Head of Product

Sentient Foundation • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Sentient Foundation is seeking a Head of Product to lead the development and launch of public-facing AI products derived from their research. This role involves translating ambiguous ideas into concrete products with clear user bases, metrics, and iteration cycles. The Head of Product will collaborate with research, engineering, design, marketing, business development, and community teams. They will be responsible for the Foundation's product function, strategy, and roadmap, and will initially lead the Agents & Evaluation (Eval AI) product effort. This is a senior, 0-to-1 leadership position in a nascent field, requiring the individual to define best practices and build a team.

Requirements

• 4+ years of product experience in AI/ML, developer platforms, infrastructure, or technical tools, including leading a product team or owning a product function.
• Experience leading people and operating as a senior cross-org partner.
• A track record of shipping complex 0-to-1 products in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Hands-on familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, evals, benchmarking, or model deployment workflows.
• Technical background required to debate tradeoffs with researchers and engineers.
• Exceptional communication: ability to translate dense technical work into product narratives developers and partners will read.
• High ownership and urgency; comfortable being the connective tissue across many stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Built or run benchmarks, leaderboards, eval systems, or open-source programs.
• Knowledge of agent architectures, tool-calling systems, safety evaluations, or AI governance.
• Experience with product-led growth, developer communities, technical GTM, or ecosystem programs.
• Enough full-stack fluency (e.g., Next.js, Postgres) to prototype or pressure-test what you ship.

Responsibilities

• Own 0-to-1 launches end to end: translate research agendas into product specs, user journeys, success metrics, and launch plans.
• Own the Foundation’s product function: strategy, roadmap, and priorities.
• Lead the Agents & Evaluation product team.
• Act as the Foundation’s primary product counterpart to Sentient Labs’ research and product teams, translating their research into Foundation products and aligning roadmaps.
• Package technical work into usable products such as docs, demos, benchmarks, leaderboards, blog posts, and developer workflows.
• Run developer-facing programs: public challenges, competitions, hackathons, cohorts, and partner-backed launches.
• Build feedback loops from developers, researchers, partners, and open-source contributors back into the roadmap.
• Shape product strategy for emerging categories, such as agent evaluation, open-source AI distribution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed