Founding Product Manager

Guild.ai

Founding Product Manager at Guild.ai defining product vision and strategy for developer tools. Collaborating with founders and engineering teams to build impactful software solutions.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Product Surface: Drive the end-to-end direction of core areas of the Guild.ai platform. Define product vision, strategy, and positioning while keeping an uncompromising focus on developer experience and workflow impact.
Be the Voice of the Customer: Establish and lead customer discovery and research. Spend time with engineers, tech leads, and CTOs to deeply understand their pain points, mental models, and daily challenges—and turn those insights into product clarity.
Translate Ambiguity into Action: Craft clear problem definitions, write thoughtful product narratives, and create specifications that align engineering, design, and GTM around what matters most.
Collaborate, Build, and Ship: Partner with a world-class engineering and design team in a tight, fast-moving environment. You’ll help shepherd features from concept to launch, with a bias toward iteration and learning.
Define Product at Guild.ai: You won’t just run a backlog—you’ll help build our entire product muscle. From process to metrics to decision frameworks, your work will set the standard for how Guild.ai builds, learns, and scales.
Influence Company Strategy: Your insights will play a critical role in shaping our long-term roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and vision, ensuring that customer-driven thinking is at the core of our direction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A proven track record of building and shipping impactful products, ideally in developer tools, infrastructure, or B2B SaaS
Deep empathy for engineers and comfort engaging directly with technical audiences
Experience translating complex workflows or technical systems into clear product strategies
Strong analytical abilities, using both qualitative research and quantitative metrics to inform decisions
A founder’s mentality—comfortable with ambiguity, energized by building, and accountable to outcomes
Exceptional communication skills that create alignment across technical and non-technical partners
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Significant equity in an early-stage, venture-backed startup
Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
Flexible PTO to ensure you have the time you need to recharge

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Hard Skills & Tools

product strategyproduct visionproduct narrativesspecificationsanalytical abilitiesqualitative researchquantitative metricsB2B SaaSdeveloper toolsinfrastructure

Soft Skills

empathycommunication skillscollaborationproblem definitionadaptabilityaccountabilitycustomer discoveryleadershipalignmentfast-paced environment