6+ years of product management experience with full product lifecycle ownership
Ability to swiftly prioritize and clarify ambiguous, cross-functional issues
Experience in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments shaping processes
Hands-on experience with modern AI technologies and assessing their value
Strong written communication skills for creating clear specs and business cases
Responsibilities
Own product direction for Element AI and collaborate closely with engineering on releases
Map workflows across the organization to identify technology opportunities
Translate priorities into actionable and buildable specifications for engineering
Work collaboratively with design and engineering teams from concept to delivery
Engage directly with subject-matter experts utilizing AI in their projects
Benefits
Hybrid work environment in New York City
Direct report to the CTO, influencing product strategy
Collaboration with established engineering and design teams
Immediate impact on product direction and company workflow
Full Job Description
Product Lead - Element AI Prime Matter Labs | New York City, Hybrid | Full-time
About the role
We need a Product Lead ready to own Element AI immediately, not ease into it over a quarter. Your first priority is Element AI: taking direct product ownership of it and working in close daily partnership with engineering on what ships next. From there, you'll map how work happens across the rest of the business, from formulation to customer service, and turn the biggest opportunities into specs engineering can build against.
This is a senior individual-contributor role with broad ownership, not a people-management position. You won't be doing this in a vacuum: the infrastructure and the people to move fast are already here.
You'll report to the CTO, with direct, unfiltered input into product strategy and no layers of process between you and the decision-maker, and you'll partner closely with design and engineering, whichever side of that partnership your own background doesn't already cover.
What you'll do
Own product direction for Element AI, working daily with engineering on what ships next
Map workflows across the business and prioritize where technology creates the most value, fastest
Turn priorities into clear, buildable specs for engineering
Partner end to end with design and engineering counterparts, from problem to shipped experience
Work directly with subject-matter experts across the business who are already building with AI
What you'll bring
6+ years of product management experience, including senior ownership of a product end to end
A track record of turning ambiguous, cross-functional problems into clear priorities fast
Comfort in a small, high-autonomy team, shaping process as much as following it
Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools and real judgment about where technology creates value
Strong written communication; specs and business cases are core outputs of this role
Nice to have
Experience at a high-growth startup, Big Tech company, or top-tier consulting firm
Deep background in either product design (end-to-end design ownership, a strong point of view on design systems) or engineering (hands-on technical depth, comfortable partnering directly with a platform engineering team)
Experience in manufacturing, CPG, personal care/beauty, or another regulated production environment
Familiarity with quality systems (GMP, batch documentation, change control) or ERP-adjacent workflows
Experience partnering directly with engineering on AI-assisted development
The team
You'll report to the CTO and work in close daily partnership with our engineering and design team and internal subject-matter experts already building with AI.
New York City, Hybrid • $150,000-$300,000 base • Full-time Final compensation is based on experience and scope.
