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CPO - Co-Founder
2 days ago
Description
•As the CPO, you will partner with the CEO to develop and launch a mobile-first application designed to match job seekers with employers based on skills, provide access to upskilling opportunities, and improve retention rates for companies with a high number of frontline employees. •We are targeting the manufacturing industry as the first customer as it is one industry that is facing a significant skills shortage. •This is an opportunity to build a product from the ground up that can have a profound impact on both job seekers and employers. •Own the Tech Stack and product development roadmap; Partner with the CEO on all technology-related matters and participate in sales presentations and customer meetings •Deliver product-related business objectives of the Company; Deliver projects on time and on budget; develop and manage OPX budget •Recruit technical and project management teams and provide training, mentoring, and management •Direct responsibility for the entire product lifecycle; Architecture, development, product management, DevOps, InfoSec, production release, and help desk functions •Develop the product roadmap and release schedule; build on, or change, the initial technological architecture •Maintain up-to-date product requirements and 3rd party libraries/ registries and APIs; Create a Product Specification and Technical Specification and keep both documents up to date (periodically). •Communicate technology, methodology/strategy, and data to customers, partners, and investors •Develop and maintain risk management and data protection processes •Privacy & security policies and procedures •Run Agile development sprints, backlog grooming, and planning sessions; accept and use customer and user feedback to optimize product features and functionality •Individual Contributor duties include but are not limited to; determining MVP technology requirements, ability to manage and run self-guided code as well as review of code developed by team members, code deployments, debugging (QC), production releases, and day-to-day management of outsourced development partners (at least initially).
Requirements
•Proven success as a CPO or CTO in a similar technical leadership role at an early-stage SaaS startup, specifically within a B2B or B2C marketplace, with a preference for experience in the HR or Talent tech industry •Product expertise, and a proven track record of creating user experiences that are sticky, drive adoption, and satisfy & delight users •Hands-on technical leader with experience developing cloud-native, API-first headless architecture •Direct supervision of agile software development; Business Requirements documentation and translation into executable development sprints, day-to-day team/scrum management •Track record of delivering development projects on time and on budget; proven ability to motivate teams and create a positive, challenging and enjoyable work environment •Full-stack development familiar with backend development frameworks such as JavaScript, Node.js, and React (Next.js) with experience in REST API design, integrating 3rd party APIs, working with diverse data structures and formats, and managing cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure, or DigitalOcean). •Experience building teams from scratch as well as managing on-shore or off-shore development partners and budgets •Desire and ability to be customer-facing, comfortable directly engaging customers at all levels; business rules documentation through to C-level sales presentations with the ability to communicate complex subjects in a clear, concise manner •Founder experience is preferred or experience working in an early stage venture backed company in a key leadership role. Always ready to jump in and lend a hand and comfortable working in an ambiguous ~ ever-changing environment; A creator that gets personal satisfaction from building from the ground up. •Venture capital fundraising experience is required. •Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Benefits
•Salary plus equity plan •Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance •Flexible work location within the United States, with a Midwest preference •A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment with a proven venture studio playbook •A highly validated concept and business model hypothesis developed by our team, including verbal pilot commitments •Pre-seed funding committed by the 1842 Fund •The support of the venture studio and platform services, we surround the startup with world-class expertise in every discipline required to build a market-leading company
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