Founding Product Manager
Product
San Francisco, CA, USA
Why Crucibl
Management consulting is a $400B industry built on selling intelligence-for-hire. The model is breaking - not slowly, but now. The biggest frontier in enterprise AI isn't better models. It's judgment at scale: taking the messy, ambiguous decisions that run 85% of the global economy and making them faster, crisper, and more defensible.
Crucibl is building that. We're profitable, growing fast, and delivering for Fortune 500 clients. We raised a $10M seed from Tier 1 VCs - then kept growing on revenue. The client pipeline is full. We're scaling to meet it.
The Role
You've shipped products that mattered — not just shipped features, but made the calls on what to build, why, and for whom. Now imagine doing that with a live Fortune 500 client pipeline giving you daily, high-stakes signal on what the product needs to become.
This is not a traditional PM role at a company still guessing at product-market fit. You'll sit at the intersection of client delivery and product strategy — turning what strategists learn in the field into a roadmap that ships fast, and turning what engineering builds into leverage that changes what delivery can promise clients.
Why Join Now
The hardest part is done — we have real revenue, Fortune 500 clients, and a clear wedge into a massive market. You're joining to scale a winning hand, not to place a bet.
Do the work you love, translating ambiguous problems into shipped product, without the parts you don't (bureaucracy, roadmap theater, distance from the customer)
Shape a category — you're not managing one feature of an established product, you're defining what "AI-native strategy consulting" even means
Work directly with founders — ex-Google and ex-KKR & ex-BCG who understand both the craft and the technology
Outsized equity and ownership in a company that's already generating revenue and growing fast
What You'll Do
Product Strategy: Own the roadmap for our AI agent platform, prioritizing against real client engagements rather than hypothetical use cases
Client Signal Translation: Work directly with strategists and clients to turn delivery pain points and "we wish it could also do X" moments into concrete product requirements
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner daily with engineering to scope, sequence, and ship — you're close enough to the work to make fast calls, not just write tickets
Agent Design: Define how our AI agents structure ambiguous business problems, execute analysis, and present recommendations — the product is the analytical framework, not just the interface
Metrics & Iteration: Define what "good" looks like for an AI-delivered engagement and build the feedback loops to get there faster each time
Domain Depth: Build real expertise in verticals like CPG, healthcare, financial services, or industrials, so your product decisions reflect what actually matters to clients in each space
You Might Be a Great Fit If
You have the product pedigree.
3–7 years in product management, ideally at a company where product decisions had direct, high-stakes business consequences
Shipped end-to-end, not just supported — you've owned a roadmap, made prioritization calls, and lived with the outcomes
Experience with AI/ML products, data-heavy products, or enterprise B2B software a strong plus
You want to build in the field, not from a spec doc.
You want your roadmap shaped by real client conversations, not just a backlog of requests
You're excited about AI and genuinely curious how these systems reason and fail — you don't need to write the model code, but you should want to understand it
You want a company where your judgment changes the product, not just the release notes
You thrive in ambiguity.
You take vague, high-stakes business problems and turn them into concrete product bets
You make progress without waiting for perfect information
You communicate proactively — with engineers when scope needs to shift, and with delivery teams when you spot a pattern worth building for
Bias toward shipping over endless discovery
You're an exceptional communicator.
You can turn client and delivery feedback into a crisp, prioritized narrative that engineering can act on
Your written specs are clear, structured, and decision-ready
You build trust quickly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Who You'll Work With
Our founders bring deep technology experience (Google-scale systems serving hundreds of millions of users) and domain expertise in high-stakes business decisions from top consulting and private equity firms. You'll be the connective tissue between these worlds, and between the company we are today and the company we're becoming.
Benefits & Perks
Zero to Outcome: Seed stage means you shape the product, the culture, and the trajectory - not inherit them.
See Your Work Matter: No abstractions, no layers - you'll see exactly what you built and what it changed.
The People Around You: A small, elite team that will raise your game. We hire for exceptional, not just experienced.
Meaningful Equity: Every offer includes a comprehensive salary and equity package.
Hybrid Schedule: 3 days in-office with real flexibility around the rest. We care about output, not optics.
Full Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision.
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Daily Lunch & Snacks: Fueled and focused, on us.
Work Authorization
Crucibl welcomes applications from candidates requiring visa sponsorship. Sponsorship eligibility is determined during the interview process.
Crucibl is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire on merit and outcomes, and welcome applicants of every background.