AI Product Lead & Venture Architect (0→1)

JetBrains; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Free meals and snacks

Health and wellness – gyms or clubstip

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

JetBrains’ NoPressure startup, inside the Innovation Hub, seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence / Product Lead to define the vision and venture strategy for a new agentic AI product. This 0→1 role partners with the technical founder to identify ideal customers, high-value use cases, and rapid experiments to validate hypotheses.

You will shape the product and market entry, move quickly with a small engineering team, and establish metrics to decide iteration, doubling down, or pivoting.

Qualifications

• A builder mindset that favors quick prototypes and direct learning over waiting for perfect requirements.
• Deep curiosity about how people build new skills and navigate challenging interactions at work.
• Comfort operating with high autonomy, speed, and decision-making under uncertainty.
• Strong discovery skills that separate genuine demand and observed behavior from polite validation.
• Clear, direct communication skills for pitching to and working with senior decision-makers.
• Strong collaboration habits when partnering closely with engineering teams on AI-native products.

Responsibilities

• Define the product and venture strategy, identifying key uncertainties and deciding what to test and build first.
• Conduct continuous customer discovery to understand real workplace workflows, pain points, and behaviors.
• Pinpoint the most compelling ideal customer profile (ICP) and initial use cases for growth.
• Design and run lightweight experiments, prototypes, and agentic experiences to test hypotheses before committing full engineering resources.
• Establish clear metrics and evaluate commercial and behavioral evidence to decide whether to iterate, double down, or pivot.
• Shape positioning, messaging, and early acquisition or sales motions to bring the product to initial customers.
• Monitor market shifts, emerging agent architectures, and competitor developments to uncover new opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with the technical founder and engineering team to move quickly from ideas to shipped prototypes.

Job description

JetBrains’ NoPressure startup, inside the Innovation Hub, seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence / Product Lead to define the vision and venture strategy for a new agentic AI product. This 0→1 role partners with the technical founder to identify ideal customers, high-value use cases, and rapid experiments to validate hypotheses.

You will shape the product and market entry, move quickly with a small engineering team, and establish metrics to decide iteration, doubling down, or pivoting.