Head of Product
About the role
We're hiring a Head of Product for the Sentient The Sentient Foundation. The role involves turning our research into shipped, public-facing products such as agent evaluation platforms, benchmarks, leaderboards, datasets, developer tools, and community launches. You'll be responsible for translating research agendas into product specs, user journeys, success metrics, and launch plans. You will also own the Foundation's product function, strategy, roadmap, and priorities. You will lead the Agents & Evaluation product team, act as the Foundation’s primary product counterpart to Sentient Labs' research and product teams, and shape product strategy for emerging categories like agent evaluation and open-source AI distribution.
Responsibilities
- Own 0-to-1 launches end to end: translate research agendas into product specs, user journeys, success metrics, and launch plans.
- Own the Foundation’s product function: strategy, roadmap, and priorities.
- Lead the Agents & Evaluation product team.
- Act as the Foundation’s primary product counterpart to Sentient Labs’ research and product teams.
- Translate their research into Foundation products and align roadmaps across both organizations.
- Packaging technical work into products people can use, such as docs, demos, benchmarks, leaderboards, blog posts, and developer workflows.
- Run developer-facing programs: public challenges, competitions, hackathons, cohorts, and partner-backed launches.
- Build feedback loops from developers, researchers, partners, and open-source contributors back into the roadmap.
- Shape product strategy for emerging categories, such as agent evaluation, open-source AI distribution.
Requirements
- 4+ years of product experience in AI/ML, developer platforms, infrastructure, or technical tools, including leading a product team or owning a product function.
- Experience leading people and operating as a senior cross-org partner.
- You will own a function, mentor PMs, and work as a peer to research and engineering leadership.
- A track record of shipping complex 0-to-1 products in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Hands-on familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, evals, benchmarking, or model deployment workflows.
- Technical background is required to debate tradeoffs with researchers and engineers.
- Exceptional communication: you turn dense technical work into product narratives developers and partners actually read.
- High ownership and urgency; comfortable being the connective tissue across many stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Exceptional communication: you turn dense technical work into product narratives developers and partners actually read.
- High ownership and urgency; comfortable being the connective tissue across many stakeholders.
Skills
- Product experience in AI/ML, developer platforms, infrastructure, or technical tools.
- Experience leading people and operating as a senior cross-org partner.
- Hands-on familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, evals, benchmarking, or model deployment workflows.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Ability to debate tradeoffs with researchers and engineers.
Benefits
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI alignment and open-source ecosystems.
- Work with a dynamic, international team of experts in AI, ethics, and technology.
- Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
- Competitive compensation package, including equity options.
Pay
Competitive compensation package, including equity options.
Schedule
Full-time, remote position.