Marketing & Advertising, Digital Agency, Consulting

Founding Product Manager

San Francisco, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

product areas
AI research team
productize moonshot projects
AI agents
growth teams
go-to-market motion
acquisition
retention
legacy tools
Marketo

Nice to have

previous startup founding member
ex-engineer
shipping for real customers

Role summary

Conversion is seeking a Founding Product Manager to define the future of AI-powered marketing automation. This role involves owning core product areas end-to-end, collaborating closely with customers and design partners, setting product vision in collaboration with the AI research team, and working with engineering to ship features. The ideal candidate has 2-5 years of experience shipping products, a strong grasp of engineering principles, and enjoys working in a scrappy startup environment. Previous startup founding experience or an engineering background is a plus.

About Us

Conversion is the agentic marketing automation platform for modern enterprises such as Plaid, ClickHouse, Webflow, and Productboard. Our platform lets growth teams run their entire go-to-market motion in one place, from acquisition through retention, with AI agents doing the work that legacy tools like Marketo, HubSpot, and Pardot can't.

We've raised $28M+ from Abstract Ventures, True Ventures, and HOF Capital. The team is based in San Francisco and includes engineers, designers, and operators from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, IMC, Shopify, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.

About the Role

Hey there! James here 👋, co-founder at Conversion. Just wanted to share my thoughts on the perfect candidate we're looking for to be one our Founding Product Managers.

Product at Conversion means you'll be defining how the future of marketing will look like. You'll get a chance to work with some of the world's most impactful enterprises that have entrusted us to solve their most pressing growth bottlenecks.

This means embodying four core responsibilities:

Owning product areas: You'll own core product surfaces end to end, from initial discovery, ideation, implementation, and delivery.
Customer obsession: Collaborate directly with customers and design partners to shape how our product is built. We relentless obsess with delighting and delivering value to our customers through our offerings, and that starts with deeply understanding them.
Set the vision: We're constantly defining what's new in the world of marketing, that's now made possible with advancements in AI. You'll work hand in hand with our in house AI research team to productize moonshot projects.
1. Learn more about our research here: https://conversion.ai/labs
Ship it yourself: Deeply collaborate with the engineering team to bring the product to life- or even leverage AI to ship features yourself!

This role is in-person 5 days/week in San Francisco.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

Have 2 - 5 YoE with shipping products
Deeply enjoy building with a scrappy and nimble team
Have a strong grasp of engineering principles through a technical background
Are comfortable with using AI to bring your ideas to life

You Might Be a Great Fit If You

Are a previous startup founding member who's had to ship for real customers
An ex-engineer who realized solving "what to build" vs "how to build it" was their true passion

Useful links

Website: https://conversion.ai/

Learn more about our company culture here: https://conversion.ai/careers

Read our Series A announcement here: https://techcrunch.com/

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