Lead product discovery and delivery for an AI-powered recruiting product suite serving staffing agencies in the French market. Work with engineering and design to adapt and localize LLM-powered capabilities, from rapid early-stage prototyping to scaling and improving production features. The role offers the opportunity to expand product ownership across the region and potentially grow into product leadership supporting European expansion.
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the product vision and roadmap for adapting LLM-powered capabilities to French staffing workflows and partner systems.
- Own delivery of cross-system solutions, sequence work with engineering into testable, releasable increments, and coordinate rollouts with partner teams.
- Research stakeholders and end users to understand French staffing operations and inform product and technical decisions.
- Collaborate with design and engineering to prototype with users and partners, using qualitative and quantitative feedback to decide which solutions to pursue.
- Align engineering and business partners through clear requirements, options, constraints, and tradeoffs.
- Define and monitor success metrics for the French market to improve product reliability, value, and performance.
QualificationsMust-Have Skills
- Fluency in both French and English.
- Five or more years of product management experience, including autonomous ownership of discovery, design, and delivery across systems and teams.
- Practical experience managing or launching production AI/LLM applications, including evaluating AI features, iterating on solutions, and implementing appropriate guardrails.
- Strong technical literacy across backend services, APIs, and frontend web applications, with the ability to discuss them confidently with engineering counterparts.
- Comfort working directly with clients and translating business needs between technical and non-technical partners.
- Curiosity about emerging AI technologies and a thoughtful, responsible approach to applying them in a B2B setting.
- Regular use of AI tools as part of day-to-day work.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience in HR technology, recruiting, or staffing platforms.
Required Tools & Platforms
- Day-to-day use of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools.
- Product experience with production AI/LLM applications; no specific programming language is required.
Additional InformationLocation, Time & Engagement
- Remote contract opportunity for candidates based in approved sourcing countries within Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA), subject to current location eligibility restrictions.
- CET time-zone coverage is required.
- 40 hours per week, with an expected engagement through March 31, 2027.
- This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.
Skills Required
- Fluency in both French and English
- Five or more years of product management experience
- Autonomous ownership of product discovery, design, and delivery across systems and teams
- Experience managing or launching production AI or LLM applications
- Experience evaluating AI features, iterating on solutions, and implementing guardrails
- Strong technical literacy across backend services, APIs, and frontend web applications
- Ability to work directly with clients and translate business needs between technical and non-technical partners
- Curiosity about emerging AI technologies and responsible B2B application of AI
- Regular use of AI tools in day-to-day work
- Enterprise experience
- Experience in HR technology, recruiting, or staffing platforms
- Day-to-day use of AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude
- Availability for CET time-zone coverage
- Location in an approved EMEA sourcing country
What We Do
Lifted, an Upwork Company, is a B2B SaaS platform that helps enterprise organizations source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent globally and compliantly. It supports multiple engagement models, including independent contractors, staff augmentation, and employer-of-record, while integrating with MSPs and VMSs to provide centralized visibility, spend control, and audit-ready compliance, delivering a white-labeled talent experience for hiring managers and contingent workforce programs.
