Founding Product Manager
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Experience: 3+ yrs
Location: Bangalore
Job Type: Full-time
We are looking for a hands-on Founding Product Manager to work closely with customers, founders, and engineering teams to shape and execute products that transform complex mechanical and manufacturing workflows.
This role is ideal for a product leader who can operate at the intersection of product strategy, customer discovery, CAD, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and software development. You will translate real-world customer problems into clear product requirements, prototypes, milestones, and measurable outcomes while helping engineering teams build products that solve genuinely difficult problems.
Requirements
~1 min readResponsibilities
~2 min read- โOwn end-to-end product execution, from customer discovery and problem definition to product delivery and iteration.
- โTranslate customer needs and business priorities into clear product requirements, PRDs, prototypes, milestones, timelines, and evaluation criteria.
- โEngage directly with customers to understand workflows, pain points, requirements, and opportunities for product improvement.
- โDevelop a strong understanding of CAD workflows, engineering drawings, mechanical design, manufacturing processes, and industrial workflows.
- โWork closely with engineering teams to communicate product behavior, edge cases, technical trade-offs, and expected outcomes.
- โPrototype product ideas quickly and use customer insights to validate concepts before development.
- โBreak complex product problems into practical milestones and communicate priorities clearly to engineering teams.
- โReproduce, investigate, and clearly document product issues to support effective debugging and resolution.
- โPartner with engineering, design, operations, and customer-facing teams to ensure high-quality product releases.
- โDefine product evaluations, acceptance criteria, and quality benchmarks, including evaluations for AI-powered features or agents where applicable.
- โParticipate in sprint planning, reviews, release discussions, QA processes, and product prioritization.
- โImprove processes around product planning, customer feedback, documentation, QA, and release management.
- โIdentify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce ambiguity, and help engineering teams move faster without unnecessary processes.
- โContinuously research technical challenges and emerging technologies to understand what is possible and how it can be applied to customer workflows.
- โTake ownership of ambiguous and technically complex problems and drive them toward practical product outcomes.
- 3+ years of experience in product management, product development, or other product-centric roles.
- Proven experience working closely with software engineering teams and successfully shipping software products.
- Exposure to or hands-on experience with CAD, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, 3D workflows, or industrial technology.
- Strong understanding of user workflows and the ability to translate complex customer problems into clear product requirements.
- Excellent ability to prototype ideas quickly, evaluate product quality, and define what a great user experience should look like.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break complex problems into actionable milestones.
- Comfortable working with highly technical engineering teams and understanding enough technical detail to make informed product decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical, business, and customer perspectives.
- Comfortable operating with limited information, ambiguity, and rapidly changing priorities.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive initiatives from 0 to 1.
- Experience working in a startup, entrepreneurial environment, or early-stage product organization is highly desirable.
- Strong customer empathy and experience building products that users genuinely value.
- Experience defining evaluation frameworks for AI products or AI agents is a strong advantage.
- Background in 3D, CAD, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, or industrial automation is preferred.
- Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset, with experience building something independently or an ambition to take ownership of products and businesses at a leadership level.
- Comfortable using modern AI-assisted development and productivity tools to research, prototype, analyse, and accelerate product execution.
- Willingness to work on-site in Bengaluru with a fast-moving, highly collaborative team.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- August 29, 2026
- First seen
- September 29, 2026
- Last seen
- September 29, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 16%
- Scored at
- September 29, 2026
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