Product Lead, Venture Studio Core Team

FutureSight; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading venture studio in Toronto is seeking a Product Management & Strategy lead to guide B2B AI ventures from formation to spin-out. You'll oversee product development, support founders, and drive multiple ventures while shaping strategic directions. Ideal candidates have 5-8 years of experience in product management and a strong understanding of lean startup methodologies. This role offers competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in product management or venture building.
• Ability to own product from zero-to-one across multiple domains.
• Experience with lean startup and MVP best practices.

Responsibilities

• Guide venture teams from idea validation to spin-out readiness.
• Lead product discovery, roadmap planning, and MVP scoping.
• Support recruiting for key positions.

Skills

Product management

User discovery

Project management

Strong communication

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for a strategic and execution minded Product Management & Strategy lead to guide early-stage B2B AI ventures from formation through to spin out (see our process here). In this role, you’ll sit at the intersection of venture strategy, product development and founder support - shaping ideas, validating markets and ensuring MVPs ship and evolve.

You’ll play a hands-on role across multiple ventures simultaneously, partnering with founders, technical teams and studio leadership to push concepts forward and de-risk them into scalable startups.

You’ll Work On

Venture Formation

• Guide venture teams from validated ideas to spin-out readiness
• Act as a dual advocate – representing both venture interests and FutureSights’s strategic lens
• Keep 3-5 parallel venture tracks on cadence through structured reviews, blockers and internal alignment

Product Development

• Lead product discovery, roadmap planning, and MVP scoping for active ventures
• Work closely with technical leads to prioritize features and execute lean product builds
• Serve as interim product owner in early stages; hands off ownership as teams mature

Founder & Team Development

• Thought partner to EIRs; coach on early go-to-market motions, user research, and product feedback loops
• Support recruiting for key hires (e.g. founding engineers, Technical Co-founders)

Internal Tools & Studio IP

• Oversee internal product initiatives for Idea generation, Recruiting automation, venture platform boilerplate
• Align product tooling with venture formation needs

Studio Operations (as needed)

• Manage platform tools (GCP, AWS, OpenAI, Github etc)
• Triage ad-hoc requests from the studio team: events, communications, marketing touchpoints.

What We’re Looking For

• Prior experience at a venture studio or as a Software startup founder
• 5-8+ years of product management, venture building or early-stage startups
• Proven ability to own product from zero-to-one across multiple domains
• Hands-on with early product work — wireframes, JTBDs, quick specs, etc.
• Strong user discovery skills — comfortable leading interviews and synthesizing insights
• Able to work with ambiguity and move quickly without perfect information
• Strong founder empathy and the ability to balance coaching with forward momentum
• Familiar with lean startup, customer development, and MVP best practices
• Excellent communication and project manager skills — internally and externally

Bonus Experience

• Technical background or ability to collaborate closely with engineers

Why This Role?

You’ll shape 3–5 ventures from napkin sketch to spin-out, driving discovery → MVP → early traction with real autonomy. You’ll ship weekly, test with real customers, and turn hard-won lessons into reusable studio IP that compounds across the portfolio. As a founder-facing leader, you’ll coach EIRs, influence roadmaps, and help make early hires while partnering with studio leadership on investment theses, spin-out criteria, and GTM bets. The role offers portfolio-scale impact, a strategic seat at the table, and career optionality to step into a founding/operator role or grow within the studio—anchored in crisp thinking and clean execution, not process theater.

Contract & Compensation

• 6-month contract with option to convert
• Competitive compensation based on experience