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Issue No. 24 —The Talent Foundry
Roles at Runlayer, Deepgram, Jobber, Voodoo, Superpower and more
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/watching: 5 new insights to help you operate successfully in the startup world and find your next thing.
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Who’s hiring
New this week: 34 new startups including 9fin, AirGarage, Aurelian, Bounce, BranchLab
Product
Founding Product Manager at Runlayer (Securing enterprise AI/MCP deployments, Seed, Remote) – Own the full product roadmap for the enterprise MCP security platform from zero to one
Senior Product Manager, Payments Growth at Jobber (Cloud software for home service businesses, Series D, Remote) – Drive payments adoption and revenue growth across the SMB home services customer base
AI Product Manager at EvenUp (AI-powered legal case intelligence, Series F, Remote) – Lead AI product strategy for document understanding and case analysis automation
Product Manager at unitQ (AI-powered product quality monitoring, Series B, SF) – Lead product initiatives at the intersection of data analytics and AI-driven quality insights
Product Manager - Growth at General Medicine (Transparent healthcare pricing marketplace, Series C, Remote) – Build acquisition and conversion systems that scale the consumer healthcare storefront
Lead Product Manager - Growth at Voodoo (Mobile gaming and apps publisher, Late Stage, Remote) – Own the growth product roadmap powering creative distribution across 25K+ ad campaigns
Product Manager - Accounting at Jeeves (Global financial operating system for businesses, Series C, São Paulo) – Own the accounting product from roadmap through delivery for cross-border finance teams
Product Lead at Somethings (Social wellness platform for teens, Series A, Remote) – Own the product vision and roadmap connecting teens with mentors at scale
Senior Product Manager, US Market at Lawhive (AI-native legal services platform, Series B, Remote) – Lead product strategy for the US market launch of an AI-powered law platform
Senior Product Manager (Deals) at 9fin (AI platform for global debt markets, Series B, London) – Own the Deals product powering credit workflows for 300+ institutional clients
Product Manager, Payments at Halliday (Cross-chain payments infrastructure, Series A, Remote) – Own the payments product roadmap from onramp through cross-chain settlement
VP, Self-Serve at Deepgram (Voice AI platform for speech and agents, Series C, Remote) – Own and scale the self-serve revenue motion for the developer API platform
Head of Product at Bounce (Global luggage storage marketplace, Series B, NYC) – Own the full product vision and roadmap for the consumer and partner marketplace
GTM/Growth/Marketing
Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at Sanity (AI-powered content operations platform, Series C, Remote) – Own technical product marketing for developers and IT leaders adopting composable CMS
Ecosystem Growth manager at Patsnap (AI-powered innovation intelligence for IP, Series E, Singapore) – Drive ecosystem partnerships and product-led growth across the APAC innovation intelligence market
Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at XBOW (Autonomous offensive security testing, Series C, Remote) – Shape technical positioning and developer narratives for AI-powered security products
Founding US Account Executive - Agentic AI at Humaans (Next-gen HR infrastructure for global teams, Series A, NYC) – Land the first wave of US enterprise accounts as founding AE for the agentic AI platform
Founding Account Executive at Runlayer (Securing enterprise AI/MCP deployments, Seed, Remote) – Build the sales motion from scratch as first AE selling to enterprise security and IT buyers
Founding Growth Lead at Lassie (AI for health practice operations, Series C, NYC) – Build the growth engine from demand gen through conversion to scale from 600 to 2,500+ customers
Marketing Operations Manager at Iru (AI-powered security and IT platform, Series D, Miami) – Build and scale marketing operations infrastructure across the full revenue funnel
GTM Lead at Jitter (Collaborative motion design tool, Seed, Paris) – Build the first GTM motion targeting mid-market design teams as founding sales hire
Director of Sales Development at Confido (AI infrastructure for CPG brands, Series A, NYC) – Build and lead the SDR function driving pipeline for CPG accounting and forecasting products
Product Marketing Manager, Customer Marketing at Deepgram (Voice AI platform for speech and agents, Series C, Remote) – Own customer marketing strategy to drive expansion and advocacy across the developer base
Strategy & Operations Manager - Ad Monetization, Growth at Voodoo (Mobile gaming and apps publisher, Late Stage, Paris) – Drive ad monetization strategy and operations across the mobile games portfolio
Marketing Operations Manager at Semgrep (Code security platform for developers, Series B, Remote) – Build and optimize the marketing ops stack powering demand gen and pipeline analytics
Growth Marketing Senior Analyst at Jeeves (Global financial operating system for businesses, Series C, São Paulo) – Own growth marketing analytics and campaign performance across LATAM and global markets
VP of Sales at Somethings (Social wellness platform for teens, Series A, Remote) – Build and lead the sales org to drive school district and health system partnerships
Head of Sales Development at AirGarage (Full-stack parking management platform, Series B, Remote) – Build and scale the SDR team driving pipeline for commercial real estate partnerships
Biz Ops & Strategy
CPG - Director of Trade Strategy at Confido (AI infrastructure for CPG brands, Series A, NYC) – Lead trade strategy consulting for CPG brands adopting AI-powered promotion management
Operations and Strategy Senior Associate at Relay Technologies (Reinventing last-mile delivery logistics, Series B, London) – Drive cross-functional operations and strategic initiatives to scale European delivery network
Real Estate Strategy Manager at Crusoe (AI cloud infrastructure from electrons to tokens, Remote) – Lead real estate strategy for data center site acquisition and development across the US
Senior Strategy and Planning Manager at Preply (AI-enhanced language learning marketplace, Series D, Remote) – Own strategic planning and operational execution supporting the CEO and leadership team
Strategy & Operations at Concourse (AI agents for corporate finance, Series A, NYC) – Run strategy and operations as founding hire working directly with the CEO
Operations Manager at The Public Interest Company (AI-driven healthcare payment recovery, Seed, Remote) – Lead operational efficiency across case management and litigation recovery workflows
Senior Manager, Energy Strategy at Rowan Digital Infrastructure (Sustainable data center infrastructure, Growth Stage, Remote) – Lead energy procurement and power strategy across a growing portfolio of data center sites
Senior Manager - Strategy & Investor Relations at Weekday (AI-powered recruiting platform, Seed, Mumbai) – Own corporate strategy, investor relations, and performance management for a scaling HFC
Business Operations Manager at Worldly (Supply chain sustainability intelligence, Series B, Remote) – Drive business operations and process optimization across go-to-market and customer teams
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff at Concourse (AI agents for corporate finance, Series A, NYC) – Partner with the CEO on company-critical initiatives spanning ops, hiring, and strategy
Chief of Staff at Jinba.io (Enterprise AI workflow automation, Seed, Remote) – Own strategic planning, KPIs, and cross-functional execution as CEO force multiplier
Chief of Staff to the COO Office at Lio (AI-powered insurance platform, Series A, Berlin) – Support the COO in scaling operations and driving cross-functional execution
Chief of Staff at Raspberry AI (Generative AI design for fashion brands, Series A, Remote) – Partner with the CEO on strategic priorities spanning ops, hiring, and GTM execution
Chief of Staff at Formance (Open-source financial ledger infrastructure, Series B, Remote) – Lead cross-functional strategy, operations, and governance alongside the founders
Chief of Staff at Superpower (Preventive health testing platform, Series A, SF) – Partner with the CEO across strategy, recruiting, ops, fundraising, and culture
Chief of Staff at Aurelian (AI-powered 911 call automation, Series A, Houston) – Drive strategic and operational priorities as right hand to the founding team
Chief of Staff at Cyvl (AI for civil infrastructure inspection, Series A, Boston) – Multiply CEO effectiveness by owning deals, relationships, and cross-functional execution
Data & Analytics
Principal Data Analyst - GTM at Restaurant365 (Restaurant management SaaS platform, Late Stage, Remote) – Lead GTM analytics powering customer success strategy and revenue retention decisions
Staff Data Scientist at Preply (AI-enhanced language learning marketplace, Series D, Remote) – Lead data science initiatives driving product and business impact across the learning platform
Senior Data Scientist, Capacity Analytics at Vultr (Global cloud infrastructure provider, Series A, Remote) – Build capacity analytics models powering compute and GPU infrastructure planning
Senior Director of Data Science, Clinical Performance at Pearl Health (Value-based primary care enablement, Series B, Remote) – Lead clinical data science and build the frameworks proving Pearl's impact on patient outcomes
Senior Analyst, GTM Analytics at Vanta (Automated trust and compliance platform, Series D, Remote) – Own GTM analytics for overlay teams spanning channel, specialty sales, and value engineering
Senior Data Scientist (National Security) at Faculty (Applied AI for government and enterprise, Series A, London) – Design and deploy data science solutions for national security and defence programmes
Senior Data Scientist at BranchLab (Healthcare AI for pharma commercialization, Seed, Boulder) – Lead disease modeling and health outcome prediction using epidemiological and ML methods
Senior Data Scientist at Gorgias (AI-powered ecommerce customer experience, Series C, Paris) – Build data science models powering conversational commerce and customer engagement
Who’s Raised
Find startups that have runway
Many Techstars accelerators just kicked off, so be on the lookout for new roles posted from Techstars companies soon.
Pre-Seed
$1m for Dentronic from Los Angeles, US (AI, AI Medical Robotics)
Seed
$500k for Adialante from Redwood City, US (Health, Healthcare)
$6m for Surf Therapeutics from Austin, US (Clinical Research, Healthcare)
Series A
$7m for Definity from Covington, US (Health Tracking, Healthcare)
$17m for Conduit Health from New York City, US (Biotech, Healthcare)
$50m for Thrombolex from New Britain, US (Biotech, HealthTech)
$77.5m for R1 Therapeutics from Redwood City, US (Clinical Research, Healthcare)
$24m for Nadia Care (Cayaba Care) from Philadelphia, US (Health/Medical, Healthcare)
$24m for Condor Software from San Diego, US (Finance, Software)
$80m for Latent Health from San Francisco, US (AI, Healthcare)
Series E
$250m for Imperative Care from Campbell, US (Health/Medical, Healthcare)
Post-IPO
$120m for Alto Neuroscience from Los Altos, US (AI, Biotech) with funding from Commodore Capital, Driehaus Capital Management and 5 more
Acquisition/PE
£15m for Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services from Cheadle, UK (Biotech, Clinical Research)
Stratis Group from Palm Beach Gardens, US (Healthcare, HealthTech) acquired by Nexus Health Group.
Revly from Boca Raton, US (Healthcare, Healthcare IT) acquired by Knowtion Health.
Move This World from Brooklyn, US (E-Learning, Education) acquired by Riverside Insights.
Quipt Home Medical Corp. from Wilder, US (Healthcare, Healthcare Services) acquired by Kingswood Capital Management
Otex Protective from Rochester, US (Electrical Safety, Manufacturing) acquired by Mechanix Wear
FTE Factory Advisors from Troy, US (Business Consulting, Business Transformation) acquired by Gray Matter Systems.
Chase Medical Research from Waterbury, US (Biotech, Clinical Trials) acquired by PhaseWell Research.
What We’re Reading and Watching
State of the product job market in early 2026 - an important read
How Vector uses organic content to run circles around bigger companies
Healthcare’s AI Future Hinges on One Question: Who Gets Left Behind? (tbh, relevant to all industries)
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More soon,
Team @ The Talent Foundry