Product Lead

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're hiring Product Leads. Strategic, AI-fluent technical operators who own delivery for high-stakes projects from end to end and become trusted advisors to senior client stakeholders along the way. This includes client engagements, internal ventures, product-market fit exploration, and enterprise execution.

This is a hybrid role: part strategic advisor, part technical PM, part AI architect, part founder-in-training. You'll sit at the table with senior leadership, run complex AI projects across generative AI, automation, agent orchestration, and custom software, build real products, and potentially spin one off. AE supports startup spinouts, so you'll have the opportunity to become CEO or CTO of a venture, either one we already have in the works or one you help create.

ABOUT YOU

• You're fluent in modern AI tooling and stacks. LLMs, LangChain, RAG, vector search, OpenAI APIs, fine-tuning, agent orchestration. Adequately fluent to advise non-technical leaders on what's real vs. hype.
• You hold your own with senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives. You engage them as a peer, ask the right questions, push back when something doesn't make sense, and earn their trust quickly.
• You can run a workshop. You facilitate working sessions with client leadership teams that are new to AI, translate their goals into a concrete roadmap, and help them make smart build/buy/sequence decisions.
• You build, not just spec. You prototype, test, and ship real things rather than handing off slides.
• You lead high-stakes projects end-to-end. You break down ambiguity, define milestones, and focus the team on what matters.
• You're fluent across audiences. You translate between engineers, clients, researchers, and senior executives.
• You operate like a founder. You navigate ambiguity, wear multiple hats, and make hard calls with urgency and care.
• You're interested in eventually leading a Skunkworks spinout, internal venture, or product line.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE

• Senior client stakeholders rely on you as a trusted advisor, not just a delivery PM
• High client satisfaction and consistent delivery on ambitious timelines
• Impactf