Head of Product

About us At Pareto.AI , we’re on a mission to enable top talent around the world to participate in the development of cutting-edge AI models. In coming years, AI models will transform how we work and create thousands of new AI training jobs for skilled talent around the world. We’ve joined forces with top AI and crowd researchers at Anthropic, Character.AI, Imbue, Stanford, and University of Pennsylvania to build a fair and ethical platform for AI developers to collaborate with domain experts to train bespoke AI models. About this role Pareto is building the infrastructure layer for expert-curated, extremely high-quality data powering the world’s leading AI models. We’re seeking a Head of Product to lead product strategy, UX, and design for the platform that connects world-class experts to frontier AI research. This role is ideal for a systems-oriented product leader — someone who has scaled products from ~$1M to $100M ARR, blends strong product taste with deep user empathy, and can operate fluently across AI research, expert contributor workflows, internal operational tooling and enterprise needs. You will own Pareto’s expert-facing and customer-facing product surfaces, as well as the internal tools that drive exponential leverage for our operations teams — defining how experts onboard, vet, contribute, and maintain quality, as well as how researchers and enterprise customers interact with Pareto’s data-delivery systems. Joining our team means operating at the intersection of AI research, human expertise, and large-scale operational systems. You will: Build foundational products that define how humans and AI collaborate across industries. Work with a world-class team of engineers, researchers, and operators solving high-leverage problems in data quality and expert orchestration. Have impact on the world’s most advanced AI models and the companies training them. Enjoy a high-ownership environment where product leaders shape strategy, culture, and execution. Key Responsibilities Product & Design Leadership Define and drive the end-to-end product vision, UX, and design for Pareto’s expert, customer, and internal operational platforms. Lead a multidisciplinary team across product management, UX/UI design, and product operations. Establish a product culture grounded in user empathy, experimentation, and high taste. Own prioritization frameworks, roadmap planning, and execution cadence across product vertical. Develop internal tools that create significant leverage for Delivery and Operations teams. UX, Interface & Expert Experience Design world-class onboarding, vetting, and work interfaces for a global network of experts. Build systems that ensure expert motivation, fraud detection, and sustained high-quality contributions. Define human-in-the-loop UX for expert review, annotation, and feedback cycles. AI-Native Product Development Partner with Research & Applied AI to integrate ML-powered capabilities across expert and customer interfaces. Translate emerging AI capabilities into usable product experiences that meaningfully improve throughput and quality. Business & Strategic Leadership Serve as a key thought partner to the CEO and executive team on product-driven business strategy. Collaborate with GTM, Operations, and Customer Success to align product development with revenue, adoption, and customer needs. Represent the product and design vision in board, investor, and strategic partner settings. Develop metrics and frameworks that tie product outcomes directly to business impact. Outcomes Exceptional Expert & Customer Experience: Experts onboard and contribute seamlessly; customers trust Pareto’s interfaces as a core differentiator. Quality and Productivity at Scale: Robust systems and ML-driven workflows measurably improve data quality, throughput, and operational efficiency. High-Performance Product Organization: A focused, high-taste product and design team executes with clarity, speed, and strong cross-functional alignment. Competencies Strategic Product Leadership Strong product judgment; can connect long-term vision to practical systems design. Thinks in leverage, not features. High bar for UX and usability; understands expert and researcher workflows. Technical & AI Fluency Comfortable with ML workflows and data systems; partners naturally with engineering and research. Operational Excellence Builds scalable product processes and clear execution rhythms. Team Leadership & Communication Develops strong PM/design talent and communicates crisply with executives and customers. Preferred Background 7 years in product and/or design leadership at high-growth tech companies, ideally at the intersection of AI, data, or enterprise SaaS. Experience building expert networks, marketplaces, or human-in-the-loop systems. Prior entrepreneurial or founding experience strongly preferred. Deep understanding of AI, data labeling, or research-tooling ecosystems. Strong design instincts backed by a portfolio or product examples. Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Design, or a related field.