Product Manager, Streaming Intelligence (Hayward)

Company Description

Whissle is bridging the missing link in multi-modal AI. We are moving beyond the slow, broken turn-based experience of current AI solutions to pioneer Streaming Intelligence. Our platform continuously interprets meaning from live multi-modal input streams (voice, text, visual) to trigger instant, contextual actions and achieve faster task completion. This zero-wait, real-time approach creates a hands-free, hyper-personalized, and ambient interaction experience.

Role Description

As the VP of Product, Streaming Intelligence, you will be the definitive product owner and strategist for Whissle's core technology and APIs. Your mission is to define, prioritize, and drive the execution of a product roadmap that capitalizes on our Streaming Intelligence differentiator.

You will work closely with the CEO, the AI/ML, and Software Engineering teams to transform our advanced models into scalable enterprise solutions.

Product Strategy & Vision

• Own the Streaming Intelligence Vision: Define the long-term product strategy on Advanced Streaming Intelligence for speech, text, and visual input streams.
• Platform Roadmap Leadership: Develop and execute the product roadmap for the Intelligence-API and the Ambient-BOT platform components.
• Monetization & Market Expansion: Identify and prioritize the next categories of consumer and enterprise applicationsfrom hyper-personalized search to audio-visual NPC controlsthat can be enabled and monetized by our zero-wait technology.

Enterprise & Execution

• Drive Enterprise Deployment: Oversee the productization and successful deployment of the platform for major enterprise clients, directly contributing to company goals.
• Domain Adapter Strategy: Guide the development of domain adapters (e.g., HR, CX, e-commerce) to facilitate specialized enterprise use cases.
• Security & Compliance as a Feature: Ensure all products meet high standards for security, data privacy, and compliance (e.g., SOC2/HIPAA), productizing features like real-time redaction and non-storage of sensitive information transmission.

Leadership and GTM

• Guide the Part-Time PM: Work in partnership with the existing Product Manager to ensure tactical execution, including the launch of the Whissle App v1 and successful paid pilot programs.
• Market Leadership: Analyze competitor activities (e.g., turn-based systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity) and use these insights to solidify Whissle's differentiated market positioning.

Qualifications

• 10+ Years of Product Leadership experience, with a proven track record of bringing highly technical B2B/Enterprise products to market.
• Deep Technical Expertise in AI/ML, particularly in the areas of speech, language processing, signal processing, or multi-modal AI.
• Exceptional Strategic Planning skills, with prior experience scaling a product which needs real-time intelligence, broad technology skills and experience.
• Strong Business Acumen in SaaS, enterprise licensing, and API revenue models.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a Master's or PhD is a strong plus (especially given the team's academic background).
• Experience with building startups will be preferred

Compensation

We are on-boarding visionary leadership on equity basis before we raise suitable money from investors in the loop.