City of London
Captur helps software understand real world scenes in real-time with an SDK for flexible, on-demand visual recognition. We’re a small, rapidly scaling team backed by top-tier investors; we recently closed a $6M seed round to accelerate product and go-to-market growth. We are global leaders in edge ML and have validated +150M images on-device for enterprise customers such as Lime. Next, expanding as a horizontal platform across use cases that require real-time speed, high volume and coverage across a wide range of mobile devices. Role Snapshot We’re hiring a hands-on Head of Product — the solo product lead today, with a Product Designer reporting to you. You’ll own the roadmap, ship high-impact SDK features, design pilots, build repeatable product processes and recruit our first PM. You’ll work closely with Sales/CS/Engineering and be the product voice for customers. This is a rare chance to scale a product function from the ground up and directly influence ARR. This role reports directly to the CEO (based in New York) — expect fast decisions, visible impact and a close partnership with the founder. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in product management, excellent leadership skills and a proven track record of bringing successful AI products to market. Key Responsibilities Product Strategy & vision (30%) • Define and communicate the product vision and strategy working alongside the CEO, • Own the full product lifecycle: you’ll be our sole product lead day-to-day and accountable for product outcomes., • Ship reliably: write concise, testable specs and acceptance criteria, enforce ticket hygiene, unblock Engineering, publish release notes and run short post-release reviews (PRRs) to validate outcomes., • Hire, onboard and mentor the first Product Manager (target end of Q2); create the PM JD, interview plan and a 30/60/90 onboarding., • Design experiments that measure monetisable outcomes (conversion, pilot → paid, ARR influence). Own hypothesis, experiment design and go/no-go decisions., • Design convertible pilots with Sales/CS: define success criteria and deliver the evidence pack (dashboard, playbook & acceptance tests). Product owns the evidence pack; Sales/CS own negotiation and contracting., • Act as product sponsor on strategic pilots to remove technical blockers and shorten time-to-value. What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months) 30 Days: Stabilise and prioritise • Rapidly map the product surface, backlog, active pilots and outstanding technical debt; meet customers and Sales to surface urgent blockers., • Deliver a 30/60/90 plan to the CEO that includes one priority revenue experiment and a pragmatic triage of the top 5 product issues to fix immediately., • Ship 1–2 high-impact fixes or small features that demonstrate clear business value or shorten pilot time-to-value., • Put in place the minimum viable product rhythms (weekly planning, weekly sync, short PRR checklist) and enforce them for the team., • Own a pilot/feature with a validated outcome (go/no-go) and a recommended roadmap change., • Codify at least three lightweight process artifacts the team uses (e.g. scoping template, release checklist, decision log)., • Product rhythms are running consistently and the team adheres to the decision log., • Multiple validated experiments and an evidence-pack library for pilots., • Demonstrable product contribution to pilot → paid or clear ARR influence. Core Requirements • Typically 7+ years’ product management experience shipping enterprise AI/SaaS features, ideally at fast-moving startups (Series A–C); we prioritise scope and outcomes over exact years., • Proven solo product leadership — you’ve been the primary product lead on a product area and have hired or mentored PMs., • Hands-on SDK / developer-facing experience — shipped SDKs/APIs (iOS, Android, React Native), sample apps, docs and integration guides., • Experience shipping ML/AI features to production; you understand model outputs, evaluation and basic monitoring., • You write short, testable specs, enforce ticket hygiene and own acceptance criteria., • Commercial orientation — you’ve supported pilots with measurable commercial outcomes (conversion, ACV, trial → paid)., • Excellent communicator; comfortable reporting to a product-focused CEO and working asynchronously across time zones., • Based in the UK (London preferred) and able to work from our London office at least 1 day per week.