Product Lead - AI-Powered Learning & CultureOS (m/f/x)

About Sharpist

At Sharpist, we're on a mission to empower everyone to lead a self-aware career and life.

We're building the always-on career companion – from first internship to boardroom. For talents on the shop floor, in the stores, on the sites, and in the HQ. Before the hard conversation, after the tough feedback, in front of the empty whiteboard.

Our Hybrid Philosophy: Real 1:1 human coaching for empathy, accountability, and breakthrough moments – combined with an AI Coach for always-on support, follow-ups, and "in the moment" guidance.

Each learner's transcribed coaching sessions form their personal memory bank – their context, goals, patterns, and aha moments – securely encrypted. Our AI draws from this, rather than recycling generic knowledge.

This is not about replacing human coaches. It's about making coaching accessible to everyone, everywhere – and making HR teams 10x more effective.

The Strategic Context

We have strong product-market fit:

• World-class client logos (IKEA, BMW, Airbus, Adidas, SoundCloud, HomeToGo, Breitling)
• Clear market differentiation
• Clients switching to us from competitors because of our unique credit-based model

But the proof is in the pudding. We have two core challenges this role exists to solve:

• Long-term retention of our core product – Pilots don't reliably convert to enterprise-wide rollout. We need to understand why and fix it.
• Short-term activation and retention of our AI product – Our AI Coach is live with first customers and achieving strong ratings from those who use it. But the main challenge is adoption: getting people to the first session, then keeping them coming back.

We don't want incremental thinking. If you believe we should sunset products, build something entirely new, or pivot direction – we want to hear it.

The Team & Investment

Where we are today: Our Product & Engineering team is intentionally lean: 3 engineers, 1 data engineer, and 1 designer. Small, focused, and fast-moving. Our core product is nearing breakeven – we're a financially disciplined company, not a cash-burning startup.

Where we're going: Our existing shareholders are making a dedicated investment specifically to fuel Sharpist's AI transformation. This funding will allow us to double the P&E team over the coming year.

What this means for you:

• You'll have meaningful influence in hiring and shaping the team you'll lead
• You'll work with a small, high-trust group where decisions happen fast
• You'll have the resources to execute on AI – this isn't a side project, it's our strategic bet
• You'll need to be comfortable building with constraints while scaling thoughtfully

The Role

As Product Lead, you will own the full product experience across Sharpist's platform – with a strategic focus on our AI product expansion and the evolution toward CultureOS: a complete system connecting Memory Bank, Hybrid Journeys, and an Insights Dashboard for real-time workforce intelligence.

You'll report directly to the CEO and work at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Design, and commercial teams. This is a leadership role for someone who can think in 3-year horizons while shipping weekly – and who can grow a team while delivering results.

What You'll Do

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the 1-3 year product strategy for the evolution from AI Coach to CultureOS
• Shape how our three strategic pillars come together:
  • Memory Bank: AI coaching sessions that continuously learn about each learner – their goals, context, growth, and aha moments over time
  • Hybrid Journeys: Combined human coaching & AI coaching with seamless handoffs – 75% AI for always-on support, 25% human for empathy, accountability & breakthroughs
  • Insights Dashboard: Conversational interface for HR to understand trends affecting retention, succession, and tra