Founding Product & GTM Leader for AI-Powered CAD

Success Matcher Recruitment; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

Success Matcher Recruitment seeks a Founding Product & GTM Lead for a Series A-backed AI company transforming mechanical engineering and 3D CAD. Build the go-to-market strategy from the ground up; define ICP, close early deals, shape the product roadmap, and bring a category-defining AI product to market.

You’ll work directly with founders with significant ownership and equity, close early commercial deals, and help steer product direction in a fast-moving startup in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of product management experience in manufacturing, industrial software, CAD/CAE/PLM, or aerospace & defense.
• Proven experience building or scaling a GTM strategy from scratch.
• Strong customer-facing sales and deal-closing experience.
• Experience working with manufacturers, engineers, machine shops, or industrial buyers.
• Familiarity with professional CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, Onshape, or Fusion.
• Strong technical ability, ideally including Python or C++.
• Excellent communication, presentation, strategic thinking, and ownership.
• Comfortable operating hands-on in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the GTM strategy from ground up.
• Collaborate with founders to define ICP and roadmap.
• Close early commercial deals and drive initial revenue.
• Represent customers' needs in product and GTM decisions.
• Own the product and go-to-market alignment.

Skills

PM experience

GTM from scratch

Customer-facing sales

Manufacturing/industrial experience

CAD/CAE familiarity

Python or C++

Startup ownership mindset

Communication & ownership

Tools

SolidWorks

NX

CATIA

Onshape

Fusion

Python

C++

Job description

Success Matcher Recruitment seeks a Founding Product & GTM Lead for a Series A-backed AI company transforming mechanical engineering and 3D CAD. Build the go-to-market strategy from the ground up; define ICP, close early deals, shape the product roadmap, and bring a category-defining AI product to market.

You’ll work directly with founders with significant ownership and equity, close early commercial deals, and help steer product direction in a fast-moving startup in San Francisco.