Product Lead

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own a software product from early discovery through to expansion, working directly with business customers and engineers to decide what gets built. The role combines product management, research and UX on a small team and suits someone with a technical background who can weigh engineering limits and move quickly from idea to prototype.

What you'll do

- Spend substantial time on-site with customers to understand how their operations really work.

- Pair with an engineering colleague to scope what customers need, weighing technical limits while leaving production coding to others.

- Build a new product largely from scratch on top of an existing AI model and data layer.

- Take on product, research and UX work across a small team, owning the experience from pilot through expansion.

- Prototype ideas quickly with AI-assisted tools to test hypotheses with real users.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Skilled at converting client needs into engineering-ready written specifications, with a grasp of the technical limits involved.

- A minimum of three years in product roles, carrying a business software offering from start to finish.

- Two or more years as a software engineer before moving into product.

- Hands-on use of AI-assisted tools in day-to-day product work.

- Six or more years of overall professional experience.

Bonus points

- A computer science degree.

- Experience as a founder or founding product manager who has sold to large enterprise buyers.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: $200K to $260K per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- Austin, Texas, United States

- On-site, 5 days in-office per week

- Full-time