Founding Product Manager
Scrabble & Jigsaw · Bangalore Urban, India ·
- Category
- Product
- Experience
- 2+ years
A founding product manager at a small, in-person Bangalore startup who owns the end-to-end experience of an agent interface, onboarding, and support for a product serving law firms. They run customer discovery, turn pain points into strategy, and prototype and ship features alongside engineers, contributing code with AI tools.
# Founding Product Manager
## Job Summary
The **Founding Product Owner** will lead the development of the core product experience, including the user interface, onboarding process, and support systems. The candidate will work directly with the founder, customers, and engineering teams to identify key problems, prioritize impactful features, and ship solutions that enhance user trust and operational efficiency.
## Responsibilities
- Own the **end-to-end experience** of the agent interface, onboarding, and customer support, continuously identifying and resolving user pain points.
- Conduct **discovery activities** by engaging with law firms, analyzing support conversations, and studying competitors to understand industry needs and gaps.
- Translate **customer pain points** into clear product strategies, focusing on high-impact changes that deliver maximum value.
- Collaborate closely with engineers to **prototype, develop, and ship** features, utilizing AI coding tools and contributing code when necessary.
- Participate in **customer and sales conversations** to demonstrate product fit, gather feedback, and ensure promises are deliverable.
- Establish a **feedback loop** that integrates customer insights, sales data, and product development to iteratively improve the product.
## Qualifications
- 2-6 years of experience in product development, with a proven track record of taking products from concept to user adoption.
- Strong **technical background**; capable of coding and working hands-on with engineering teams.
- Experience in **building user-centric products** with high taste and low tolerance for confusing experiences.
- Ability to **prioritize work** effectively, focusing on the 20% of efforts that generate 80% of results.
- Excellent **communication skills**; able to explain the importance of details to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with customers, understanding workflows, and translating insights into product features.
- Educational background: **Not specified**, but relevant technical or product experience is essential.
## Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with AI tools and coding, especially in a product development context.
- Experience working in startup environments or as a founder, engineer, or product lead.
- Knowledge of legal workflows or enterprise SaaS products.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, in-person environment, preferably based in Bangalore or willing to relocate.
## Environment
- Small, close-knit team based in Bangalore.
- In-person collaboration preferred, working side-by-side with customers, engineers, and the founder.
- Fast-paced startup culture focused on rapid iteration and direct customer engagement.