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On-site in San Francisco, entry-level. Sauna is a startup building AI-driven productivity tools. The Product Manager role involves rapid prototyping, user engagement, and driving product development in a fast-paced environment.
Skills / Requirements
- AI Fluency
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Consulting
- Cursor
- Engineering Background
- Product Launch
- Product Management
- Prototyping
- Quality Assurance
- Sauna
- Strategy
- User Research
- v0
- Vibe Coding
- Writing
Why Apply
This role is perfect for those who thrive on using AI tools like Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT to accelerate development. You'll be prototyping and iterating quickly, leveraging AI to enhance productivity and decision-making.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll engage in rapid prototyping, user sessions, and product iteration. Your day involves building prototypes, attending user sessions, and making decisions on feature launches. You'll also draft communications and assist users directly.
Working in San Francisco, United States
- San Francisco is a tech hub with a vibrant startup scene, offering numerous networking opportunities.
- The city is known for its innovation and proximity to leading tech companies and venture capital firms.
- Public transportation options like BART and Muni make commuting within the Bay Area manageable.
- San Francisco offers a diverse cultural scene with numerous events, dining options, and outdoor activities.
- Living in San Francisco can be costly, but it's balanced by high earning potential in tech roles.
Pay and Career Growth
The role offers a fast track to becoming a top PM in AI, with potential career growth in a startup that's raised $30M. The company values practical experience over tenure, providing a dynamic environment for rapid skill development.
Benefits and Perks
- competitive salary
- office in SF
- Visa sponsorship
- Weekly Demos
Is This Role Right for You?
Good fit if you...
- You have 0-5 years out of school and are eager to dive into product management.
- You have experience in AI projects or a strong interest in AI-driven product development.
- You thrive in fast-paced environments and prefer building over planning.
May not be for you if...
- You prefer remote work or are unable to relocate to San Francisco.
- You lack experience or interest in AI tools like Cursor or ChatGPT.
- You prefer long-term planning over rapid prototyping and iteration.
Original Job Description
⚠️ Please read first
This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Francisco (Presidio) – we work from the office 5 days a week.
You must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting.
We require US work authorization, but are open to O-1 or J-1 visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates.
About the role
We’re hiring a Product Manager to join Sauna early. We’re building Cursor for knowledge work: a fleet of agents that runs in the background, learns your context across sessions, and comes back when the work is done. We launched publicly on April 29, we’re 18 people in SF (Presidio, in person five days a week), and we’ve raised $30M. Sauna runs on Sauna; we use the product we’re building, every day. You’ll prototype before you spec, sit in user sessions every week, push features from first sketch to launch post. One-week sprints, weekly demos on Friday. If you do it well, you’re one of the best PMs in AI in three years.
Heads-up: while we don’t use seniority titles at Wordware, this role is intended for builders 0-5 years out of school. Slope over tenure. Ex-founders, growth leads, APMs ready to leave big co, strategy/consulting backgrounds with an AI side project, and engineers with a product instinct all fit.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll do whatever the week needs to move the product forward. Everyone ships.
Stand up working prototypes before an engineer touches the problem
Edit one-pagers, push them through to ship, hold the bar on quality
Sit in 15-20 user sessions a week, write up the patterns, share them with the team
Run evals on new chat flows and decide whether they ship
Draft launch posts and external comms for new features
Spend time in the office helping customers get unstuck
Vibe-design competing versions of screens to settle design arguments
Whatever else the week demands
You should probably
This role demands someone who ships fast, has taste, and earns respect by doing the work.
Ship in a day, not scope for two weeks. Prototype first.
Have shipped something real and be able to name the tradeoff you made.
Build with AI every day. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, v0, Sauna. You have opinions about what’s working and what’s broken.
Default to shipping the high-leverage thing now, not exploring for months.
Hold your own with anyone in the room. Earn respect by doing the work, not by claiming authority.
Write well. Sharp, specific, opinionated. Not “PM polished”.
Be trying to be the best at what you do.
If you have
These capabilities would make you exceptionally suited for the role.
Founded or co-founded a company (success or failure, both count)
Run product, growth, or self-serve at a fast-growing startup
Strategy or consulting background with an AI side project under your belt
Engineering background and a product instinct pulling you toward this seat
Published writing or talks about product, AI, or building
A track record of vibe-coding or prototyping that gets you to working software faster than your peers
