Head of Product

Coactive makes it easy to search, filter, and analyze visual content. Increasingly image and video data captures the content we watch, the products we buy, and the work we do, and already represents 80% of internet traffic. But rather than being an asset, visual content is often a tax or even a liability because it is so hard to work with and understand. Coactive solves this by bringing structure to unstructured visual data. Rather than spending months (or years) building complex infrastructure, data teams can unlock the value of their visual data in minutes to power use cases such as content understanding and moderation, search, and analytics.

Coactive was founded by experts who shaped the fields of high-performance deep learning and data-centric AI. We have the scars from building and working with the first generation of modern machine learning systems at Google, Meta, Pinterest, eBay, Lyft, and other leading organizations. Through our decades of experience, we have developed a playbook to democratize the toughest parts of machine learning systems; no PhD required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to work with one of Forbes' top 50 AI companies, backed by key investors such as Andreesen Horowitz and Bessemer Ventures. This position is truly a chance to be part of a category-defining team that is attracting top-tier talent interested in pushing the boundaries of what's possible in AI. 

As our Head of Product, you will own and drive the product strategy for Coactive AI, ensuring technical feasibility, scalability, and innovation in partnership with Engineering to support the company's mission. You’ll work directly with our CEO, customers, and cross-functional teams to shape the future of our platform. This critical leadership role is at the heart of our company, driving product innovation, customer obsession, and business impact as we scale.

We are looking for a product leader who is both strategic and hands-on. This person thrives in ambiguity, can turn customer insights into product vision, and is passionate about scaling a product and a team in a high-growth environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Own and drive the product strategy and translate it into an actionable roadmap aligned with company goals.
• Lead end-to-end product development, from discovery to delivery, ensuring customer-centric outcomes.
• Lead with empathy and EQ, building trust with internal teams and external stakeholders alike.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to define priorities and ship high-impact solutions.
• Build trusted relationships with key enterprise customers, deeply understand their needs, and turn insights into scalable solutions.
• Responsible for aligning advanced AI/ML capabilities with market needs, ensuring technical choices support a robust, scalable, and secure product.
• Implement clear product development principles, structured OKRs, and coaching frameworks to build a balanced team with diverse technical, design, and business skills.
• Own the product lifecycle and manage prioritization, scope, trade-offs, and delivery timelines.
• Establish a strong operating rhythm across Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM teams, ensuring timely alignment on product requirements, technical feasibility, data infrastructure considerations, and go-to-market strategies.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class product team over time.
• Develop a clear point of view on product-market fit, go-to-market strategies, and competitive differentiation.
• Be the voice of the customer and evangelize the Coactive AI product vision internally and externally.
• Contribute to pricing strategy, packaging, and positioning as we scale.

What We’re Looking For:

• 12+ years of experience in product management, including building enterprise SaaS or AI/ML products. Startup experience strongly preferred.
• Experience defining and scaling 0-1 and 1-N products, ideally in B2B SaaS or data/AI infrastructure.
• Strong technical acumen; comfortable discussing architecture, APIs, and data platforms with engineers and customers alike.
• Exceptional leadership skills: you’ve built and led high-performing product teams.
• Customer-obsessed, with a track record of delivering products that solve real customer problems.
• Excellent communication skills; able to influence at all levels, from founders to enterprise customers.
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Passion for AI, visual data, and the future of data-driven decision-making.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with visual data platforms, computer vision, or data-centric AI.
• Prior experience working directly with large enterprise customers.
• Familiarity with SaaS pricing, packaging, and enterprise sales motion.
• Background in engineering, data science, or design.

Why Coactive AI:

• Build a category-defining product in a high-growth startup.
• Work alongside world-class talent in AI/ML and enterprise software.
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity.
• Flexible, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
• Opportunity to shape not just the product, but the future of the company.
  
  

This is a hybrid position based in San Jose or San Francisco, California (3 days in office/Mondays required in San Jose). The estimated salary for this position is $280,000 -$300,000.* 

*Actual pay is dependent on an individual candidate’s professional background, experience, skills and qualifications, as well as market demand and business demands. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting.

We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.