Salient

Product & Growth Lead

San Francisco, US Full-time

About Us

We’re building the AI infrastructure powering the future of financial operations - starting with automating the most painful and complex workflows in loan servicing.

  • Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $65M raised in Series A funding.

  • 8-figure ARR < 2 years already serving > 20% of the auto lending industry, and processing millions of real customer calls and transactions daily.

  • Fully deployed with major financial institutions - not just PoCs.

  • We are expanding into new financial services segments!

  • In-person office culture in San Francisco, CA.

We're fully integrated with our customers, own the full stack, and are moving fast to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter most.

The Role

Split your time between inventing new AI product capabilities and scaling how enterprises discover, adopt, and expand their use of Salient. Half product manager building new capabilities, half growth operator removing friction from the customer journey.

You’ll work at the intersection of AI innovation and enterprise go-to-market, owning initiatives from concept through customer rollout and measurable business impact.

What You'll Do

  • Own and execute growth-critical product initiatives from idea to launch

  • Work directly with customers and prospects to uncover workflow pain points and identify product opportunities

  • Partner closely with engineering, research, and design to ship fast in ambiguous, high-leverage areas

  • Build systems and experiments that improve enterprise adoption, activation, retention, and expansion

  • Define success metrics and use data to drive product and go-to-market decisions

  • Create scalable playbooks for launches, beta programs, onboarding, and customer rollouts

  • Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success to ensure product improvements translate into measurable business outcomes

  • Help shape how Salient positions and commercializes new AI capabilities

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves:

  • 4–8+ years in product, growth, or hybrid product/growth roles at high-velocity startups

  • Track record shipping 0→1 products and driving measurable adoption or revenue growth

  • Strong product judgment paired with analytical decision-making

  • Comfort operating with high autonomy and limited structure

  • Experience working closely with engineers and technical teams to ship quickly

  • Excellent customer intuition and ability to translate qualitative insights into product direction

Nice to Have:

  • Experience building AI-native or workflow automation products

  • Background in compliance-heavy or operationally complex industries

  • Experience scaling enterprise adoption and expansion motions

  • Previous experience as an early product or growth hire

  • Technical fluency with modern AI/LLM systems and experimentation workflows

At Salient, we’re building at the edge of AI - fast, focused, and with real ownership. Sprints and major launches move quickly, and we look for people who are energized by that pace and ready to collaborate in person 4 days a week in our San Francisco office with a start time of 8:00 AM.

We also offer a benefits package designed to support our full-time employees: medical, dental, and vision coverage , a generous 401(k), and catered lunches.

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🚀 Y Combinator Company Info

Y Combinator Batch: W23
Team Size: 40 employees
Industry: B2B Software and Services
Company Description: AI Servicing for Auto Lenders

💰 Compensation

Salary Range: $180,000 - $250,000

📋 Job Details

Job Type: Full-time
Experience Level: 5+ years