Lead Product Manager, Fund Tax

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 204000 - 240000

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Company Youll Join

Carta connects founders investors and limited partners through world-class software purpose-built for everyone in venture capital private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65000 companies in 160 countries Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build invest and scale with confidence.

Cartas Fund Administration platform supports 9000 funds and SPVs representing nearly $185B in assets under management with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune Forbes Fast Company Inc. and Great Places to Work Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions dont work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Cartas software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - its a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

For more information about our offices and culture check out our Carta careers page.

The Problems Youll Solve

We are hiring a Lead Product Manager to lead the evolution of our Fund Tax platform one of Cartas fastest growing products. Our Fund Tax offering is a critical component of this ecosystem. We bridge the gap between complex accounting data and regulatory compliance automating the preparation filing and distribution of federal and state tax returns (e.g. Form 1065s and Schedule K-1s) for thousands of GPs and LPs.

Your mission is to not just build a better tax product but to reimagine the way partnership tax is done in venture & private equity in an AI first world. You will be responsible for building the rails that allow data to flow from our General Ledger into tax-ready outputs with zero manual intervention.

Our ideal candidate is a systems thinker who excels at breaking down high-stakes logic-heavy processes into scalable software. You dont need to be a tax expert on day one but you must be obsessed with mastering the domain logic to build a world-class automation engine.

Additionally you will

Map out complex manual workflows currently handled by tax professionals and translate them into automated product features. Your goal is to reduce human-in-the-loop dependency.
Define and execute a roadmap that balances immediate regulatory deadlines with long-term architectural scalability.
Act as the bridge between our internal tax experts and our engineering squads. You will translate tax-speak into technical specs logic trees and data models.
Ensure the underlying data architecture is robust enough to support audit-ready outputs. You will define the validation rules that prevent errors before they happen.
Work with design to create intuitive interfaces for complex financial actions making the high-stakes world of tax feel simple and controlled for our users.

About You

7 years in Product Management: Specifically building complex logic-driven products
The Simplifier Mindset: A proven track record of taking an opaque manual process and turning it into a streamlined high-adoption software product.
Technical Fluency: You are comfortable discussing data schemas API integrations and calculation engines with engineers.
Analytical Rigor: You are numbers-oriented. You enjoy digging into spreadsheets to understand the math before you ask an engineer to code it.
Exceptional Communication: The ability to move between a high-level strategic vision and the nitty-gritty details required for a successful technical launch.
Intellectual Curiosity: You have a builder mentality and a hunger to master a new complex domain quickly.
Resilience: You thrive in high-stakes environments where accuracy is paramount and deadlines are fixed.

Salary

Cartas compensation package includes a market competitive salary equity for all full time roles exceptional benefits and for applicable roles commissions plans. Our minimum cash compensation (salary commission if applicable) range for this role is:

$193000 - $228000 in Seattle WA
$204000 - $240000 in San Francisco CA; New York NY

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography candidate experience and expertise and other factors.

Disclosures:

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The Company Youll JoinCarta connects founders investors and limited partners through world-class software purpose-built for everyone in venture capital private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65000 companies in 160 countries Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you c...