Issue No. 20 —The Talent Foundry

Bridging the gap between talent and startup gems in the hidden job market. 

Check out the latest roles below. This week we have some interesting roles in Data / Analytics in addition to the usual areas. In this edition:

• Who’s hiring: ~50 roles across Biz Ops & Strategy, Chief of Staff, Product, Marketing and Data Science

• Who’s raised: 15+ new raise announcements

• What we’re reading: 6 articles to help you operate successfully in the startup world and find your next thing.

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Who’s hiring

Product

Technical Product Lead at Kombo (Unified HR integrations API, Series C, Berlin) – Own the new Learning vertical end-to-end from first customers to $1M+ ARR

Lead Product Manager (Seller Experience) at Motorway (Online used car marketplace, Series C, London) – Lead seller experience product for the UK's fastest-growing car marketplace

Product Manager at Harmattan AI (Autonomous defense systems, Series B, London) – Define product strategy for mission-critical defense technology at a $1.4B unicorn

Sr. Product Manager at Benepass (Flexible employee benefits fintech, Series B, NYC) – Own product roadmap for a customizable benefits platform serving hybrid workforces

Senior Product Manager at suger (Cloud marketplace revenue platform, Series A, Vancouver) – Shape product strategy for B2B cloud marketplace billing and compliance workflows

Head of Product & Growth Marketing at Preply (AI-enhanced language tutoring marketplace, Series D, Remote) – Lead product and growth marketing strategy for a 100K+ tutor marketplace

Technical Product Manager, AI at valence (AI-native enterprise coaching platform, Series B, NYC) – Shape AI product roadmap for a coaching platform used by Fortune 500 companies

Senior Product Manager, AI at Puzzle.io (AI-first accounting for startups, Series B, SF) – Own the agentic AI buildout powering real-time accounting for modern businesses

Director of Product, Payments at Canary Technologies (AI-powered hotel software platform, Series B, NYC) – Own product strategy for payments serving 20,000+ hotels in 100+ countries

Product Manager, AI at Wealth.com (AI-powered estate planning for wealth firms, Series A, NYC) – Drive AI product strategy for a platform serving 1,500+ financial institutions

Technical Product Manager at UnlikelyAI (Hallucination-resistant AI for high-trust apps, Seed, Remote) – Lead platform strategy for neurosymbolic AI serving complex enterprise customers

Product Manager, AI Agent Deployment at Siena AI (AI CX intelligence layer and agent OS, Early Stage, Remote) – Own the deployment and integration experience for enterprise AI agents at scale

VP, Product at Axion (AI quality intelligence for manufacturing, Series B, Remote) – Lead product vision and team for an AI platform transforming manufacturing quality

GTM/Growth/Marketing

Senior Expansion Strategy Operations Manager (Growth) at Preply (AI-enhanced language tutoring marketplace, Series D, Remote) – Drive expansion strategy and operations to scale Preply's growth in new markets

Revenue Strategy & Operations Manager  at Decagon (Conversational AI for enterprise CX, Series B, SF) – Build revenue operations infrastructure to scale from rapid growth to category leadership

Founding Account Executive at Concourse (AI agents for corporate finance teams, Series A, NYC) – Close enterprise deals as founding AE at a fast-scaling a16z-backed startup

Account Executive,  Emerging GTM at Listen Labs (AI-powered customer research platform, Seed, NYC) – Close deals and scale ARR as an early AE selling into marketing and product teams

Founding Product Marketing at Broccoli AI (AI front-office automation for home services, Series A, SF) – Build product marketing from scratch as founding PMM at a fast-growing AI startup

Revenue Strategy & Operations Manager at Swap (AI-native global commerce infrastructure, Series C, NYC) – Build revenue strategy and operations for an agentic commerce platform

Senior Rev Ops Manager (GTM Techstack) at happyhotel (Dynamic pricing for hotels, Series A, Remote) – Own the entire GTM techstack and drive scalable revenue operations across teams

Director of Product Marketing at Cogent Security (AI cybersecurity agents for enterprises, Series A, NYC) – Lead product marketing for an applied AI lab securing Fortune 500 environments

GTM Enablement Manager at Deepgram (Voice AI APIs for speech and agents, Series C, Remote) – Scale GTM enablement across sales and partnerships for the leading Voice AI platform

Product Marketing Manager at GovDash (AI platform for government contracting, Series B, DC) – Own positioning, messaging, and GTM strategy for a $5B+ contract-winning platform

Growth Marketing Manager at Luxury Presence (AI growth platform for real estate, Series C, Remote) – Build and own the prospect nurture program to drive qualified pipeline at scale

Product Marketing Manager at Vantage (Cloud cost transparency platform, Series A, Remote) – Own positioning, messaging, and GTM strategy for a developer-loved cloud cost tool

Product Marketing Manager at HappyRobot Inc. (AI operating system for supply chain operations, Series B, SF) – Own positioning and GTM for an AI platform transforming industrial operations

VP, Revenue Productivity & Strategy at Achievers (Employee recognition and rewards software, Series C, Remote) – Lead revenue productivity strategy across a 4.3M-user global platform

Head of Digital and Content Marketing at Kustomer (AI-powered CRM for customer service, Series B, Remote) – Own digital and content strategy to fuel growth for a post-Meta AI CRM

Biz Ops & Strategy

Client Success Operations Manager at Corgi Insurance (Rebuilding renters insurance for property managers, Series A, Dallas) – Bridge data integrity and client relationships to scale insurance onboarding nationwide

Operations Manager, Accounts at Commure (AI solutions simplifying healthcare operations, Series C, SF) – Run account operations for an AI platform powering 500K+ clinicians nationwide

Strategy Associate  at Preply (AI-enhanced language tutoring marketplace, Series D, Barcelona) – Partner with leadership on high-impact strategic initiatives across the business

Strategy and Operations Associate at Relay Technologies (Reshaping last-mile delivery logistics, Series B, London) – Drive strategy and operations for Europe's largest-ever logistics Series A

Business Operations & Strategy  at Cogent Security (AI cybersecurity agents for enterprises, Series A, NYC) – Scale business operations and strategy at a fast-growing AI security startup

Strategy Lead UK at Bjak (Insurance and fintech platform for SE Asia, Series B, Remote) – Lead UK market strategy and execution for a platform serving 8M+ users

Senior Complaints Operations Manager at Lendable (Rebuilding consumer finance with AI, Growth Stage, London) – Scale and optimize complaints operations at one of the UK's newest fintech unicorns

Senior Customer Strategy Analyst at Owner (AI growth system for local restaurants, Series C, Remote) – Drive customer strategy and insights to optimize restaurant success at scale

Founding Talent Partner at Maze (Generative AI for cybersecurity, Series A, London) – Architect the talent engine to scale engineering from 15 to 40 in 18 months

Talent Operations Manager at Siena AI (AI CX intelligence layer and agent OS, Series A, Remote) – Build talent operations from scratch to scale a high-impact distributed team

Senior Business Operations Manager at zensurance (Digital-first commercial insurance for SMBs, Series B, Toronto) – Lead business operations and drive strategic initiatives for a fast-scaling InsurTech

Finance and Business Operations Lead at Method Financial (Real-time financial account connectivity API, Series B, Austin) – Lead finance and business operations for a fintech connecting 1-in-3 US credit cards

Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff at Andercore (AI trade platform for industrial supply, Series B, London) – Partner with the founder to drive strategic execution across six global markets

Chief of Staff at Stacks (AI financial close automation for enterprises, Series A, London) – Shape GTM and product strategy alongside the founder at a fast-scaling fintech

Chief of Staff to the CXO at EliseAI (AI agents for housing and healthcare, Series E, NYC) – Partner with the CXO to drive customer experience strategy and cross-functional execution

Chief of Staff to the CSO at EliseAI (AI agents for housing and healthcare, Series E, NYC) – Partner with the CSO on highest-priority strategic initiatives across the business

Data & Analytics

Staff Data Scientist at Neo Financial (Rewarding financial future for Canadians, Series D, Onsite) – Own advanced modeling and experimentation to drive product and growth at Canada's fastest-growing fintech

Machine Learning Manager at Pennylane SAS (Financial OS for European entrepreneurs, Series E, Onsite) – Lead an ML team building the intelligence layer for Europe's leading accounting platform

Lead Data Scientist - Customer Development at Faculty (Human-centric enterprise AI consultancy, Series A, London) – Drive data science delivery and customer impact across government and enterprise clients

Data Science Manager, Integrity at OpenAI (Building safe and beneficial AGI, Late Stage, SF) – Scale the Integrity data science team protecting OpenAI products from misuse and fraud

Marketing Operations and Analytics Manager at Profound (AI presence management platform, Series A, SF) – Build the attribution and analytics infrastructure powering data-driven marketing decisions

Data Scientist II - Fraud & Risk at Socure (Identity verification and fraud prevention, Late Stage, Remote) – Build fraud detection models protecting the identity infrastructure used by 2,000+ enterprises

Senior GTM Analyst at MagicSchool AI (AI platform for educators, Series B, Remote) – Own GTM analytics and reporting to scale a platform used by 7M+ teachers worldwide

Who’s Raised

Pre-Seed

• £470k for Apoello from London, UK (Consumer Electronics, Electronics)

• $1.4m for Lexi (HealthTech, AI) from Boston, US

Seed

• $13m for Gelmedix from Cambridge, US (Biotech, Healthcare)

• Hyke from Portland, US (AI, Consulting)

• Ohm Health Inc from Richmond, US (Fitness, Healthcare)

Series A

• €15.4m for Immaterial Ltd from Cambridge, UK (Automotive, Cleantech)

Series B

• $22m for Ten63 Therapeutics from Durham, US (Biotech, Biotech R&D)

• $22m for Levee Medical, Inc. from Durham, US (Health/Medical, Manufacturing).

Acquisition/PE

• $38m for ProSomnus Sleep Technologies from Pleasanton, US (Healthcare, Manufacturing)

• SpearPoint Engineering, Inc. from Annapolis, US (Development, Software) acquired by NCS ENGINEERS.

• Medfluencers from New York City, US (AI, Healthcare) acquired by HealthCentral Corporation.

• Centauri (Health Systems Services) from Phoenix, US (Health, Healthcare) acquired by Elevate Patient Financial Solutions.

• $6.8m for LymphaTech from Atlanta, US (3D Body Scanning, Healthcare) acquired by Tactile Medical.

• Cannelle Skin Clinic from Oxford, UK (Clinic Marketplace, Medical Practice Management) acquired by Skingevity.

• Behavior Change Institute from Alamogordo, US (Clinic Analytics, Consulting) acquired by Center for Social Dynamics.

• Axon Diagnostics from London, UK (Diagnostics, Healthcare) acquired by Medica Group.

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More soon,

Team @ The Talent Foundry