Director of Product

<p>Liminal is building the future of generative AI security, bringing safe and reliable AI to regulated industries. We’re a revenue-generating, well-capitalized startup backed by one of the top-performing venture studios in the U.S.</p> <p>The Director of Product is a high-impact, hands-on product leadership role at a critical inflection point in the company’s journey. We’ve validated the product and market—now we need a product leader who can bring clarity, structure, and momentum to how we build.</p> <p>This role owns both <strong>product strategy and day-to-day execution</strong>. You’ll partner closely with the CEO and CTO to translate company vision into a clear, executable roadmap and ensure the engineering team is building the right things, in the right order, for the right reasons.</p> <p>This is not a large-team leadership role (yet). You’ll operate as an individual contributor product leader, laying the foundation for scalable product processes and positioning yourself to grow into a broader leadership role as the company scales.</p> <h2><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></h2> <h4><strong>Product Strategy &amp; Vision</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Define and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap aligned with company goals, customer needs, and market opportunity</li> <li>Translate high-level strategic objectives into prioritized, executable product initiatives</li> <li>Own the “why” behind product decisions and ensure alignment across leadership, engineering, and go-to-market teams</li> <li>Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform and expansion strategy</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Product Execution &amp; Delivery</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle from discovery through launch and iteration</li> <li>Lead agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, and retrospectives</li> <li>Write clear user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria that reduce ambiguity and accelerate delivery</li> <li>Maintain a prioritized backlog that balances customer feedback, business needs, and technical constraints</li> <li>Partner closely with engineering leadership to navigate tradeoffs, feasibility, and technical debt</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Stakeholder &amp; Customer Collaboration</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Serve as the single source of truth for what’s being built and why</li> <li>Synthesize feedback from customers, sales, customer success, and partners into actionable product insights</li> <li>Lead customer-facing product conversations, demos, and roadmap discussions</li> <li>Push back thoughtfully and with data when requests do not align with strat