Product Lead
Core
Fractional/founding product leader embedded in 2-5 vertical market software companies to drive measurable outcomes through AI and software.
Role type
Senior Product Lead (Fractional/Founding PM)
Builds
Vertical market software products for acquired portfolio companies
Domain
B2B SaaS / Vertical Market Software / Private Equity Portfolio
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Roadmapping, sprint planning, spec writing, prioritization frameworks, customer discovery, influencing without authority, systems thinking, cross-functional coordination
Preferred skills
Ex-founder experience, leading and developing other PMs, commercial mindset, ambiguity tolerance
Technologies
AI-native platforms, vertical market software stacks
Responsibilities
Own product outcomes for 2-5 portfolio companies simultaneously, lead quarterly and annual planning, build and maintain roadmaps, drive sprint planning and execution, develop prioritization frameworks, build customer feedback systems, coordinate feature launches, coach developers and designers, distill learnings into cross-portfolio playbooks, partner with GMs and founders to set product vision
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with potential to lead teams and set vertical standards