Founding Product Manager

Sailorhealth
New York City (Soho), US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level product managers with AI-native thinking and startup experience, working in healthcare or tech.

Best fit for

  • Product managers who thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving startup environments.
    — “You thrive in ambiguity. You’re energized by open-ended problems
  • Candidates with a strong technical fluency and AI product experience.
    — “Technical fluency with React, Typescript, Node.js, and modern AI tools
  • Individuals driven by clinical impact and AI transformation in healthcare.
    — “shape how AI delivers real clinical impact at scale

Things to consider

  • Role requires handling multiple responsibilities as the sole product manager.
    — “Sailor’s first and only product manager
  • Expect rapid iteration and high urgency in product development.
    — “drive rapid iteration from insight to shipped product

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of shipping AI products end-to-end.
    — “You’ve built and shipped products end-to-end
  • Demonstrate a track record of excellence and urgency in past roles.
    — “a track record of excellence, and a drive to build with urgency
  • Showcase your ability to bridge technical and clinical teams.
    — “act as the central bridge across founders, engineering, design, and clinical teams
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • defining product strategy
  • driving execution across teams
  • building AI-native features
Typical background
product managementhealthcare technology

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementAi-first Product DevelopmentClinical OperationsAI Voice-powered CoachingSpeech-to-text TriageCare Navigation

Preferred

Ai-native Healthcare FeaturesFast-paced Startup Environment

Stack & domain

Product ManagementAi-first ProductsEnd-to-end Product ExecutionAi Voice-powered CoachesAi Care AgentsClinical Operations LayerPatient SchedulingDocumentationRevenue Cycle ManagementHealthcare ApisLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingCustomer Relationship ManagementStrategic PlanningExecutionTrust-buildingAi-native Health SystemVirtual Mental HealthCare NavigationWellness ClassesAi CoachesClinical Operations

About the role

Original posting from Sailorhealth via Ashby

🏥 ABOUT SAILOR HEALTH

Sailor Health http://sailorhealth.com is on a mission to solve the mental health crisis among older adults. Getting older in America is tough: 90% of seniors live with chronic health conditions, 40% feel isolated, and older adults have the highest suicide rates of any age group. Sailor exists to change that.

Sailor Health is building the AI-native health system for happier and healthier aging. Sailor offers virtual mental health, care navigation, wellness classes, AI coaches, and AI care agents. Our vision is to become the trusted household name for older adults in America, setting a new standard for aging with dignity and honor.

We are doubling every 75 days and serving thousands of patients across 43 states. We are honored to have the support and backing of world-class founders from Ramp, Nourish, Headway, Charlie Health, and Spring Health.

⭐ ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: New York City or Remote.

Sailor is looking for a Founding Product Manager to join as an early product leader. This is a ground-floor opportunity to define and launch AI-first products from scratch at a startup with extreme PMF. You’ll own core product strategy, drive execution across engineering and design, and shape how AI delivers real clinical impact at scale.

💻 YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Drive product execution end-to-end: As Sailor’s first and only product manager, act as the central bridge across founders, engineering, design, and clinical teams. Own prioritization, define success metrics, and drive rapid iteration from insight to shipped product.
  • Build AI coaches for patients: Create AI voice-powered coaches that support cognitive health, mindfulness, and overall wellness, helping patients stay engaged between sessions, practice therapeutic techniques, and build healthy routines in a natural, conversational way.
  • Build AI care agents for our healthcare providers: Build and scale AI-native features including speech-to-text triage, care navigation copilots, auto-summarized progress notes, and intelligent intake.
  • Build our clinical operations layer: Architect and ship the backbone of our care delivery engine, spanning patient scheduling, documentation, and revenue cycle management, leveraging best-in-class healthcare APIs to deliver a seamless and scalable clinical operation.

✅ IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

  • You have 2+ years of product experience. You’ve built and shipped products end-to-end, ideally in fast-paced startup environments. Technical fluency with React, Typescript, Node.js, and modern AI tools is a plus.
  • You’re an A+ player. You have a burning desire to win, a track record of excellence, and a drive to build with urgency and precision. You want to be the best and you want your team win.
  • You’re product-driven. You have strong intuition for user needs, high EQ, and a deep curiosity to understand the underlying business and clinical problems, not just the technical solution.
  • You’re AI-native. You instinctively think in terms of LLMs, agents, and automation, and are driven to push the frontier of how AI can transform healthcare.
  • You thrive in ambiguity. You thrive in ambiguity. You’re energized by open-ended problems and move quickly with imperfect information.

Source: Sailorhealth careers (Ashby)

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