About Qevlar AI

We are an innovative early-stage B2B SaaS startup in the Cybersecurity space, developing autonomous AI agents that help security teams defend against threats.

Since our creation a year ago, we have:

• Raised €4.5 million in seed funding led by EQT Ventures
• Been selected to be part of the AI startup program, led by Meta and Hugging Face
• Been selected to be part of the Microsoft GenAI studio
• Won the cybersecurity challenge organised by Orange Cyberdefense
• Named a Future 40 by Station F for 2024

We are looking for an IC Senior Product Manager to join our product and design team, reporting to the head of product. The role is hands-on, focusing on end-to-end ownership of product initiatives, where you'll be great at blending quantitative and qualitative insights and industry trends into problems to solve. This role suits a strong generalist with at least 4-6 years of experience delivering complex solutions, who is resourceful, comfortable with ambiguity, and can work and learn at a start-up pace. We're looking for someone who is energized by the opportunities and challenges we face, and has a bias for action with informed points of view. 

This is an opportunity to join a team where you’ll have significant influence, work on 0-1 product challenges, and contribute to building something exceptional from the ground up.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with engineering and technical experts to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity and AI, translating these into user-focused solutions.
• Building and managing the roadmap and making prioritization decisions for long-term projects and short-term experiments, particularly those that drive the biggest business impact.
• Conduct user interviews, research, and feedback sessions to uncover pain points and ensure alignment with user needs.
• Speak directly with clients and pilot teams to explain ideas, gather feedback, and refine prototypes and solutions, adopting a "good enough to learn" mindset rather than striving for pixel-perfect designs upfront. 
• Translating customer needs and business requirements into clear and actionable user stories, product specifications, and wireframes.
• Analyze product performance and usage metrics using tools like SQL and MixPanel to identify issues and opportunities.
• Define, track, and iterate on success metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of product features and help guide strategic pivots.
• Stay informed about market trends, competitors, and contribute to our go-to-market strategies.
• Foster transparent communication across teams, sharing updates, decisions, and challenges proactively to avoid bottlenecks and promote openness.
• Learn hands-on about the cybersecurity space and building with AI (LLM's).

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in SaaS product management, particularly with platform-based solutions, where you have taken ownership of an entire feature and delivered it, and evaluated after release if the outcomes were achieved.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to create product goals, prioritize competing demands and opportunities, and align efforts with user needs and business objectives.
• Familiarity with product frameworks such as JTBD, agile methodologies, and prioritization strategies, blending them into practical solutions when appropriate.
• Hands-on execution experience in product discovery, design, development, and delivery; working directly with engineers, design, marketing, and sales.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with productivity tools like Notion, Linear, AirTable, Google Workspace
• Working knowledge of analytics tools like MixPanel, and able to write SQL for extracting insights and driving decisions.
• Proficiency with Figma for wireframing and design collaboration.
• Highly capable in writing and structuring tickets, PRDs, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
• Understanding of API's, 3rd party integrations, and software development lifecycles.
• Be able to learn and discuss technical concepts around cybersecurity, and AI.

Soft Skills:

• Autonomous and proactive, with a problem-solving mindset and ability to work with minimal guidance.
• Adaptable and resilient, thriving in a dynamic startup environment
• Strong communicator with empathy, who shares updates, aligns stakeholders, and fosters transparency.
• You're pragmatic, humble, and understand the value of speed and execution. 

Must haves:

• 4-6+ years of demonstrable product experience on SaaS platforms, with end to end ownership of features and outcomes.
• Fluent in English, French proficiency is a plus (working language is English

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in cybersecurity.
• Experience developing products based on LLM AI’s, understanding the constantly evolving nature of the space and the challenges of working with AI.
• Have worked in an early-stage start-up environment before.

What We Value:

• Initiative-takers who explore opportunities and deliver impactful solutions.
• Being curious, we’re trying to solve a difficult problem in a new space, so asking questions is key.
• Transparency, we share updates, wins, fails, learnings, and knowledge across the company.
• Strategic, and systems thinkers who connect the dots and see the bigger picture.
• Customer-first mindsets that prioritize user value and ROI.
• Team players who thrive in collaborative, transparent environments.
• An experimentation mindset, we're making informed bets, learning, and pivoting as needed; trying and failing is part of the journey.

What's in it for you?

• Compensation of 75-80k€ + equity.
• A high-impact role where your contributions directly shape the product and its success, in a culture that values autonomy and creativity.
• A vibrant office location in Paris, with easy access to public transportation and flexible work arrangements, with a hybrid in-office and remote work setup.
• Opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team in the high-growth areas of Cybersecurity and AI.
• Career growth and development opportunities within a rapidly expanding company.

Hiring Process

• Introduction call - 30min
• Hiring manager interview - 1hr
• Case study and debrief - prep time + 1hr
• Meet the team - 1hr