Founding Product Manager
United States
$170k - $250k/year
Full-time
Remote
1 month ago
About the role
Austin, TX or Remote (US) | Full-time | Salary + Equity
About The Role
This is one of the most important hires at Suppli. As our first product hire, you won't just manage a roadmap — you'll define what success looks like, build the systems to measure it, and ship the product yourself when you need to. You'll operate across strategy, design, and execution in a way that simply isn't possible at a larger company.
We're looking for someone who thinks in outcomes, moves fast, and uses AI not as a buzzword but as a daily multiplier — to prototype, to design, to analyze, and to build.
Who Thrives Here (read this first — it saves everyone time)
You define success before you build anything. You don't write a PRD without first nailing: What does good look like? How will we know if this worked? What's the leading indicator we'll track in week one vs. month three? You're obsessive about metrics, not as a formality, but as the foundation for every decision.
You're AI-native, not AI-curious. You use AI tools daily — to vibe-code a prototype before bringing engineering in, to spin up a working UI mock in Figma or Lovable or Bolt, to analyze feedback patterns, draft specs, and build internal dashboards. You don't wait for a designer or a data analyst to unblock you.
You can move from idea to prototype in a day. If you have a product hypothesis, you can validate it before the next standup — stringing together APIs, building a clickable flow, or creating a functional proof-of-concept to put in front of a customer. You show engineers a working demo, not a Jira ticket.
You think in systems, not features. You see how AI can be embedded into workflows — where it drafts, summarizes, routes, or recommends — and you design the human-in-the-loop guardrails that make it trustworthy and reliable for B2B users.
You have a bias for action. You prioritize execution over perfection and take full ownership of both outcomes and setbacks.
You communicate with clarity at every level. With customers, with engineers, with the founding team. You write specs that leave no room for misinterpretation and present strategy in a way that gets everyone aligned fast.
This isn't a 9–5 role. Building a great company means going the extra mile. We're not a face-time culture, but when it matters — and it will — you're there.
What You'll Own
Define and own what success looks like. For every initiative, you lead with outcome definitions: north star metrics, leading indicators, guardrails, and success thresholds. You make sure the team always knows why we're building something and how we'll know it worked.
Build the measurement infrastructure. Instrument every feature with analytics events from day one. Define dashboards, set up experimentation frameworks, and create the feedback loops that let us move from intuition to evidence quickly.
Run a tight experiment machine. Frame hypotheses. Design A/B tests and phased rollouts. Synthesize quantitative and qualitative signals to decide whether to double down, pivot, or cut. You don't just ship — you learn.
Prototype before you spec. Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, v0, etc.) to build functional prototypes that prove a concept before engineering cycles are committed. Be the PM who shows, not tells.
Own design end-to-end. In the absence of a dedicated designer, you create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mocks. You have strong enough design instincts to ship polished experiences, and you use AI design tools to punch above your weight.
Lead AI-native product development. Partner with engineering to design AI-powered workflows — automation, recommendations, co-pilots, agents — that are reliable, explainable, and genuinely valuable for B2B users. You understand how to design the AI flywheel: interactions that capture data that makes the product smarter over time.
Run discovery like a craft. Conduct user interviews, synthesize patterns, and translate insights into prioritized product decisions. Use AI tools to analyze feedback at scale — call transcripts, support tickets, NPS responses — and surface what matters.
Write specs that ship. Your PRDs capture problem context, requirements, edge cases, success metrics, and open questions. They're tight enough that engineering can move without you in the room.
Be the connective tissue. Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and leadership to close the feedback loop between the market and the roadmap. Quantify customer pain, prioritize ruthlessly, and communicate tradeoffs with confidence.
Must-Have
Bonus Points
About The Role
This is one of the most important hires at Suppli. As our first product hire, you won't just manage a roadmap — you'll define what success looks like, build the systems to measure it, and ship the product yourself when you need to. You'll operate across strategy, design, and execution in a way that simply isn't possible at a larger company.
We're looking for someone who thinks in outcomes, moves fast, and uses AI not as a buzzword but as a daily multiplier — to prototype, to design, to analyze, and to build.
Who Thrives Here (read this first — it saves everyone time)
You define success before you build anything. You don't write a PRD without first nailing: What does good look like? How will we know if this worked? What's the leading indicator we'll track in week one vs. month three? You're obsessive about metrics, not as a formality, but as the foundation for every decision.
You're AI-native, not AI-curious. You use AI tools daily — to vibe-code a prototype before bringing engineering in, to spin up a working UI mock in Figma or Lovable or Bolt, to analyze feedback patterns, draft specs, and build internal dashboards. You don't wait for a designer or a data analyst to unblock you.
You can move from idea to prototype in a day. If you have a product hypothesis, you can validate it before the next standup — stringing together APIs, building a clickable flow, or creating a functional proof-of-concept to put in front of a customer. You show engineers a working demo, not a Jira ticket.
You think in systems, not features. You see how AI can be embedded into workflows — where it drafts, summarizes, routes, or recommends — and you design the human-in-the-loop guardrails that make it trustworthy and reliable for B2B users.
You have a bias for action. You prioritize execution over perfection and take full ownership of both outcomes and setbacks.
You communicate with clarity at every level. With customers, with engineers, with the founding team. You write specs that leave no room for misinterpretation and present strategy in a way that gets everyone aligned fast.
This isn't a 9–5 role. Building a great company means going the extra mile. We're not a face-time culture, but when it matters — and it will — you're there.
What You'll Own
Define and own what success looks like. For every initiative, you lead with outcome definitions: north star metrics, leading indicators, guardrails, and success thresholds. You make sure the team always knows why we're building something and how we'll know it worked.
Build the measurement infrastructure. Instrument every feature with analytics events from day one. Define dashboards, set up experimentation frameworks, and create the feedback loops that let us move from intuition to evidence quickly.
Run a tight experiment machine. Frame hypotheses. Design A/B tests and phased rollouts. Synthesize quantitative and qualitative signals to decide whether to double down, pivot, or cut. You don't just ship — you learn.
Prototype before you spec. Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, v0, etc.) to build functional prototypes that prove a concept before engineering cycles are committed. Be the PM who shows, not tells.
Own design end-to-end. In the absence of a dedicated designer, you create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mocks. You have strong enough design instincts to ship polished experiences, and you use AI design tools to punch above your weight.
Lead AI-native product development. Partner with engineering to design AI-powered workflows — automation, recommendations, co-pilots, agents — that are reliable, explainable, and genuinely valuable for B2B users. You understand how to design the AI flywheel: interactions that capture data that makes the product smarter over time.
Run discovery like a craft. Conduct user interviews, synthesize patterns, and translate insights into prioritized product decisions. Use AI tools to analyze feedback at scale — call transcripts, support tickets, NPS responses — and surface what matters.
Write specs that ship. Your PRDs capture problem context, requirements, edge cases, success metrics, and open questions. They're tight enough that engineering can move without you in the room.
Be the connective tissue. Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and leadership to close the feedback loop between the market and the roadmap. Quantify customer pain, prioritize ruthlessly, and communicate tradeoffs with confidence.
Must-Have
- 5+ years of product management experience, including time in a startup or high-growth environment
- Demonstrable AI-native workflow — you can walk us through how you've used AI tools to prototype, analyze, or accelerate your work in the last 6 months
- Obsession with metrics and success definition — you have a strong point of view on how to measure product success and can articulate your framework clearly
- Design fluency — you've shipped products without a dedicated designer and can own UX end-to-end when needed
- Technical fluency — you understand APIs, webhooks, data mappings, and system architecture well enough to write precise specs and have credible conversations with engineers
- B2B SaaS experience — you understand the nuances of enterprise workflows, multi-stakeholder buying, and the reliability bar required for business-critical software
Bonus Points
- Accounts Receivable / Finance exposure — hands-on experience with AR, invoicing, payments, or adjacent finance workflows
- Experience with agentic AI or LLM-powered products — you've shipped something that uses LLMs in production and dealt with the real challenges: hallucinations, latency, trust, and feedback loops
- Fintech or B2B marketplace background — you've navigated complex, multi-sided product environments
Skills
Software Development