Entrepreneur in Residence & Product Lead - AI Startup

Wwshemi; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Relocation support

Health and wellness

Job summary

JetBrains seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence / Product Lead to partner with the technical founder in a 0→1 role, shaping vision and venture strategy. You will identify target customers, high-value use cases, and validate hypotheses through rapid experiments with a small engineering team.

You will define strategy, ICP, and initial go-to-market plans to move from ideas to shipped prototypes. Day-to-day, you will conduct customer discovery, design experiments, set metrics, and shape messaging and

Qualifications

• Proven track record of taking products from ambiguity to launch.
• Hands-on experience with AI/agentic products or emerging technologies.
• Experience in early customer acquisition, founder-led sales, or commercialization.

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.

Skills

Leadership

AI product experience

Customer discovery

Go-to-market

Stakeholder communication

Job description

JetBrains seeks an Entrepreneur in Residence / Product Lead to partner with the technical founder in a 0→1 role, shaping vision and venture strategy. You will identify target customers, high-value use cases, and validate hypotheses through rapid experiments with a small engineering team.

You will define strategy, ICP, and initial go-to-market plans to move from ideas to shipped prototypes. Day-to-day, you will conduct customer discovery, design experiments, set metrics, and shape messaging and