Head of Product

Sentient Foundation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentient Foundation in New York, NY seeks a Head of Product to turn research into shipped, public-facing products: agent evaluation platforms, benchmarks, leaderboards, datasets, developer tools, and community launches. You’ll own the Foundation’s product function and roadmap, and lead the Agents & Evaluation product effort, collaborating across research, engineering, design, marketing, BD, and community.

This is a senior, 0-to-1 leadership role where you will define new product practices and

Qualifications

• Requires 4+ years in AI/ML or developer platforms with leadership experience.
• Proven ability to ship complex 0-to-1 products in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent communication to translate technical work into clear product narratives.

Responsibilities

• Own 0-to-1 launches end-to-end: translate research agendas into product specs and success metrics.
• Own the Foundation’s product function: strategy, roadmap, and priorities; lead the Agents & Evaluation team.
• Translate research from Sentient Labs into Foundation products and align roadmaps across organizations.
• Package technical work into usable products: docs, demos, benchmarks, leaderboards, developer workflows.
• Run developer-facing programs: public challenges, hackathons, and partner launches.
• Build feedback loops from developers, researchers, partners, and open-source contributors into the roadmap.
• Shape product strategy for emerging categories like agent evaluation and open-source AI distribution.

Skills

Product leadership

AI/ML product

Cross-functional collaboration

Shipping 0-to-1 products

Communication skills

Job description

About Sentient

The Sentient Foundation is building the open-source future of intelligence: AI aligned with humanity and never controlled by a single entity. We’re a neutral, transparent steward of the open AGI ecosystem, uniting researchers, builders, and communities through open research (ROMA, OML, Open Deep Search), global programs like the Open AGI Summit, and a fast-growing builder community.

About The Role

We're hiring a Head of Product for the Foundation to turn our research into shipped, public-facing products: agent evaluation platforms, benchmarks, leaderboards, datasets, developer tools, and community launches. You'll take ambiguous ideas from concept to launch, with clear users, metrics, documentation, and iteration loops. You will work across research, engineering, design, marketing, BD, and community. You’ll own the Foundation’s product function and roadmap, step in to lead the existing Agents & Evaluation (Eval AI) product effort.

This is a senior, 0-to-1 leadership role in a category where best practices don’t exist yet. You’ll define them, and build and lead the team that delivers them.

What You'll Do

• Own 0-to-1 launches end to end: translate research agendas into product specs, user journeys, success metrics, and launch plans.


• Own the Foundation’s product function: strategy, roadmap, and priorities. You will lead the Agents & Evaluation product team


• Act as the Foundation’s primary product counterpart to Sentient Labs’ research and product teams. You will translate their research into Foundation products and align roadmaps across both organizations.


• Package technical work into products people can use, such as docs, demos, benchmarks, leaderboards, blog posts, and developer workflows.


• Run developer-facing programs: public challenges, competitions, hackathons, cohorts, and partner-backed launches.


• Build feedback loops from developers, researchers, partners, and open-source contributors back into the roadmap.


• Shape product strategy for emerging categories, such as agent evaluation, open-source AI distribution.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of product experience in AI/ML, developer platforms, infrastructure, or technical tools, including leading a product team or owning a product function.


• Experience leading people and operating as a senior cross-org partner. You will own a function, mentor PMs, and work as a peer to research and engineering leadership.


• A track record of shipping complex 0-to-1 products in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.


• Hands-on familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, evals, benchmarking, or model deployment workflows. Technical background is required to debate tradeoffs with researchers and engineers.


• Exceptional communication: you turn dense technical work into product narratives developers and partners actually read.


• High ownership and urgency; comfortable being the connective tissue across many stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• You've built or run benchmarks, leaderboards, eval systems, or open-source programs.


• Knowledge of agent architectures, tool-calling systems, safety evaluations, or AI governance.


• Experience with product-led growth, developer communities, technical GTM, or ecosystem programs.


• Enough full-stack fluency (e.g., Next.js, Postgres) to prototype or pressure-test what you ship.