16VC
Product Manager
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Founding Product Manager
Location: Remote
Type: Full-time
About 16VC
16VC is a venture capital firm and venture studio partnering with exceptional founders to build, launch, and scale category-defining technology companies. We work at the earliest stages of company creation identifying opportunities, validating ideas, assembling world-class teams, and helping founders build products with global impact.
We're looking for a Founding Product Manager to join our venture studio and help turn ambitious ideas into successful businesses.
The Role
As a Founding Product Manager, you'll work alongside founders, engineers, designers, and investors to build products from zero to one. You'll play a critical role in validating opportunities, defining product strategy, launching MVPs, and driving product-market fit across new ventures.
This is an opportunity to build multiple companies—not just one product.
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What You'll Do
- Lead product strategy from idea to launch.
- Conduct customer discovery interviews and validate market opportunities.
- Define product vision, roadmap, and feature priorities.
- Translate customer insights into clear product requirements.
- Work closely with engineering and design to deliver high-quality MVPs.
- Analyse user behaviour, product metrics, and customer feedback to guide decisions.
- Drive rapid experimentation and iteration to achieve product-market fit.
- Collaborate with founders and venture studio leadership on new venture creation.
- Support portfolio companies with product strategy and execution where needed.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in Product Management.
- Experience building products in startups or high-growth technology companies.
- Strong understanding of product strategy, customer discovery, and Agile development.
- Ability to make decisions using data and customer insights.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Passion for startups, innovation, and company building.
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Nice to Have
- Experience with AI, SaaS, fintech, or enterprise software.
- Previous experience in an early-stage startup, accelerator, or venture studio.
- Technical background or experience working closely with software engineering teams.
- Familiarity with tools such as Figma, Jira, Notion, Mixpanel, and Amplitude.
Why Join 16VC?
- Build products that become venture-backed companies.
- Work directly with founders, investors, and experienced operators.
- Own meaningful product decisions from day one.
- Be part of a collaborative team focused on creating the next generation of category-defining startups.
- Competitive salary with equity opportunities where applicable.
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