GM, AI & Design Services

At Havenly Brands were building this generations premier destination for all things home. Alongside our award winning Havenly design services we proudly own and operate some of the best home furnishings brands in the business including Havenly Interior Define The Citizenry Burrow Inside and . Our family of brands is growing and were looking for amazing people to join us on this journey!

Havenly is not just the #1 residential interior design service in America - were architecting the future of how millions design their homes. With our proprietary 3D visualization technology our worldwide network of designers empowered with AI tools and our revolutionary customer-facing AI design assistant were at the inflection point of a massive market transformation. This isnt just another operations role its the opportunity to build the category-defining business at the intersection of AI design and commerce.

Were seeking an entrepreneurial P&L owner to own the strategy to scale our core design business through a paradigm shift: from traditional service delivery to AI-augmented experiences that deliver 5x the value at 10x the speed. Youll be the CEO of a business-within-a-mid 9 figure revenue business driving both our groundbreaking AI design assistant (launching to millions) and our premium human-powered services that have already transformed millions of homes.

What Youll Own

Business Leadership & Growth

• Own the P&L with aggressive growth targets driving toward category dominance
• Lead the strategy for our consumer facing AI-assisted interior design expansion
• Scale our online and in person interior design services while architecting the business model evolution: subscriptions AI-to-human upsell paths enterprise partnerships and more.
• Drive double-digit revenue growth while improving unit economics through AI and operational excellence

Product & Experience Revolution

• Partner with Product/Engineering to shape our AI roadmap - youre the voice of the business
• Define how AI and human designers create synergy at massive scale
• Key stakeholder in the end-to-end experience from AI chat to complete room makeovers
• Optimize our current designer operations while launching game-changing features that make competitors obsolete

Market & Strategic Expansion

• Identify and execute new market opportunities: B2B2C partnerships white-label AI tools etc.
• Build strategic relationships with key brands in our 500K product marketplace
• Position Havenly as the thought leader in AI-powered design
• Maintain market leadership in traditional design services while creating the future

Team & Talent Transformation

• Lead and develop a world-class team spanning designer success design quality and AI operations
• Evolve our designer network from service providers to AI-empowered creative directors
• Manage existing operations teams while building new capabilities for scale
• Foster a culture of rapid experimentation operational rigor and customer obsession

About You

The Builder-Operator Youre rare: someone who can optimize a complex service operation while simultaneously building transformational new products. Youve likely:

• Scaled businesses through both operational excellence and product innovation
• Managed successful P&Ls while launching category-creating features
• Led teams through business model transitions without dropping the ball
• Balanced short-term performance with long-term strategic shifts
• Found yourself doing your own analysis diving in alongside the team to problem solve driving transformational projects and leading from the front lines on major initiatives.

Core Requirements

• Strategic operator: You think in TAM expansion while obsessing over operational metrics for complex operations
• AI-forward: You are truly excited by how AI transforms business models not just automates tasks
• Customer zealot: Deep empathy for both consumers overwhelmed by design and designers elevating their craft
• Data-driven storyteller: You make decisions through analysis and inspire teams through vision
• Energetic Problem Solver: You love breaking apart complex problems into actionable tasks and being creative to get things doneScrappy and ambitious: You dont let perfect be the enemy of good and roll up your sleeves alongside team members of all levels to get stuff done
• Leadership multiplier: Youve managed complex organizations and influenced across stakeholder groups

Preferred Experience

• 8 years ideally in high capacity roles with observable growth trajectories. We prefer candidates that have previous experience in strategy consulting private equity or product or P&L ownership at growth stage consumer or tech companies
• Track record of managing existing businesses and launching new products is a huge bonus
• Fluency with two-sided marketplaces service operations or creator economy platforms
• Understanding of AI/ML applications and their business implications and a strong curiosity and willingness to learn about new emerging AI technologies
• History of navigating complex transformations while maintaining performance

Why This Role Why Now

Interior design is a massive global market thats been fundamentally unchanged for decades. With our proprietary AI trained on millions of real designs exclusive brand partnerships and the largest designer network in the US we have unfair advantages no one can replicate. But technology alone doesnt win marketsexecution does. Thats where you come in.

We need someone who gets excited by the complexity of running a sophisticated operation today while building the platform that will define our industry tomorrow. Youll inherit a strong growing business with real customers and revenuenot a PowerPoint deckand have the mandate to transform it into something exponentially larger.

This is the rare opportunity to join at the knee of the hockey stick curve for one of our brands with proven product-market fit but massive headroom for growth. Youll have the resources of a mature company with the mandate to use agility to move fast and define an entire category.

Location: This is a full-time in-person role at our Denver headquarters. We believe the magic happens when breakthrough teams collaborate in person especially when building something this transformational. We want you to work from our HQ as much as possible and were willing to help the right candidate relocate.

Comp: Competitive Salary plus generous bonus and pre-IPO equity commensurate with experience and impact.