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PatchVice President, AI Product & Engineering
This remote Vice President job blends product leadership with engineering oversight for AI efforts at Patch, a local media company. The core focus is commercial performance…
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This remote Vice President job blends product leadership with engineering oversight for AI efforts at Patch, a local media company. The core focus is commercial performance of self-serve offerings for small and medium-sized businesses, which tend to carry low prices and recurring billing. The posting also expects the leader to back AI projects built for large brands, which sit outside the platform products. Patch has used AI since 2022 and…
Job Description
This remote Vice President job blends product leadership with engineering oversight for AI efforts at Patch, a local media company. The core focus is commercial performance of self-serve offerings for small and medium-sized businesses, which tend to carry low prices and recurring billing. The posting also expects the leader to back AI projects built for large brands, which sit outside the platform products.
Patch has used AI since 2022 and is described as one of the few local media companies still prospering. The posting notes roughly 15,000 community newsletters generated with AI, which earn a Net Promoter Score above 94, and says AI-driven systems handle moderation for about 160 million active users.
The role calls for a hands-on operator. Instead of passing off the details of product work, the leader builds prototypes, examines data, speaks with customers and works through specifics alongside the team. Staff and contractors are spread across many countries and time zones because the company operates remote-first. Its goal is to keep residents informed about their neighborhoods and to help local merchants and event marketers reach the audiences they care about.
Applicants should show a clear history of commercial results, strong technical credibility and experience guiding other executives in startup-style settings. Technical fluency is required so engineers will trust the leader, but the full stack does not need to be mastered. Every applicant is assessed against the company's leadership standards, and the culture is described as serious about its mission but relaxed about self-importance.
Responsibilities
- Drive commercial results for the platform products with a bold, fast-moving approach.
- Help the sales team grow revenue, including through AI work for large brands that is kept separate from the platform products.
- Find ways to make journalists' careers more rewarding, both financially and operationally.
Requirements
- Demonstrated results from self-serve products for small and medium-sized businesses that are inexpensive and recurring.
- Working knowledge of Clayton Christensen's Jobs-to-be-Done framework.
- At least five years guiding other leaders in technical and product positions inside entrepreneurial companies.
- Ten or more years as an engineer, managing engineers, or both, plus skill at weighing system design, data, feasibility and compromises.
- Hands-on approach: builds prototypes, checks data, talks with customers and digs into details with the team.
- Curiosity, frankness, self-awareness, humility and humor.
- Enough technical skill to gain engineers' confidence.
Qualifications
- Exposure to the company's technical environment, including JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Drupal/PHP, AWS, Heroku, Pantheon, GCP with BigQuery and GA4, Stripe, Auth0/Okta, Typesense/OpenSearch, GitHub/Jira and current AI tools.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Ancillary benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited discretionary time off
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid parental leave
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Where is this position based?
The listing marks the role as remote, and the company operates remote-first with team members in several countries and time zones.
What salary does the posting offer?
The posting does not specify a salary.
What experience is required?
The posting asks for at least five years guiding other leaders in technical or product positions, plus ten or more years as an engineer or engineering manager.
What is the employment type?
The role is full-time.
How do I apply?
The posting does not describe the application process.
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