Cofounder Product Manager | AI Productivity SaaS

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Are you passionate about productivity, Agile project management, and AI? Effectively? Do you want to build your own company? Would you like to work in the intersection of product and marketing or product and operations?
We're building Benno, an AI-powered productivity coach, and we're looking for an experienced Product & Project Manager.
About Benno
AII've spent many years working on productivity, including consulting startups on Agile methodologies. Over time, I've developed my own productivity methodology called Focus Cycles.
We're now turning this methodology into Benno, your personal AI Focus Coach. Benno helps individuals and teams organize their goals, projects, and tasks, plan their workload, and decide what to focus on next. We already have an international team with experienced developers and designers from Germany, Italy, Spain, and India.
www.bennoai.com
Your Role: Product Vision Meets Project Execution
We're looking for someone who can combine two responsibilities:
Product Management: Understand our vision, help develop it further, translate it into clear product requirements, and make sure everyone on the team understands what we're building and why, test the product and get user feedback.
Project Management: Take ownership of the development process, coordinate the team, establish clear priorities and responsibilities, remove obstacles, and ensure we make consistent progress.You are a central part of the success of Benno AI.
Who We're Looking For
1. Extensive Project Management Experience
Proven experience managing software development projects and teams. You may have worked as a Product Manager, Project Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Coach.
2. Passion for Productivity
You're passionate about productivity, Agile methodologies, and helping individuals and teams work more effectively.
3. Strong AI Expertise
You actively use AI tools and understand how AI can transform productivity and project management.
4. Alignment With our Focus Cycles Methodology and our Benno product philosophy
You believe in our approach to goal setting, task management, progressive planning, and team accountability.
Benno product decisions:
a) Fundamental Product Design Decisions Key product design principles and decisions for Benno AI.Focus Cycles Methodology
b) Focus Cycles: The Core Principles of the Methodology Overview of the Focus Cycles productivity philosophy, including Goal Pyramids, planning cycles, and Agile teams.
5. Leadership & Communication
You can communicate a product vision, inspire and align an international team, establish clear responsibilities, and turn plans into results.
Time Commitment & CompensationTime:
Minimum 15 hours per week, remote and flexible.
Compensation:
Initially equity-only through our founder cooperative, where ownership is based on contributions. Cash compensation will begin once the company reaches an agreed revenue threshold.
We're looking for someone who wants to build a successful company and share in its long-term success.
Interested? After you apply via LinkedIn, we will analyse your profile and shortlist you if you belong to the top 20%.
We will send you more information about the company. If you like it, we would have a quick brain teaser interview.
If that goes well we will have more discussion on how we could work together.

Skills
Product Management, Project Management, Agile, Scrum

Experience
5+ yrs

Work arrangement
Yes