Responsibilities

📍Set and communicate a clear, compelling, and consistent vision 📍Embed a cutting edge product development methodology, including rapid test and learn cycles, instrumentation, development efficiency, and strategic architecture 📍Design and execute product prototypes and tests 📍Make key investment tradeoffs to ensure cost-effective testing and stage-gates 📍Drive launch schedule and development roadmap 📍Own product development and strategy to ensure product-market fit, initial traction, and growth 📍Refine current learnings and customer insights into an actionable go-to-market strategy 📍Refine a financial model and projections in support of the go-to-market strategy 📍Own core business operations, including P&L and legal management 📍Build a world-class team environment and culture while overseeing hiring, training, and other general management activitiesIn conjunction with Heretic, drive the fundraising process for the company’s seed round

Qualifications

📍Has led product management for a consumer-facing product with mobile and browser aspects 📍Passion for entrepreneurship, and a willingness to take risks. Previous experience launching a company, even a failed one, is a plus 📍Passion for > 📍Has strong consumer instincts and has experience using a variety of consumer research tools to validate them. Knows how to act on instinct as well as when to dig into the research 📍Can point to examples where they have made a smart trade-off between moving quickly and pausing to make sure things are correct. Can articulate how to make those trade-off decisions 📍Is a current practitioner of leading edge product development methodologiesCan articulate a point of view on how to build a high-performing product development organization 📍Hands-on engineering or AI experience or a CS or AI background is preferred, but not required. Ability to engage in high-level discussions with senior engineering leadership is a must 📍Is passionate about learning and implementing cutting-edge technologies 📍Has a passion for building a high-performing, talented team. Enjoys recruiting excellent talent and helping prospective candidates understand the vision and the opportunity of the company 📍Basic understanding of business management (finance, HR, fundraising, governance, recruiting) is a plus. Desire to learn quickly while being supported by Heretic is a must. MBA is a plus, but not required