Lead Product Manager

inKind•Austin, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Product Manager (Pod Lead) owns the execution and success of a cross-functional Pod, translating company strategy into business outcomes. This is not a traditional Product Management or people-management role; the Pod Lead operates like the general manager of a small startup within inKind by setting priorities, making decisions, removing obstacles, and enabling the team to build, experiment, and deliver. The role works closely with the CEO and executive leadership, with autonomy to drive execution, challenge assumptions, and focus the Pod on the highest-priority work. Success is measured by the impact the Pod creates rather than by the volume of work shipped. The Pod Lead turns company priorities into objectives, plans, and measurable outcomes; identifies opportunities across Product, Growth, AI, and business operations; and balances speed, quality, customer experience, and commercial impact. They own Pod prioritization and delivery cadence, lead planning and team routines, manage dependencies, and help the Pod launch, learn, and deliver results. The role also involves building a collaborative, accountable team; working across business functions and Pods; and communicating Pod performance, priorities, risks, trade-offs, insights, and recommendations to leadership. The position is based in Austin, Texas, and is in person. The Lead Product Manager reports to a role or person listed as “TBC.” inKind describes itself as a company combining fintech, technology, and hospitality to provide restaurants with growth capital and customer acquisition solutions and help diners discover restaurants.

Requirements

Extensive experience across Product Management, Growth, Strategy, Engineering, or business operations, with increasing ownership and impact.
Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and driving complex initiatives from strategy through execution.
Demonstrated success building, launching, or scaling products, businesses, or new initiatives with measurable results.
Strong Product judgment and commercial acumen, including connecting customer needs to business outcomes.
Experience using data, experimentation, and business metrics to identify opportunities, prioritize investments, and measure success.
Strong technical fluency and ability to collaborate with engineers, understand technical trade-offs, and make informed Product decisions.
Ability to operate independently, make decisions with incomplete information, and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, including influencing without formal authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high-growth startups, marketplaces, fintech, consumer technology, or B2B2C businesses.
Founder, general management, or business ownership experience, including responsibility for revenue, growth, or unit economics.
Experience building 0→1 products or scaling products through rapid experimentation.
Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools, automation, or AI-powered products to accelerate development and execution.
Experience leading small, autonomous, cross-functional teams.
Familiarity with SQL, Product analytics, A/B testing, or other data-driven decision-making tools.

Responsibilities

Translate company priorities into clear objectives, actionable plans, and measurable outcomes.
Identify high-impact opportunities across Product, Growth, AI, and business operations.
Balance speed, quality, customer experience, and commercial impact, and adapt strategy with executive leadership as the business evolves.
Own the Pod’s execution, prioritization, and delivery cadence, including planning, standups, demos, and retrospectives.
Remove blockers, manage dependencies, and keep the team moving toward launches, learning, and meaningful results.
Make decisions with incomplete information and prioritize opportunities based on customer value, business impact, and available resources.
Allocate work across the Pod, navigate trade-offs, challenge assumptions, and decide when to build, iterate, or change direction.
Build a collaborative, high-performing team with a strong sense of ownership; empower specialists, coach team members, provide feedback, and establish clear expectations.
Foster accountability, curiosity, continuous learning, and execution.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Data, Design, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and commercial teams; build alignment across Pods and business functions.
Resolve challenges quickly and connect technical execution with customer needs and business priorities.
Serve as the primary contact for Pod progress and performance, communicating results, priorities, risks, and trade-offs to leadership.
Present product demonstrations, business insights, and recommendations while keeping leadership informed and maintaining Pod autonomy.
Deliver measurable customer and business impact, build and ship experiments and improvements, and focus resources on high-impact opportunities.