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Product Lead

Leads end-to-end delivery of high-stakes AI projects for clients and internal ventures, advising C-level executives, prototyping with modern AI stacks like LLMs and LangChain, and potentially spinning out startups. Requires AI fluency, product leadership, and founder-like execution.

120k – 220kLos Angeles, CAProduct ManagementHybrid

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own delivery for high-stakes AI projects end-to-end, including client engagements, internal ventures, product-market fit exploration, and enterprise execution.
  • Act as strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives.
  • Facilitate workshops with client leadership, translate goals into roadmaps, and guide build/buy/sequence decisions.
  • Prototype, test, and ship real products rather than just specs or slides.
  • Lead cross-functional teams, break down ambiguity, define milestones, and focus on what matters.
  • Translate between engineers, clients, researchers, and executives.
  • Operate like a founder, navigating ambiguity and making hard calls.
  • Potentially lead Skunkworks spinouts or internal ventures.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in product leadership, AI product development, or startup building.
  • Strong understanding of generative AI stacks, LLMs, vector DBs, and APIs.
  • Track record of advising or working with senior leadership on complex problems.
  • Strong judgment on product, technical, and commercial trade-offs.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and ship without permission.
  • Excellent communication across technical and strategic contexts.
  • Alignment with mission and long-term thinking.
  • Full-time availability.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Background in consulting, advisory, or client-facing strategy work.
  • Prior founder/operator experience or desire to build ventures.
  • Experience building AI/no-code/low-code prototypes or MVPs.
  • Exposure to AGI-aligned thinking or AI safety.
  • Fluent in user research, iterative development, lean experimentation.
  • Network or domain expertise in high-value AI areas.
  • Based in LA for in-person work.

Compensation

  • Salary: $120K - $220K per year (California-based).
  • Equity in client projects and Skunkworks ventures (priced at $0 when granted; retain 20% on good terms, 100% on spinouts).

Skills

LLMsLangChainRAGVector SearchOpenai ApisFine-TuningAgent OrchestrationGenerative AIVector Dbs

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