Founding Product Manager (AI Startup)
Summary
Owns and shapes an AI-powered consumer platform for personalized AI characters, driving strategy, metrics, and growth in a fast-paced startup environment.
Job description
About Fulcrum: We’re a team of tech-savvy, creative & passionate IT professionals. We’ve created a vibrant and performance-driven culture for ourselves where everyone is free to think & act outside the box. There are literally no limits to what you can do here, as long as we WOW our clients and OVER deliver what we promise.
About the product
We are building an AI Companion platform that enables users to create and interact with personalized AI characters through immersive conversations and storytelling. The product is intended for an adult audience.
Our product has already reached the market, generates recurring revenue, and has validated early traction. We are now preparing for the next stage of growth and fundraising.
About the role
We are looking for a Product Manager who is ready to take ownership of the product, shape its future and grow alongside the company, with the opportunity to become a Product Co-founder.
This is a highly entrepreneurial role where you'll work directly with the founders, make strategic product decisions, validate ideas, prioritize development, and help prepare the company for fundraising and scaling.
Responsibilities
Own the product vision and roadmap
Shape product strategy together with the founders
Drive product discovery and prioritize opportunities
Analyze user behavior and product metrics
Collaborate closely with engineering and design
Run experiments and validate hypotheses
Improve activation, retention, and monetization
Prepare the product for scaling
Support fundraising and investor readiness
We're looking for someone who
Has 3+ years of Product Management experience
Has worked on consumer digital products
Has startup experience (0→1 or early-stage products)
Has an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoys taking ownership beyond feature delivery.
Thrives in a fast-paced startup environment with a high level of ownership.
Understands product metrics and growth
Is excited about building and shaping a product from an early stage.
Nice to have
Experience building AI-powered consumer products
Experience with subscription-based or B2C business models
Growth Product Management experience
Previous experience in a fast-growing product company with a strong experimentation and data-driven culture
What we offer
Opportunity to become one of the founding team members
Significant ownership and influence on product strategy
Equity participation (10–30%, depending on experience and contribution)
Flexible engagement: part-time with the opportunity to transition to full-time in the future.
If you're excited about building an AI product from an early stage, taking real ownership, and working alongside experienced founders, we'd love to hear from you.
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