on its highest-leverage work. It is a hands-on, facilitation-heavy execution role with substantial ownership and a path into broader operations leadership. It is not a strategy or product-vision seat. What you'll be doing • Run the product operating system: sprint planning across Product, Eng, and Design, and own the backlog as a living artifact. • Own release coordination, QA readiness, launch checklists, and cross-team communication. • Spot coordination gaps, unclear ownership, and bottlenecks before they become expensive. • Own support operations: intake, routing, resolution, and turning recurring support signals into product and engineering inputs. • Use AI aggressively to compress admin work and build lightweight automations that let a small team operate at greater scale. • Simplify process aggressively, favoring higher reliability over more ceremony. Tech stack: Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Compose, TypeScript, Hono, Postgres, Supabase, Snowflake, Cloudflare, AWS, Amplitude, Statsig, Sentry, Grafana Cloud Requirements • 3–7 years in a product, project, or technical program management role on a software product, with a track record of execution and operational rigor. • Hands-on exposure to the full software development lifecycle: sprints, backlog, releases, and QA. • Fluent working directly with engineers in a software development environment. • Has owned a product-ops or release process end-to-end and independently, including building one from scratch and recognizing when an existing one is broken. • Experience at an early-stage (Seed to Series C) startup. • Strong communicator and facilitator who runs meetings, documents decisions, and closes loops. • Able to work in person daily at the New York City office. Nice to Haves • A consumer or B2B2C background with deep operational complexity, such as trust and safety, payments, moderation, or multi-stakeholder coordination. • Experience operating across multiple company stages, from very small teams up through scale. Why Join • Be the operational core of a fast-growing consumer AI product used by millions. • Real ownership now, with a clear path into operations leadership. • A small, high-caliber team backed by leading investors. Details • Location: New York, NY • Work policy: On-site, 5 days per week • Compensation: $100K–$180K + equity • Visa sponsorship: Available, including transfers • Employment type: Full-time

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New York, NY · On-site · Full-time
Compensation: $100K–$180K + equity
What you'll be doing
Run the product operating system: sprint planning across Product, Eng, and Design, and own the backlog as a living artifact.
Own release coordination, QA readiness, launch checklists, and cross-team communication.
Spot coordination gaps, unclear ownership, and bottlenecks before they become expensive.
Own support operations: intake, routing, resolution, and turning recurring support signals into product and engineering inputs.
Use AI aggressively to compress admin work and build lightweight automations that let a small team operate at greater scale.
Simplify process aggressively, favoring higher reliability over more ceremony.
Tech stack: Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Compose, TypeScript, Hono, Postgres, Supabase, Snowflake, Cloudflare, AWS, Amplitude, Statsig, Sentry, Grafana Cloud
3–7 years in a product, project, or technical program management role on a software product, with a track record of execution and operational rigor.
Hands-on exposure to the full software development lifecycle: sprints, backlog, releases, and QA.
Fluent working directly with engineers in a software development environment.
Has owned a product-ops or release process end-to-end and independently, including building one from scratch and recognizing when an existing one is broken.

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A consumer or B2B2C background with deep operational complexity, such as trust and safety, payments, moderation, or multi-stakeholder coordination.
Experience operating across multiple company stages, from very small teams up through scale.
Be the operational core of a fast-growing consumer AI product used by millions.
Real ownership now, with a clear path into operations leadership.
A small, high-caliber team backed by leading investors.
Location: New York, NY
Work policy: On-site, 5 days per week
Compensation: $100K–$180K + equity
Visa sponsorship: Available, including transfers
Employment type: Full-time

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