Product Startup Founder

About Formlabs:

To reinvent an industry you have to build the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to help us build the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life.

Starting a company is the ultimate test of product-market fit execution and resilient leadership. If youre an ex-co-founder seasoned tinkerer or Product Leader at an early-stage startup looking for the ultimate platform to apply your experiences Formlabs offers the infrastructure to build high-impact products without the bureaucratic drag of a large enterprise.

Your Impact:

New products usually fail because they cost too much to build or cant ship on time not because the prototype didnt work. Were looking for operations leaders who think like founders. This posting isnt tied to one opening. If your background fits well talk about where your experience can have the most impact across our operations teams and match you to a role.

Wherever you land youll run the work you own like a mini-CEO and build the manufacturing supply chain and fulfillment that let Formlabs products scale globally. We value bias for action comfort with ambiguity and deep ownership over outcomes.

We are seeking results-focused leaders/entrepreneurs who can quickly pivot and take charge.

What Youll Do:

• Define Product Strategy & Vision: Act as the ultimate Product Owner creating products and services that define the future of digital manufacturing by identifying unmet user needs and high-potential market gaps.
• Own Business Outcomes: Dont just manage projectsdrive P&L results by identifying new market opportunities and scaling existing business units.
• Build & Lead: Create and lead multi-disciplinary teams of talented engineers operators and designers. Hire and mentor the next generation of Formlabs leaders.
• Take Decisive Action: Make crucial high-stakes decisions that directly impact our core technology and business trajectory.
• Embrace the Ambiguity: Work at the intersection of complex disciplines (engineering sales manufacturing marketing) and take full ownership to get the job done.

About You:

You are a tinkerer and/or an ex-co-founder who thrives on complexity and doesnt wait for permission. You get results.

• Proven Entrepreneurial Experience: You have previously built a business or significant venture (technology startup experience is ideal) demonstrating a high tolerance for risk and a bias for action.
• Comfort with Breadth: You have direct experience creating multi-disciplinary technology products and understand the full lifecycle from ideation to scale.
• Ownership & Hustle: You possess the get it done mindsetthe hustle to do whatever it takes whether its pitching a customer setting up a supply chain or debugging a prototype.
• Adaptive Leadership: You excel at both hiring and leading teams and are energized by a constantly changing high-standard environment.

The standard is high and the work is hard. Success here means you will be fundamentally changing digital manufacturing for designers engineers researchers and artists everywhere.

Bonus Skills:

• Entrepreneurial experience like founding your own business.
• MBA or experience in a consulting role
• Familiarity with manufacturing regulatory or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare pharma or life sciences.
• Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials.
• Familiarity with Tableau or SQL.

Our Benefits & Perks:

• Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical Dental Vision)
• Low-cost fund options in our 401K and access to advisors
• Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
• Flexible Out of Office Plan Take time when you need it
• Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
• Healthy on-site lunches snacks beverages & treats
• Regularly sponsored professional development opportunities
• Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
• And of course unlimited 3D prints

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

Even if you dont check every box but see yourself contributing please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.