As our first Product Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to shape our product vision and drive impactful outcomes that directly influence our trajectory.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of product strategy and roadmap
- Researching and building new products from scratch that align with the company’s vision and business strategy
- Constant customer discovery: conduct interviews, understand their environment and context, empathize with them, analyze and synthesize feedback, and uncover hidden needs and wants
- Work with the engineering team to drive product execution: translate strategy and insights from customer discovery into tangible deliverables—write user stories, define acceptance criteria, create UI/app mock-ups, and then oversee end-to-end product development lifecycle.
- Continuous measurement and optimization: Establish key metrics and tools to run experiments (A/B tests, pilots) to validate and track assumptions, usage and adoption; and then iterate quickly on new ideas.
- Work with sales, marketing and channel teams to create impactful demos and train teams on it
What We’re Looking For
Qualities needed:
- Customer obsession and empathy, and the ability to uncover hidden needs and wants of customers; track record of gathering and synthesizing customer insights to drive product decisions and user-centric outcomes.
- Constantly thinking about new products and expansion and track record supporting that.
- Team player
- Communicative
- Ability to switch and see the larger picture without sacrificing attention to detail.
- Data-Driven & Analytical: Comfort interpreting analytics, running experiments, and iterating quickly. You leverage data to guide prioritization.
- Experience linking product decisions to overarching business goals, including strategies to drive ARR and NRR growth.
- Ownership & Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment—ideally in a startup or a zero-to-one product context.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to motivate and align diverse teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales) around a shared roadmap.
- End-to-End Execution: Willingness to roll up your sleeves—writing specs, testing features, supporting go-to-market efforts, and everything in between.
- Prioritization Skills: Able to juggle short-term deliverables and deadlines with the longer-term strategic vision while handling day-to-day fires and distractions
- Experience using and being up-to-date with AI tools relevant for product management and prototyping
Necessary skills:
- Seniority level: minimum 3 years of product management experience in an industry that touches the physical world, preferably at a tech startup
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in business, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; adept at presenting to various stakeholders, including senior leadership.
- Experience using data analytics and product management tools (e.g., Asana, Amplitude, etc.).
Preferred, but optional:
- Technical background
- Former founder / entrepreneurial background / zero-to-one product development in the past
- Experience building AI-powered products
Why Join Hakimo?
- Direct and Immediate Impact: Directly influence our growth and shape how our products evolve.
- Work with Good People: Work alongside a passionate, mission-driven team that values integrity, learning, and innovation and above all, being good human beings.
- Professional Growth: As our first PM who will work closely with the entire leadership team, you’ll gain exposure to strategic decision-making at the highest level.