VP of Product
Founded in 2017, January.ai is an early stage precision health company based in Menlo Park. In response to a healthcare system designed to only address decline and disease, January is building a revolutionary, upstream consumer-health category to promote resilient health while predicting, postponing and preventing chronic conditions. We integrate data from multi-omic and formerly disparate sources into a unified view of users’ health, our machine learning reveals precise, personalized insights, which our software transforms into incisive daily actions. We are a passionate team with foundations firmly rooted in scientific evidence and believe in building transformative, frictionless and human-centric products that superlatively value individual privacy and community trust. We believe in meeting people where they are and facilitating their journey toward their personal best. Join our dream team of scientists, machine learning, and software engineers aspiring to help people live healthier and happier lives every day.
Position Overview
Bring us your vision, your tools, your passion! We are seeking a world class product management professional to build out January.ai’s product team. The ideal candidate will have extensive consumer health experience; a history of shipping successful products; the analytical abilities to evaluate market opportunities and their potential financial returns; strong technical aptitude; and superior leadership skills. As the VP of product, you will be a key decision maker and leader in guiding the direction of the company from day one.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor and manage a team of product managers, including recruiting, hiring, and training product managers
- Build incredible teams and processes to deliver products that satisfy the needs of customersLead, define, represent and communicate product strategy to all stakeholders, partnering with CEO & CTO
- Own UX design efforts supporting product iterations (may be external and/or internal)
- Product lifecycle management from concept to launch of the product(s) across all products/product lines
- Identify key trends affecting precision health and consumer health in the next 3, 5, and 10 years
- Own the product roadmap and communicate with C-level staff and other stakeholders.
- Assess product development sprints and enhancement opportunities, as well as monitor product development sprints and evaluate results
- Develop budgets, forecasts, and metrics.
- Define pricing and competitive positioning for each product
- Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and decisive action
- Understand the evolving product mix in the marketplace and identify potential strategic partnerships for complimentary product offerings
Qualifications:
- 10 years’ experience in product management in the healthcare space, preferably working with mobile consumer products at high growth startups
- 5 years’ experience leading and mentoring product managers
- BS in Biology, Computer Science, or related technical discipline; MBA helpful
- Demonstrated track record of success building, shipping, and iterating on high value teams and products within an agile software development environment
- Ability to understand complex business problems and craft effective strategies to tackle them
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Extremely well organized with the ability to balance multiple concurrent priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
- Nice to have: familiarity with ML/AI technologies
January.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We are a diverse team and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We’d love to hear from you. Local candidates preferred. We do not accept third-party solicitation for employment.