Product Lead

About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own a software product from early discovery through to expansion, working directly with business customers and engineers to decide what gets built. The role combines product management, research and UX on a small team and suits someone with a technical background who can weigh engineering limits and move quickly from idea to prototype. What you'll do

• Spend substantial time on-site with customers to understand how their operations really work.
• Pair with an engineering colleague to scope what customers need, weighing technical limits while leaving production coding to others.
• Build a new product largely from scratch on top of an existing AI model and data layer.
• Take on product, research and UX work across a small team, owning the experience from pilot through expansion.
• Prototype ideas quickly with AI-assisted tools to test hypotheses with real users.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Skilled at converting client needs into engineering-ready written specifications, with a grasp of the technical limits involved.
• A minimum of three years in product roles, carrying a business software offering from start to finish.
• Two or more years as a software engineer before moving into product.
• Hands-on use of AI-assisted tools in day-to-day product work.
• Six or more years of overall professional experience.

Bonus points

• A computer science degree.
• Experience as a founder or founding product manager who has sold to large enterprise buyers.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: $200K to $260K per year
• Equity Location and work model
• Austin, Texas, United States
• On-site, 5 days in-office per week
• Full-time