Director of Product

Liminal is building the future of generative AI security, bringing safe and reliable AI to regulated industries. We’re a revenue-generating, well-capitalized startup backed by one of the top-performing venture studios in the U.S.

The Director of Product is a high-impact, hands‑on product leadership role at a critical inflection point in the company’s journey. We’ve validated the product and market—now we need a product leader who can bring clarity, structure, and momentum to how we build.

This role owns both product strategy and day‑to‑day execution
. You’ll partner closely with the CEO and CTO to translate company vision into a clear, executable roadmap and ensure the engineering team is building the right things, in the right order, for the right reasons.

This is not a large‑team leadership role (yet). You’ll operate as an individual contributor product leader, laying the foundation for scalable product processes and positioning yourself to grow into a broader leadership role as the company scales.

• Define and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap aligned with company goals, customer needs, and market opportunity
• Own the “why” behind product decisions and ensure alignment across leadership, engineering, and go-to-market teams
• Balance near‑term delivery with long‑term platform and expansion strategy

• Own the end‑to‑end product development lifecycle from discovery through launch and iteration
• Lead agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, and retrospectives
• Write clear user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria that reduce ambiguity and accelerate delivery
• Maintain a prioritized backlog that balances customer feedback, business needs, and technical constraints
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to navigate tradeoffs, feasibility, and technical debt
• Serve as the single source of truth for what’s being built and why
• Synthesize feedback from customers, sales, customer success, and partners into actionable product insights
• Lead customer‑facing product conversations, demos, and roadmap discussions
• Push back thoughtfully and with data when requests do not align with strategy

• Define success metrics for product initiatives and ensure proper instrumentation and visibility
• Use data to inform prioritization, measure impact, and iterate on product decisions
• Stay close to market trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities

• Establish product processes and artifacts that will scale with the organization
• Build product discipline without unnecessary bureaucracy
• Help shape the future product organization and prepare for team growth post-Series A

• 6–8+ years of product management experience with ownership of both strategy and execution
• Proven experience operating as a hands‑on product leader in an early‑stage or fast‑moving environment
• Strong background working with engineering teams in agile development environments
• Demonstrated ability to lead products from early validation through growth and iteration
• Experience balancing multiple stakeholders and making tough prioritization decisions

• Highly structured thinker who brings order to ambiguity
• Comfortable operating at multiple levels—from strategic planning to sprint‑level execution
• Strong bias toward action and shipping
• Data‑informed decision maker with the ability to articulate tradeoffs clearly
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Confident, clear, and decisive—able to lead without authority
• Comfortable engaging directly with customers and executives
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Experience in AI, security, developer tools, or regulated industries
• Familiarity with cloud‑native architectures and modern SaaS platforms
• Startup or seed‑to‑Series A experience
• Background working on products requiring compliance or security considerations

• $140k - $155k annual salary based on experience+ equity participation

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