VP Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Directly oversee the overall product strategy and management organization at Current AI, reporting to the CEO.

• Take ownership of AI Potluck from start to finish, which includes Alpha, the Gap Map, the Alpha Public Router, and forthcoming products.

• Convert the organizational mission into product designs, emphasizing interoperability and the completeness of the larger ecosystem stack.

• Manage the global product roadmap and provide technical options, trade-offs, and strategic advice to the CEO and Board.

• Establish product policies, including content guidelines, criteria for models and suppliers, and metrics for language-specific quality assessment.

• Lead the entire product lifecycle, covering PRDs, user stories, roadmap management, and product launches.

• Organize workstreams and maintain documentation for the roadmap, release notes, and partner communications.

• Spearhead high-impact product and feature launches, ensuring clear communication to the ecosystem.

• Oversee the Product Sprint process, which includes backlog management, sprint planning, and weekly updates.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering to translate platform capabilities into product features.

• Align engineering teams and external partners around a unified product roadmap.

• Identify and engage partners, facilitating collaboration across funding projects, partner institutions, and internal teams.

• Involve partners, grantees, and the wider technical community to enhance ecosystem strategy.

• Directly supervise the Head of Engineering and product teams.

• Plan resource allocation, hiring, and product and engineering budgets alongside executive leadership.

• Identify and nurture new projects, prototypes, or product lines that address gaps in the public-interest AI stack.

• Establish the vision for AI coding-tool usage while ensuring human judgment is preserved in critical decisions regarding product, quality, security, and architecture.

• Within the first six months, transition Alpha from testing to regular use in partner organizations, define the Public Router product direction, set the 2027 roadmap, and boost partner contributions on Alpha.

• Evaluate success through timely product delivery, active organizational use, open-source integrations and contributions, completed partner integrations, and a clear roadmap.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12–15+ years of experience in product leadership roles, particularly in AI systems, with a track record of managing cross-functional product and engineering teams.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing complex technical product roadmaps across distributed teams.

• A collaborative and cross-functional working approach; experience in partnership with Engineering and Programme teams.

• Strategic mindset regarding product ecosystems and platforms.

• A builder mentality with a focus on experimentation and execution.

• Proficiency in English with strong public speaking abilities and the capacity to tailor written communication for diverse audiences.

• Executive maturity, including proactive communication with the CEO and effective executive coordination.

• Comfort in navigating complex public-private stakeholder landscapes.

• Practical knowledge of LLM systems, encompassing evaluation, serving, and safety aspects.

• Experience in open-source ecosystems, research-product organizations, or public-interest technology initiatives is preferred.

• Demonstrated capability to develop and implement product strategies that drive narrative shifts and build movements is advantageous.

• Proficiency in French is a significant advantage.

• Experience in international organizations, foundations, or global advocacy movements is preferred.

• Willingness to collaborate across cultures, time zones, and disciplines.

• A dedication to public-interest AI and practical execution.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal access to employment and fair evaluation without discrimination.

• Opportunity to work remotely from Paris.

• Engaging work driven by a mission in public-interest AI.

• Collaboration with governments, foundations, private-sector partners, grantees, and the open-source ecosystem.