Wordware (YC S24) · 4 days ago
Senior Product Manager/VP of Product
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expSauna, formerly Wordware, is building an AI assistant that integrates with all user data sources. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager/VP of Product to define product strategy and ensure operational execution within small, autonomous teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsDeveloper Tools
Responsibilities
Defining product vision and roadmap alongside CEO/CTO
Owning feature prioritization and user experience decisions
Making products feel addictive (dopamine spikes, engagement loops, viral mechanics)
Running product rituals across micro-teams
Ensuring all teams hit milestones and stay aligned
Running sprints, standups, and coordination rituals
Managing velocity across 8-10 small teams
Being the 'glue' that keeps execution tight
Bringing urgency when things slow down
Owning 2-person project teams (you + designer or you + engineer)
Making 50 decisions a day without approval loops
Defining scope, timeline, and execution—then running with it
Shipping features weekly based on user feedback
Qualification
Required
Must be able to relocate to San Francisco or qualify for US work visa
Recent grads (within 2 years) can qualify for expedited J-1 visa
5 days/week in our SF office
Experience shipping product in fast-moving startup environments
Ex-founder (product-focused CEO/CPO of a funded startup with product in market and real users)
VP/Head of Product at productivity tools, viral B2C apps, or agentic AI platforms
Senior PM who's shipped beloved features at prosumer companies
Head of Product Ops / Program Management at high-growth startups
Ex-CEO of a funded startup (even if it didn't work out—as long as you shipped and had users)
Experience with products like Grammarly, Notion, Coda, Superhuman, Trello, Slack, Todoist, Aura, Whoop, Obsidian, Evernote, or similar B2C/prosumer tools
Experience with bottom-up motion, PLG, viral consumer mechanics, dopamine spikes, engagement loops
Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, running rituals, keeping execution tight across 30-40 people
Comfortable in 0→1 and rapid iteration environments
Exceptional taste + analytical brain = results
Bias toward shipping and iterating fast
Comfort with autonomy (we align on problem/timeline/resources, then you own it)
Urgency and operational rigor
Preferred
Experience with AI agent platforms (Cofounder, new Grammarly products, etc.) is a plus
Top-tier education or no degree + proven track record of shipping
Benefits
Equity: This is a founding-team-level role. You’ll own meaningful equity and help shape the company.
Company
Wordware (YC S24)
Wordware was started with a simple thesis: words are the next programming language. Not software. Wordware.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$31.85MKey Investors
Spark CapitalY Combinator
2024-11-21Seed· $30M
2024-04-30Pre Seed· $0.5M
2023-01-01Pre Seed· $1.35M
Leadership Team
Robert Chandler
Founder and CTO
Recent News
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