Founding Product Manager

About the company

Our client is a small software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the product direction for a creative software platform, from early ideas through to finished outputs. This is a hands-on founding role in which you set priorities, shape the long-term roadmap and work closely with engineers and users. You will also build the product function itself as the team grows.

What you'll do

- Define and own the product roadmap for a creative software platform, from early ideation through to 3D outputs and planned future capabilities.

- Set priorities and long-term product strategy rather than building isolated features.

- Work with engineers day to day on delivery, check-in points and technical trade-offs.

- Meet with professional users and institutional customers to learn their workflows and decide what the product should become.

- Research competing tools and the wider AI market, then bring insights and new ideas to the team.

- Recruit and grow a product team as the company expands, working directly with the chief executive.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Five-plus years in product roles, with exposure to several employers rather than a single organization.

- A track record of building products from zero to one and helping them scale at startups.

- Hands-on experience with AI and retrieval-augmented generation systems.

- Comfort taking on a wide range of tasks in a fast-moving environment and building a function from scratch.

- Ability to communicate well with engineers and handle engineering pushback.

Bonus points

- Experience in architecture, engineering and construction or adjacent design technology.

- Experience leading or heading a product team.

- Experience in construction scheduling.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 235,000 per year

- Equity

- Relocation support

Location and work model

- Boston, Massachusetts or New York City, United States

- Hybrid, with 3 to 4 office days per week for the first three months, then 2 to 3 days per week

- Full-time