Product CEO / Venture Studio Director

About the role

You are an entrepreneur first and accountable owner of a venture studio operating inside Human Agency. You will build and run your own venture from zero to one while simultaneously designing the governance model that determines how all ventures are evaluated, funded, and scaled across the studio. You run the weekly studio syncs and become the lead critique, setting the cadence and holding people accountable for outcomes. You must sell the vision to partners, customers, and investors with conviction and close deals that matter. You deploy AI and agents as core infrastructure, treating them not as features but as the foundational layer of every product you ship. If this sounds like a high-leverage, high-uncertainty role where your decisions directly shape the studio's direction, and you thrive when ownership is total and the stakes are real, keep reading.

Key facts

What you'll do

Translate ambiguous problems into a clear venture hypothesis and define the metrics that prove whether it is worth pursuing.

Design and operate the studio's venture evaluation and funding framework, deciding which concepts get resources and how progress is measured.

Run the weekly studio synchronization, setting the agenda, driving critique, and ensuring every venture has a clear owner and timeline.

Lead the sales motion by articulating the vision to external partners, customers, and investors, and convert conversations into commitments and contracts.

Embed AI and intelligent agents into the architecture of every solution you build, using them as core infrastructure rather than peripheral tools.

Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery and scoping through delivery, validation, and iteration in production environments.

Champion a builder-first culture by removing blockers, accelerating decisions, and protecting the team from bureaucracy that does not serve outcomes.

Continuously de-risk ventures through experiments, learning loops, and data-driven pivots while maintaining strict alignment with client mission and value.

Set the narrative for the studio by documenting decisions, capturing learnings, and communicating progress to internal and external stakeholders.

Recruit, align, and develop talent across disciplines, ensuring the best ideas win regardless of where they originate inside the organization.

Maintain rigorous quality and usability standards so that every product, strategy, or asset is both functional and beautiful in real-world use.

Act as a steward of client goals, becoming a trusted partner who solves big problems and integrates AI in ways that align with mission and values.

Drive adoption by helping teams work smarter, move faster, and unlock new possibilities through responsible, human-centered innovation.

Model the behaviors you want across the studio by showing up with accountability, curiosity, and a relentless focus on shipping meaningful outcomes.

Requirements

You must have a track record of founding, leading, or deeply owning product initiatives that shipped real solutions into the market.

You bring proven sales ability, comfortable closing deals in rooms with partners, customers, and investors who are evaluating risk and reward.

You are AI-native in your builder mindset, with direct experience constructing systems and products using modern AI tooling, and you will be asked to show evidence of this.

You operate comfortably in high-ambiguity environments, moving from questions like "what should we build?" to "something is on fire" without losing composure.

You have zero tolerance for process that exists for its own sake, preferring to build, ship, iterate, and let results speak louder than hierarchy.

You care deeply about craft, insisting that products, strategies, and assets are both beautiful and functional, practical and usable, and designed for real-world impact.

You believe humans are the most valuable resource and that the best outcomes come from raising the bar, hiring up, and surrounding yourself with people who push you forward.

You align with Human Agency's ethos of purpose, love, and adventure, committing to meaningful work with people you care about on a journey worth taking together.

Nice to have

Experience working within a venture studio or portfolio environment where multiple concepts are run in parallel.

A strong record of using and shipping with AI-native workflows that demonstrate measurable impact.

Background in client-facing roles where you have acted as a trusted advisor to mission-driven organizations.

Practical notes

This role is based in Remote locations within the United States or Canada. Engagement type varies by location, with US applicants being considered for full-time employment and Canadian applicants engaged as independent contractors. There are no specific hours mandated, and the expectation is asynchronous collaboration focused on outcomes. Travel is not required. No visa sponsorship is indicated for this posting. There are no explicit deadlines listed, but candidates are encouraged to apply with relevant artifacts and examples that demonstrate their builder and sales capabilities.