Founding Product Manager, Agents
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
AI is transforming how every company operates but most enterprises are stuck. They want to move fast with AI Agents tools and workflows but they cant do it safely. Were fixing that.
Our team built AI Actions for OpenAI shipped Zapier Agents to millions of users and launched the first remote MCP server with Anthropic. We helped establish the protocol and now were building the platform enterprises need to actually put AI to work.
Runlayer is one platform for MCPs Skills and Agents: purpose-built security fine-grained governance and complete observability so organizations can go all-in on AI across the entire company without the risk. We just raised a $30M Series A led by Felicis with participation from Khosla Ventures bringing our total raised to $42M. Already trusted by Gusto Instacart Opendoor dbt Labs and Decagon.
As the Founding PM for Agents youll own where agents and skills get built shipped and run at scale the growth engine of our customers. That means the fastest path from an idea to a working agent or skill for engineers and non-technical builders alike plus everything that happens once its built: agents running on schedules and triggers calling each other governed by Runlayer underneath and getting better over time.
Youll work directly with the CPO owning the roadmap from discovery through shipped product.
Why Youll Thrive Here
Impact: Build the tools that turn one builder into a team and a team into an org running on agents.
Excellence: Work closely with founders who helped establish MCP and ship fast.
Ownership: Own the builder and the runtime end to end from discovery through shipped product.
Own the builder: natural language to working agent self improvement versioning and sharing.
Own the runtime: event-based triggers scheduling model routing and agent delegation.
Drive growth: Slack Agents time-to-first-working-agent and the self-serve path that turns one builder into a team into an org.
Define how product telemetry makes agents better over time.
Serve both audiences: the engineer who wants SDK depth and the non-technical builder who wants natural language. Run discovery directly with both.
Make decisions prioritize and ship with engineers weekly.
8 years in product management including 3 on developer tools platform or builder/automation products.
Founder or early-PM experience; youve built product processes from zero.
Shipped 01 builder or automation surfaces with a grasp of PLG and bottoms-up growth: activation time-to-value and sharing loops.
Technical depth: you read code and understand API/SDK design agent frameworks and how agents call tools.
Customer obsession: you run your own discovery calls and can name five customers from your last role by first name.
Strong writing; you make your case in clear PRDs not slide decks.
AI-native: you build with agents daily and have real opinions on how they should be created orchestrated and improved.
Hands-on building of MCP skills and how agents call tools and each other in production.
Experience with workflow or agent orchestration triggers or scheduling systems.
A track record turning a builder product into a growth engine (self-serve templates
We provide a competitive package designed to attract and retain top talent who can work effectively with enterprise customers.
Competitive salary and equity compensation that reflects your expertise and customer-facing responsibilities.
Paid time off paid vacation paid sick leave and paid parental leave.
Professional development budget for conferences courses and certifications in AI enterprise software and customer success.
Top-tier equipment your choice of laptop and accessories to create your ideal work environment.
Health benefits comprehensive health dental and vision coverage.
Customer interaction opportunities work directly with innovative companies and see the immediate impact of your work.
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Required Experience:
IC