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Founding Product Manager (Access Control System)

RemoteFull-timeMiddleWorldManagement

The AI agent market is exploding. Companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and dozens of startups are racing to build agent platforms. But they all hit the same wall: enterprise customers won't deploy agents that can't be properly controlled.

No one has solved secure, granular access control for AI agents at scale yet. And this is the infrastructure problem that will define the next era of enterprise AI.

We're building the access control layer that will enable AI agents to operate safely across enterprise systems — think of it as IAM reimagined for the age of autonomous agents. This is a category-defining opportunity. The company that solves this becomes the de facto standard for AI access control.

About The Role

This is a 0-1 product + go-to-market role for someone who can take a platform product from hypothesis to early enterprise adoption.

The technical complexity is high. You need to understand both how AI agents work under the hood AND how enterprise security teams think about access control.

The market is nascent. You'll be doing customer discovery with companies that don't yet know they need this solution. You'll need to articulate the problem before you can sell the solution.

What You'll Do

  • Deep customer discovery: Conduct user interviews with security teams, IT administrators and business stakeholders to understand enterprise access management pain points
  • Product Vision & Strategy: Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap based on market needs and security best practices
  • Rapid prototyping: Use AI tools to quickly build prototypes and landing pages to test hypotheses
  • Go-to-Market & Sales: Engage directly with prospects to understand their challenges, negotiate pilots, and close early deals
  • Product Development: Work hands-on with an engineer to deliver solutions, translating technical constraints into product decisions

What We're Looking For

  • Zero-to-one experience: You've built a product from scratch and taken it to market. You know what it takes to go from idea to revenue.
  • IAM/Security expertise: You understand how access control works in enterprises, what security teams care about, and why current solutions fall short.
  • Deep AI understanding: You've actually built AI agents, understand MCPs, tool calls, and their security implications
  • Technical background: Ideally, previous development experience. You'll be working with cutting-edge protocols and need to understand technical constraints to make informed product decisions
  • Experience in either: Building internal platform solutions within organizations, OR Developing products that serve as a B2B SaaS platform
  • High agency and comfort with ambiguity

What We Offer

  • Contractor agreement with a US-registered legal entity.
  • 100% remote: work from anywhere in the world
  • Competitive salary in USD + options — we focus on market rates, ready to hear your expectations and prepare an offer matching your expertise
  • Resources: budget for tools, learning, and whatever you need to succeed
  • Ownership: Direct influence on product direction, strategy, and go-to-market approach
  • Fast-moving team and environment: we ship fast, learn fast, and iterate constantly
  • Network: You'll build relationships with top AI companies and enterprise leaders
  • Direct work with founders: without layers of management

Timing matters. ā€

A year from now, there will be 10 companies trying to solve this problem. Right now, you have the chance to be first.
And you'll be building the infrastructure layer that has the potential to unlock this entire market.

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