Product Manager - Contract to Hire

Our mission

airCFO helps startups succeed.

At airCFO, we partner with 200+ of the world's most impactful startups to build their visions of the future. We’ve helped world-changing startups such Anthropic, Replit, Bluesky, ApartmentList, and others build best-in-class back-offices so they can scale without their internal operations becoming a bottleneck.

Our full-stack team of experts in Finance, Accounting, People Ops, and Tax minimizes compliance and financial risks, providing founders with peace of mind. Our vision is to become the premier workplace for startup-minded professionals, serving as a best-in-class advisor to hundreds of high-growth startups.

Your role in our mission

Over the past 6 months, we've been building tools that give our client-facing team superpowers, and the results have exceeded our most optimistic predictions.

Now, we're looking for a Product Manager to help us scale what's working with our internal AI-powered financial analysis platform. If you have a passion for working with fast-growing startups and you want to help build an AI-native Product function, come and join our amazing team!

This hire will be successful if they bring rigor to our roadmap, keep engineering on track, and help us validate ideas with our customers before they hit production. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the role:

• Roadmap & Planning
  • Co-develop a quarterly product roadmap with the CEO
  • Translate roadmap into prioritized backlog and actionable tasks
  • Maintain roadmap documentation as priorities evolve
  • Use AI as a strategic thinking partner for prioritization and tradeoff decisions
• Execution Management
  • Run sprint cadence with CTO (standups, blockers, progress tracking)
  • Surface risks early and keep building moving
  • Collect and document requirements from Alex, team feedback, and focus groups
• Validation & Prototyping
  • Conduct monthly focus groups with airCFO team members to validate product direction and surface usability issues
  • Use AI to synthesize feedback and identify patterns
  • Build functional prototypes using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, v0, Replit, or similar) to test concepts before handing off to engineering

This is a contract-to-hire position with a 3-month trial period, with the expectation of converting to full-time if there's mutual fit. You'll serve as the connective tissue between our CEO's vision and our CTO's execution.

Explore this opportunity if…

You’ve had the following experiences in your career

• You have 2-4 years of product management experience
• You've worked at early-stage startups or small product teams and are comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities
• You're conversant in engineering and can discuss technical tradeoffs with our CTO
• You already use AI tools daily for writing PRDs, synthesizing research, and thinking through problems

The following statements describe you

• AI fluency is core, not a nice-to-have — You're comfortable building rough prototypes with AI-assisted tools and actively experiment with new AI workflows
• You see AI as a multiplier for what a small team can accomplish, not as a novelty
• Strong documentation and communication habits
• Self-directed and don't need close management to stay on track
• Comfortable working async with a distributed team
• Nice to have: Fintech, accounting software, or startup services context

Our North Stars

At airCFO, we strive to be living examples of our values. Each day, we strive to actionably demonstrate these values through our processes, interactions, and output. Here is a look at our values:

Fully Accountable Growth Mindset | Quality Focus | Dedication to Craft | Pride | Impact | Ownership | Founder Mentality | Balance

Startup Mindset Adaptable | Disruptive | Innovative | Intellectual Curiosity | Scrappiness

Strength in Numbers Diversity | Collaboration | Respectful Disagreement | No ego | 'All for One' | Openness to Feedback

Founder Focus Mindfulness | Thoughtfulness | Proactiveness | Helpfulness | Empathy

Global Connection Remote Work | Diversity | Cultural Intelligence | Empowerment | Flexibility

FAQ

• What is the compensation package?

  • Structure: 3-month contract (1099), converting to full-time employment with mutual fit
  • Compensation: $100K-130K (pro-rated during contract period based on hours) + bonus eligibility
  • If you like the look of the role but the above isn't the range you're looking for, you can still apply to ask whether we can match your expectations.

• What perks/benefits do you offer?

  Fully remote (US time zones preferred; team is distributed globally)
  Full-Time Hire Benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits to cover you and any dependents
  • $1,000 Home Office Stipend to get you set up with everything you need
  • Flexible PTO
  • A monthly wellness stipend is added to each paycheck
  • Laptop reimbursement after 90 days of employment

* Note : Applicants will be subject to a background check and employment reference check at the expense of airCFO.

airCFO is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of airCFO to not discriminate against any job applicant or employee based on age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status or any other protected status. This policy includes but is not limited to the following: recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training, including apprenticeship, layoff, or termination.*