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Vice President of Products

RayaNew York, NYApril 9th, 2026
Our clients, a high-growth health-tech AI company with over $130M in funding (Series C), is hiring for a VP of Product.We are looking for a craftsperson product leader - a true builder who cares deeply about problem framing, discovery, prioritization, and product quality. The ideal candidate is obsessed with building great products that drive business outcomes.You will partner closely with the CEO and CTO to build durable differentiation in a highly regulated, enterprise healthcare market.What You'll DriveAI product vision and strategy: Define and execute the company's long-term product strategy, shaping how AI transforms pathology workflows and positioning the company as a leader in AI-powered precision medicine.Customer‐centered product discovery and learning: Build strong discovery practices that keep product and design teams deeply connected to customers, ensuring product direction is informed by real‐world usage, workflow needs, and continuous learning.Outcome‐driven product roadmap: Own the product roadmap and prioritization framework, ensuring teams focus on the highest‐impact opportunities and deliver measurable customer and business outcomes.Product Moats: Own the strategy for building durable competitive advantage through proprietary data, continuous data‐driven feedback loops, validation rigor, and IP development.Product and design leadership: Lead and scale both Product Management and Product Design, building a high‐performing organization focused on product excellence, strong UX, and customer value.Strategic partnership with executive leadership: Partner closely with the CEO, CTO, and executive team to align product strategy with company vision, long‐term differentiation, and market opportunities.Cross‐functional Partnership: Forge a strong operating rhythm with AI/ML, Science, Engineering, GTM, Clinical, and Regulatory teams to align the roadmap, research priorities, and technical strategy with commercial needs and customer value.Enterprise‐grade platform evolution: Guide the evolution of the platform to support large‐scale enterprise adoption, ensuring reliability, interoperability, and compliance in regulated healthcare environments.Business growth through product innovation: Partner with commercial teams to ensure product strategy supports adoption, clear market positioning, and sustainable revenue growth.Drive and impact product marketing: Working closely with the product marketing to shape the go‐to‐market strategy, product positioning, and pricing.Modern product development practices: Establish strong product operating rhythms across discovery, delivery, experimentation, and iteration to accelerate learning and maintain high product quality.Building a world‐class product organization: Recruit, develop, and mentor exceptional Product and Design talent while building a culture of accountability, craftsmanship, and customer obsession.Who You AreHands‐on, craft‐oriented product leader with 10+ years of experience: Track record of building high‐quality products by deeply engaging in customer discovery, prioritization, and product execution while also shaping long‐term product strategy.AI‐native product builder: Proven experience building AI‐native applications and products, embedded into real workflows.Experienced in healthcare or life sciences software: Demonstrated experience building products in healthcare delivery or life sciences environments, ideally within high‐growth startups.Familiar with regulated industries: Understand and know how to navigate healthcare regulations to build high‐performing products with strong go‐to‐market viability.Customer‐obsessed and UX research‐driven: History of building organizations where PMs and designers regularly engage with customers, and where product decisions are grounded in qualitative research, usability insight, and real‐world workflow validation.Data‐driven product leader: Experience using metrics, experimentation, and outcome‐driven frameworks to guide product decisions.Business‐savvy and outcome‐oriented: Track record of aligning product strategy with revenue growth and company objectives, with clear frameworks for evaluating product investments and prioritizing high‐impact opportunities.Strong design leadership and product taste: Experience leading or closely partnering with product design teams to deliver intuitive, high‐quality user experiences and translating complex technology into usable workflows.Clear thinker on AI strategy and defensibility: Demonstrated ability to articulate how AI creates durable competitive advantage through proprietary data, workflow depth, feedback loops, and distribution.Product marketing fluent: Track record of partnering with go‐to‐market teams to develop strong product positioning and narratives that simplify complex technologies and clearly communicate differentiation, value, and trust to customers.High‐growth operator: Experience operating successfully in startup environments with ambiguity, lean teams, and rapid pace of change, prioritizing speed of learning and building the right product with clinical & scientific rigor.Nice to HaveFormer founder or entrepreneurial builderExperience in AI‐driven healthcare startupsLocationPhiladelphia or NYC preferred (open to remote)Work AuthorizationAuthorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship#J-18808-Ljbffr