Founding Product Manager

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is helping a seed-stage NYC startup hire its first dedicated Product Manager for Founding role focused on AI and voice tech in NYC. You’ll own how the product appears in the market, work directly with the two co-founders, and translate vision into shipped features for a fast-moving, cross-disciplinary team.

This hybrid role in Chelsea/Manhattan requires hands-on, builder-oriented mindset, front-end fluency (React/TypeScript), and daily use of AI tools to drive

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Product Management experience, or founder experience in lieu of it.
• Has taken a product from zero to one (shipped and adopted, not just designed).
• Can code on the front end (React/TypeScript-level fluency).
• Daily, fluent user of AI tools in your workflow — not just occasional use.

Responsibilities

• Own how the product shows up in the market, translating vision into shipped features.
• Work directly with the two co-founders to align on strategy and execution.
• Tackle unsolved AI product problems around agent UX, conversation intelligence, and trust.

Skills

Product Management

Founder experience

Shipped zero-to-one

Frontend development

Tools

React

TypeScript

Job description

Founding Product Manager – AI / Voice Tech (NYC)

A venture-backed, seed-stage AI startup in New York City is hiring its first dedicated Product Manager. The company builds a voice and messaging platform that helps revenue teams convert inbound leads at scale using AI agents, and is expanding into a broader autonomous product layer. It's a small, flat team working across several high-consideration consumer industries (real estate, insurance, mortgage, education, legal).

This is a hands-on, builder-focused seat — you'll own how the product shows up in the market, work directly with the two co-founders, translate vision into shipped features, and tackle unsolved AI product problems around agent UX, conversation intelligence, and trust.

Location: Chelsea, Manhattan — hybrid, in office 3 days/week

Preferred:

• 2+ years of Product Management experience, or founder experience in lieu of it
• Has taken a product from zero to one (shipped and adopted, not just designed)
• Can code on the front end (React/TypeScript-level fluency)
• Daily, fluent user of AI tools in your workflow — not just occasional use