Profound is on a mission to help companies understand and control their AI presence. Product managers here are true product owners, responsible for discovery, execution, and delivery end to end. This is a chance to build at the frontier of AI and marketing and make an impact that bends the trajectory of the company.

We're hiring across several product areas: analytics tools that help marketing teams understand their brand's performance on answer engines, an agent platform where marketers build and orchestrate agents to execute strategies and automate operations, and vertical solutions built for new use cases and strategic customer segments.

As the Verticals PM, you'll own Profound's highest-growth emerging segments including Shopping, Ads, self-serve, agencies, and new bets. You'll go deep with customers in each segment, identify their specific unmet needs, and build solutions that are meaningfully differentiated from Profound's horizontal platform. This role blends product strategy, customer obsession, and commercial instinct, and it's one of the most directly revenue-impactful positions at the company.

What You'll Do

Craft the strategy for Shopping, Ads, self-serve, agencies, and new verticals that accelerates Profound into becoming the essential platform for marketing teams in these segments
Define how retailers, advertisers, and agencies use Profound to track, understand, and improve their brand's visibility across AI-powered answer engines
Build the self-serve motion that lets customers onboard and extract value from Profound without high-touch sales, expanding reach and revenue
Develop product capabilities and workflows designed for agencies managing AI presence on behalf of multiple brands
Expedite execution across engineering, design, data, and marketing by creating clarity, making decisions, and managing scope
Optimize the team for velocity and quality shots on goal
Be in front of customers every day to do discovery, get feedback, and sell
Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Engagement teams so that we tell compelling stories to prospects and customers

Who You Are

5 or more years of experience building excellent software products, ideally in a startup or fast-moving company
Domain expertise in ads, ecommerce, retail, marketing technology, agency workflows, or self-serve B2B SaaS
Ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity, create clarity, and push teams to ship product and drive impact
Strong product fundamentals with a spike in one or more of enterprise go-to-market, design, development, or marketing
Willing to roll up your sleeves to help the team execute, whether that means creating prototypes, building dashboards, fixing issues in production, creating content, or responding to support tickets
You play on offense, creating and running toward opportunities and injecting energy into places where there is none
Experience as a founder, working at an early-stage startup, or launching zero-to-one vertical products is a plus

Location

This is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $160,000 to $260,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.

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Product Manager, Verticals