Metalab - AI Product Lead
Requirements
• Project delivery experience at a digital product agency, studio, or consultancy, ideally in a Senior or Lead role • Product delivery experience at a startup, scale-up, or large organization is excellent experience, as well • Demonstrated mastery of running a project end-to-end — prioritization, sequencing, scope, dependencies, and the artifacts that keep design and engineering unblocked • You don't just use AI — you build with it. Likely in your personal life and hobby time. You've shipped skills, agents, or automated workflows that did real work and ran on their own. • A bias toward owning the outcome, not just the plan — carrying product, user, and technical context across the team without letting threads drop • Sharp judgment on what to ship next and what to cut, keeping the team focused on solving the right problem at the right time • Passionate about staying ahead of how AI is changing product delivery, with a personal point of view on what's working and what isn't • Happy working with R&D — taking ideas and prototypes out of experimentation, and folding the findings back into how the broader org delivers
Responsibilities
• Based on your understanding of a client’s business, market trends, user needs, and technical constraints, you will shape product visions and strategies in partnership with project leads and Product Directors through the formulation and clear articulation of: • Areas of opportunity and recommend areas of focus for products • Product outcomes, objectives, and key metrics • Product features and capabilities • Product roadmaps and delivery approaches rooted in the strategy • Keep the team and client laser-focused on solving the right problem at the right time through an outcome-driven approach to product definition, prioritization, and delivery that will enable us to put the best product into the world • Support a cross-functional working environment by ensuring all voices are heard, challenging the team throughout the definition and delivery process, and by building and maintaining productive relationships with both the client and team • Lead and be hands-on in product delivery with limited oversight, utilizing a variety of product development methodologies and creating a wide array of product artifacts to support the design and engineering teams (eg: backlogs, user stories, sprint plans, briefs, requirements documentation, dependency diagrams, logic flows) • Collaborate with engineering leads and project management to define technical implementation methods, assess backend requirements, generate technical estimates, and mitigate delivery impediments • The must-have short list: • At least 5+ years of experience shaping and shipping products through a variety of definition and delivery methodologies • Equal passion for both shaping and shipping products — you never hesitate to roll up your sleeves to get the job done wherever the team is in the process • Experience generating insights and POVs based on market trends, quantitative and qualitative business data, and user research • A nuanced understanding of the differences working with startups and enterprise clients • Able to empathetically and effectively engage with users, translating their emotions into real solutions • Ability to quickly understand, simplify, internalize, and communicate complex or technical concepts • Excellent communicator utilizing all modes of communications (narrative, visual, etc) to ensure alignment with clients of all levels and the internal team • Experience working with cross-functional teams in design, engineering, research, and content strategy • Have an in-depth understanding of what each discipline needs for effective product delivery
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