Product Lead (Core Platform & AI)

About Collective: Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work. Our technology and team of trusted advisors help members achieve financial independence by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a thriving community, all in one integrated platform. We believe in empowering self-employed people to enjoy the same tax savings that big companies get, so they can focus on their passion, not paperwork. Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechCrunch, and more. We are backed by General Catalyst, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), QED Investors, Google’s Gradient Ventures, Expa, and other investors who have financed iconic companies like YouTube, Substack, Twitch, Box, Hims, Instacart, and Lyft. About the role: We're hiring a Product Lead for our Core Platform to architect the connective tissue of the entire Collective member experience. This role owns the horizontal infrastructure — the unified task system, dashboard, messaging layer, and core UI components — that every vertical product at Collective is built on top of. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll define and build a function that doesn't yet exist, embedding AI into the platform layer from the ground up and setting the standards that every other product team adopts. What you'll do: - Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Collective's Core Platform — the unified task system, dashboard, messaging infrastructure, and shared components that define every member's experience across the entire product ecosystem - Define and mandate the System of Record for tasks and communications that all vertical product teams (Payroll, Accounting, Tax, etc.) must adopt to ensure a coherent, low-noise member experience - Architect the AI integration layer and design how the AI support system connects to the task framework to proactively guide members, deflect support load, and reduce frict