Salient · 14 hours ago
Product & Growth Lead
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$175K/yr - $230K/yr
4+ years expSalient is building the AI infrastructure for financial operations, focusing on automating complex workflows in loan servicing. They are seeking a Product & Growth Lead to oversee product initiatives and drive enterprise adoption, balancing product management with growth operations.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyInternet
Responsibilities
Own the roadmap for growth-critical product initiatives - onboarding experiences, activation flows, expansion features
Ship 0→1 products collaborating with engineering, research, and design from concept to launch
Drive data-informed decisions on what to build and how to position it - balance user feedback, metrics, and business impact
Build and optimize enterprise growth motions - improve trial-to-paid conversion, reduce time-to-value, identify expansion opportunities
Work directly with customers and prospects to understand pain points and translate insights into product opportunities
Establish metrics and run experiments that prove what's working - track activation rates, feature adoption, customer health, revenue impact
Create scalable playbooks for product launches, beta testing, and customer rollouts
Partner with Sales and CS to ensure product improvements translate to pipeline and retention wins
Qualification
Required
4-8+ years in product, growth, or hybrid roles at fast-growing startups
Experience building 0→1 products, ideally in AI, fintech, or B2B SaaS
Balance of product intuition and data-driven decision-making - you trust your gut but validate with data
Comfort working closely with engineers and researchers to ship fast in ambiguous environments
Track record driving measurable user or revenue growth through product improvements
Preferred
Background in compliance-heavy industries (fintech, lending, reg-tech)
Technical fluency with AI/ML products - understand how the technology works, not just what it does
Experience scaling enterprise adoption and driving expansion within existing accounts
Previous experience as an early product hire building processes from scratch
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
A generous 401(k)
Catered lunches
Company
Salient
Salient is an AI-driven loan servicing platform built specifically for consumer finance and auto lending industries.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$60.5MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzY Combinator
2025-07-28Series A· $60M
2023-04-05Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Mukund Tibrewala
Co-Founder & CTO
Recent News
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