Founding Product Manager: AI Platform, Equity & Growth

raydar; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Raydar is seeking a founding Product Manager to own the direction of a creative software platform from ideation to 3D outputs. This hands-on role will define the long-term roadmap, set priorities, and collaborate closely with engineers and users to shape the product as the company grows.

You will build the product function from scratch, recruit as needed, and engage with professional users to validate workflows and future capabilities.

Qualifications

• Five-plus years in product roles with exposure to several employers rather than a single organization.
• Track record of building products from zero to one and helping them scale at startups.
• Hands-on experience with AI and retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Comfort taking on a wide range of tasks in a fast-moving environment and building a function from scratch.
• Ability to communicate well with engineers and handle engineering pushback.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap for a creative software platform, from early ideation through to 3D outputs and planned future capabilities.
• Set priorities and long-term product strategy rather than building isolated features.
• Work with engineers day to day on delivery, check-in points and technical trade-offs.
• Meet with professional users and institutional customers to learn their workflows and decide what the product should become.
• Research competing tools and the wider AI market, then bring insights and new ideas to the team.
• Recruit and grow a product team as the company expands, working directly with the chief executive.

Skills

Product management

AI & RAG systems

Startup experience

Engineering collaboration

Job description

Raydar is seeking a founding Product Manager to own the direction of a creative software platform from ideation to 3D outputs. This hands-on role will define the long-term roadmap, set priorities, and collaborate closely with engineers and users to shape the product as the company grows.

You will build the product function from scratch, recruit as needed, and engage with professional users to validate workflows and future capabilities.