Venture Leader, Technical

Summary

Join Propel People, an AI-powered construction recruiting platform, as a Venture Leader, Technical. Lead the technical strategy and product roadmap, translating the vision into a scalable platform transforming skilled trades hiring. Work closely with the CEO to drive product development, manage technical execution, and build a solution delivering real-world value. This hands-on leadership role involves shaping the product, hiring the team, and executing the roadmap, navigating the unique needs of construction and HR tech users. You will build from scratch, solve high-impact problems with AI and data, and lead a venture with real industry relevance and mission. The role is remote with occasional travel.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience, ideally in SaaS and startup environments
• Led technical teams in early-stage SaaS startups, driving growth from early traction to $1M+ ARR and product-market fit
• Co-founded or partnered with a commercial leader in zero-to-one execution
• Built and scaled technical strategies using Python or Node.js, iterating based on market insights
• Developed and executed AI/ML-powered solutions with a strong DevOps, data science, and backend/full-stack engineering foundation
• Hired and led flexible, high-growth teams in digital, data-driven businesses
• Proven ability to align technical strategy with business goals, partnering with product and business leaders to drive results
• Experience navigating emerging tech trends, such as AI-driven products or evolving customer needs
• Data-driven leader, setting and tracking OKRs to measure success
• Strong people leadership—coaching, developing, and fostering high-performance teams
• Effective communicator across teams, leadership, investors, and external stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Venture Leader to bring this new build to life as you each complement each other in skill sets
• Accountable for the success of the venture through leadership and execution of the venture’s technical needs aligned to enabling launch and growth strategy
• Leadership and execution of the activities required for the venture’s success including
• Technical team leadership
• Product development process management
• Infrastructure
• Software engineering
• Data science experimentation and deployment
• Own product roadmap management — from defining product strategy to sprint-level execution
• Align product development with customer needs, market feedback, and usage data to inform prioritization
• Works with the venture leadership team and 1848 Ventures’ leadership to translate high-level technical strategy and vision into annual and quarterly objectives and key results with a focus on
• Top-line growth of the venture
• Improvement in accuracy of key data science models
• Financially responsible scaling of required tech infrastructure
• Foster a high-performance culture, providing coaching, development, and leadership that aligns with 1848 Ventures' values
• Monitor and optimize key metrics, including model accuracy, app traffic, uptime, and development velocity
• Act as the primary technical liaison, ensuring alignment between stakeholders, execution teams, advisors, end users, and vendors
• Communicate technical strategy clearly to business stakeholders, investors, and partners
• Foster a collaborative, accountable culture aligned with Propel People’s’ values
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and industry regulations

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, incentive program, pension, and a comprehensive benefits package