Product CEO / Venture Studio Director

About the role

You own a full venture inside our studio from concept to launch. Shape how ideas move through intake, build, review, and ship. You run critique, set standards, and close deals with sales ability.

Key facts

What you'll do

Setting the vision for a new venture from blank canvas to validated product.

Designing workflows that move work through intake, build, review, and ship with partners.

Running weekly studio syncs as the central accountability hub for all ventures.

Selling outcomes to partners, users, and investors to prove traction and secure funding.

Deploying AI and agents as core infrastructure, embedding them into every product foundation.

Owning metrics, learning loops, and iteration so ventures improve after they ship.

Translating founder intent into product decisions that balance user needs and business goals.

Guiding partners through integration so solutions stick within their existing systems and workflows.

Requirements

You must have experience as a founder, CEO, or product leader who has shipped real products.

You must be fluent in AI-native building, with examples of your own work to present.

You must handle ambiguity, moving from undefined problems to stable production systems.

You must communicate clearly to persuade partners, customers, and investors in varied settings.

You must prefer action over bureaucracy, choosing to build, ship, and iterate quickly.

You must be located in or eligible to work in the US or Canada.

You must commit to a US or Canada location for this role as listed.

Nice to have

Experience running studio operations or venture programs that coordinate multiple teams.

Skills & tools

Not specified.

Practical notes

This role is full-time for US applicants and contractor for Canadian applicants.

We emphasize accountability, curiosity, and a builder-first mindset.

Expect rapid change, so comfort with evolving responsibilities is essential.

About Human Agency

We're scaling rapidly and have a growing pipeline of opportunities that demand exceptional talent across disciplines. Our mission is to bring on individuals, from creative producers to technical experts to entrepreneurial leaders, who can help us realize this next chapter of growth.

We are a company of doers. Leaders roll up their sleeves, teams work flat, and everyone contributes to what ships. Titles don't insulate us from feedback or basics. We invite critique, learn quickly, and keep raising the bar. The best ideas win here, no matter where they come from, because clients trust us to deliver the strongest outcomes every time.

Our clients' missions, products, and bottom lines are sacred. We immerse ourselves in their world, becoming stewards of their goals and partners in solving big problems. Every product, strategy, or asset we create must be both beautiful and functional; practical, usable, and designed for real-world impact.

Humans are our most valuable resource, and we only grow by hiring people who push us forward. Across strategy, engineering, design, data, and operations, we seek out teammates who raise the bar and make us better. Always hire up, never down.

We partner with organizations of all sizes to explore, design, and implement AI strategies that are secure, scalable, and human-centered. We believe AI should amplify human potential, not replace it - and we build with that conviction in every engagement. From advisory and tooling to implementation and education, we meet clients where they are and help them integrate AI in ways that align with their mission and values. Our goal is to empower teams to work smarter, move faster, and unlock new possibilities through thoughtful, responsible innovation.

And through it all, we lead with purpose, love, and adventure. We do meaningful work with people we care about, and we make the ride an adventure worth taking. Because at Human Agency, who we are and how we work are one and the same.