Product Manager

We’re hiring a Product Manager to own strategy and execution across a core area of the Opto platform.

Today, our product does not yet match the ambition of what we’re building. Workflows are fragmented, onboarding is not self-serve, and teams too often default to shipping features instead of solving problems. This role exists to change that.

You will own a major surface area end-to-end: the strategy, the priorities, the execution, and the outcomes. You will work closely with design and engineering to shape what we build, not just define requirements and hand them off.

You will be expected to make hard tradeoffs and stand behind them, even when there is pressure to do otherwise. You are accountable for clarity, direction, and results.

This is a high-ownership role. You will operate with real autonomy, set direction, and be responsible for driving measurable impact on user behavior and business outcomes.

What you’ll do

• Own the strategy for your surface area and the outcomes that ladders up to it. Know where you're going, not just what you're building next.
• Translate company-level goals into concrete product outcomes and measurable progress tied to adoption, assets on platform, revenue, or retention.
• Partner closely with sales and GTM to ensure what we build reaches users and drives business impact. Product and go-to-market are not separate tracks.
• Work alongside design and engineering to shape solutions. You are in the room when decisions get made, not writing specs from the outside.
• Structure work around clear opportunities, hypotheses, and bets. Continuously refine them as you learn.
• Decompose complex, ambiguous problems into clear decisions and forward motion. Bring structure that makes the mess navigable.
• Drive prioritization with rigor. “A customer asked for this” is not a strategy. You can distinguish patterns from one-offs and articulate why something matters more than the alternative.
• Push for simplicity and coherence. Build end-to-end workflows, not disconnected features.
• Elevate design as a core part of how the product gets made, not a downstream step.
• Drive progress in the face of ambiguity, competing priorities, and imperfect alignment. You do not wait for ideal conditions to move things forward.
• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decisions. Be rigorous about how you gather signal. Methodology matters as much as the data.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with stakeholders, building alignment without losing speed.
• Hold a high bar for what ships: quality, usability, and real impact on users and the business.
  

What success looks like

• You have identified the highest-leverage problems in your area, and the team is focused on them rather than scattered across low-impact work.
• Users complete key workflows with less friction, fewer workarounds, and more confidence than before.
• Product decisions are driven by evidence and clear reasoning, not opinion or inertia.
• You have killed or significantly simplified something that should not exist. The product is lighter, not just bigger.
• You can point to measurable improvements in adoption, engagement, assets on platform, or revenue tied to what you shipped.
• You consistently make good decisions under uncertainty and are trusted to do so by design, engineering, and leadership.
  

• A track record of driving measurable outcomes, not just delivering features.
• Structured thinking in ambiguity. You break down ill-defined problems into clear opportunities, decisions, and bets.
• Strong prioritization judgment. You can say no with conviction and redirect work toward what matters most.
• Design sensibility. You care deeply about how the product feels and works. You treat design as a partner and raise the bar on what ships.
• Strong discovery instincts. You think carefully about how to gather user insight and avoid biased or low-signal inputs.
• Ability to drive execution through complexity. You move things forward across teams, even when conditions are messy.
• Clear communication. You can align a room, articulate decisions, and write with precision.
• High agency. You take ownership, push things forward, and do not wait for perfect information or permission.
  

• Experience building AI-native products where AI is core to the user experience, not bolted on.
• Strong understanding of how to design for trust, transparency, and appropriate user control in AI systems.
• Deep integration of AI into your own workflow across research, synthesis, writing, and prioritization.
• A clear point of view on how AI is changing the role of product management and how you are adapting to it.
  

• 0-1 product experience. You’ve built a product or major product area from scratch. You can articulate what you shipped first, what you cut, how you sequenced bets, and how you learned.
• Experience contributing to or reaching product-market fit. You understand how to search for signal, iterate quickly, and avoid overbuilding before the problem is clear.
• Experience owning product strategy and execution for a meaningful surface area. You can point to what changed because of your work.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Bonus

• Fintech or private markets experience.
• Founder or early-stage experience.
  

• A real product problem to solve.This is not incremental optimization. You'll be shaping how complex, high-stakes workflows should work from first principles.
• High-leverage domain. Private markets are large, growing, and structurally underserved by software.
• Direct access to users. We have distribution and relationships with the people we’re building for.
• Real AI surface area. Private markets workflows are complex, data-heavy, and still largely manual. That's a genuine opportunity to build AI into the product in ways that matter not as a feature, but as a structural change in how the work gets done.

Please fill out the below fields, and attach a Resume and Cover Letter. Why a Cover Letter? We receive a high volume of applicants, and we have real humans that read each and every resume, we encourage you to use creativity in your Cover Letter and speak directly to why you want to join our team! 

We will review your resume in as timely a manner as we are able to, so kindly refrain from reaching out to hiring managers or other Opto team members via email or linkedin, as this won't improve or fast track your application. 

Opto has a high bar for talent, and we are committed to building the best teams possible. Candidates are never subjected to discrimination based on race, citizenship, religion, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, sensory, mental, or physical disability, or any other characteristic.

The successful candidate for this role can expect a generous compensation and benefits package. The cash salary range for this role is $235,000-$280,000 dependent on skills, experience and expected contribution. 

All full time employees at Opto enjoy:

• Significant equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Retirement savings plan (401k)
• Learning, Fitness and Commuter stipends
• Paid Holidays

This position is based primarily onsite in either our San Francisco or New York City offices.