Founding Product Manager - HR Tech

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Founding Product Manager (3–6 yrs)

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About Kiku

Kiku is the first automation platform built for the 80 % of the global workforce – front-of-house staff, retail associates, caregivers, drivers, warehouse teams - workers that make society function. 

We focus on 2 things at Kiku:

• 10x efficiency in hiring 
• 10x the experience for candidates. 

Our AI-agent is specialized in high-volume hiring flows - finding, engaging, and shortlisting candidates 24/7 in 100 + languages, at a fraction of manual recruiting cost and with a far better experience for applicants and hiring managers.

We’ve just closed a substantial seed round led by Cherry Ventures (plus top EU angels) and are assembling the founding team that will turn Kiku from clever prototype into a category-defining product.

Why Join Kiku

• Mission with real impact – fair, efficient hiring for billions; revenue follows genuine value.
• Learning-obsessed culture – every user call, release, and mis-step feeds the next iteration.
• AI inflection point – voice + LLMs make yesterday’s workflows obsolete overnight; we’re surfing that wave.
• Zero-to-one canvas – nothing is sacred yet: influence product, org structure, rituals - even Slack emojis.
• Small team, loud impact – decisions you make this quarter echo for years.
• Fresh capital, real traction – funding secured, early customers live, pipeline growing fast.
• Meaningful equity – own a sizable slice of the upside.

Your Mission

Own the product end-to-end and make it indispensable for hiring teams everywhere.

• Craft the core experience – voice UX, recruiter dashboards, candidate flows.
• Ship what matters, fast – weekly user interviews → clear priorities → tight releases.
• Scale the platform – modernise voice-AI infra, integrations, data pipelines.
• Own the roadmap – balance quick wins with moat-building bets; communicate trade-offs crisply.
• Orchestrate cross-functional magic – align design, engineering, CS, and sales around measurable goals.
• Shape company strategy – influence positioning, fundraising story, GTM experiments, investor updates.

What We’re Looking For – Personal Qualities

• Natural curiosity – treat every feature request as a puzzle to understand, not just to build.
• Grit & determination – versions one-to-five flop? you dig until version six sings.
• Commitment to excellence – “good enough” feels itchy; you polish the last 5 % users notice.
• Humility – strong opinions, loosely held; change course gladly when data proves you wrong.
• Founder mindset – spot problems, rally resources, execute before being asked.
• Impact-driven – care more about shipped value than presentation decks or tweet threads.

Baseline Experience

• 3–6 years as a PM in fast-moving B2B SaaS or AI/ML-heavy products.
• Proven record of shipping core functionality and explaining the “why” behind success or failure.
• Comfortable turning fuzzy user needs into crisp specs, prototypes, and shipped code alongside engineers.
• Bonus:
  • HR tech, hiring workflows, voice interfaces, or frontline-heavy verticals.
  • Data-fluent (self-serve SQL/Python or similar)

Team You’ll Join

A tight squad of engineers and GTM folks who ship weekly, think in bets, and default to action. Kiku was founded by Eric & Rasmus – both with 10 + years in tech and scale-ups. We move fast and have fun doing serious work.

Ready to build the future of frontline hiring?

Shoot a short note on why Kiku + your LinkedIn/CV to jobs@kiku.ai.

Let’s make hiring fair, fast, and fun – for everyone.

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