Founding Product Manager

Location: Remote (U.S. citizens only)

Type: Full-time, salaried

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 + equity package, benefits

Start: ASAP

About JobLeap

JobLeap is building the premier marketplace for vetted frontline talent, paired with an AI-first jobseeker experience built for flexible, shift-based work. Imagine combining the reach of a modern job marketplace with the clarity of an AI answer engine and the trust of a curated talent network — purpose-built for frontline workers. We help jobseekers quickly find the right role and shift for their lives, while helping companies hire with confidence through better matching, vetting, and follow-through.

Our mission is to help 100 million people improve their careers and lives through the use of technology and AI. You’ll join at a pivotal stage — the apps team is the product face of JobLeap, and you’ll be taking ownership of the entire jobseeker experience and the matching layer that powers it.

Role summary

We’re hiring our Founding Product Manager to take over product leadership of the apps team and set the product direction for JobLeap’s jobseeker experience and matching engine . To date, the product has been founder-led

• driven directly by the CTO and founding team through fast iteration, deep customer exposure, and tight cross-functional collaboration.

You will step into that founder-led model and own it end-to-end : establishing clear strategy, defining kpi’s, prioritization, and execution rituals that maintain speed while delivering value. This is a hands-on role where you will own discovery through delivery, align stakeholders, and run the day-to-day product function for the apps team.

You will not have direct reports initially, but you will lead through influence across engineering, design, growth marketing, and marketplace stakeholders.

What you’ll own

Key outcomes in the first 3–6 months

• Clear product alignment — product priorities established and shared across CEO, CTO, Growth Marketing, and Marketplace with a visible roadmap and operating cadence.

• Faster, higher-quality delivery — measurable reduction in thrash/rework and cycle time; improved on-time delivery for P0 work.

• Commercial impact — measurable improvements in enterprise activation, expansion, or deal velocity tied directly to product initiatives.

Required qualifications (must-have)

Preferred qualifications (nice-to-have)

• Experience building or partnering closely on recommendation engines, ranking, matching, or ML-driven personalization.

• Experience with CRM systems and workflows (lifecycle messaging, engagement, segmentation, pipeline/activation flows).

• Experience in high-growth startups and early-stage product functions (founding PM, first PM, or early product leader).

• Experience driving measurable enterprise activation and expansion outcomes in a product-led or sales-assisted motion.

Working style & values

• Outcome-driven: you optimize for measurable impact, not feature output.

• High-velocity, low-thrash: you keep the speed of a startup while improving clarity and predictability.

• Customer-anchored: you spend time with jobseekers and internal teams to understand pain points deeply.

• Strong judgment: you know when to go deep and when to ship fast, and you make tradeoffs explicit.

Benefits

• Fully remote (U.S. citizens only)
• $140K–$180K salary + equity
• Standard benefits (medical/vision/dental) and flexible PTO