Product Operations Lead
Quick Summary
sprint planning across Product, Eng, and Design, and own the backlog as a living artifact. Own release coordination, QA readiness, launch checklists, and cross-team communication.
sprints, backlog, releases, and QA. Fluent working directly with engineers in a software development environment. Has owned a product-ops or release process end-to-end and independently,
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Run the product operating system: sprint planning across Product, Eng, and Design, and own the backlog as a living artifact.
- →Own release coordination, QA readiness, launch checklists, and cross-team communication.
- →Spot coordination gaps, unclear ownership, and bottlenecks before they become expensive.
- →Own support operations: intake, routing, resolution, and turning recurring support signals into product and engineering inputs.
- →Use AI aggressively to compress admin work and build lightweight automations that let a small team operate at greater scale.
- →Simplify process aggressively, favoring higher reliability over more ceremony.
Tech stack: Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Compose, TypeScript, Hono, Postgres, Supabase, Snowflake, Cloudflare, AWS, Amplitude, Statsig, Sentry, Grafana Cloud
Requirements
~1 min read- 3–7 years in a product, project, or technical program management role on a software product, with a track record of execution and operational rigor.
- Hands-on exposure to the full software development lifecycle: sprints, backlog, releases, and QA.
- Fluent working directly with engineers in a software development environment.
- Has owned a product-ops or release process end-to-end and independently, including building one from scratch and recognizing when an existing one is broken.
- Experience at an early-stage (Seed to Series C) startup.
- Strong communicator and facilitator who runs meetings, documents decisions, and closes loops.
- Able to work in person daily at the New York City office.
Nice to Have
~1 min read- A consumer or B2B2C background with deep operational complexity, such as trust and safety, payments, moderation, or multi-stakeholder coordination.
- Experience operating across multiple company stages, from very small teams up through scale.
What We Offer
~1 min read- Location: New York, NY
- Work policy: On-site, 5 days per week
- Compensation: $100K–$180K + equity
- Visa sponsorship: Available, including transfers
- Employment type: Full-time
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- First seen
- September 15, 2026
- Last seen
- September 17, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 51%
- Scored at
- September 15, 2026
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