Osano is hiring a Head of Product to shape, guide, and accelerate the next chapter of our product strategy. This role reports directly to the CEO and calls for an empathetic, forward-thinking, hands-on leader who thrives at the intersection of vision and execution—someone who can inspire a shared direction for where privacy is headed, integrate AI/ML as a core differentiator, and nurture the creation of products that are intuitive, trusted, and built for scale.
You’ll be leading a collaborative team that turns market shifts into opportunities, transforms challenges into innovative solutions, and works together to bring ideas to life for customers. You’ll partner closely with executives to align product direction with company goals, while also staying connected to the details: running discovery, validating assumptions, shaping the roadmap, and ensuring thoughtful, high-quality delivery. The ideal candidate is an experienced product leader who enjoys fostering growth in others, scaling product operations, and leveraging AI in ways that genuinely benefit customers. If you’re motivated to build a category-defining platform in a dynamic, fast-evolving market, we’d love to connect.
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Osano is an Austin area, venture-backed startup focused on creating transparency in data. Osano is a B-corp (public benefit corp), which means that, although we are a for-profit company, we are mission-oriented, and we wake up every morning with the goal of doing well by doing good.
The RoleVision and Strategy
- Shape and champion a user-centered product vision that anticipates where the market is going.
- Guide the next evolution of our roadmap with a focus on modularity, intelligence, and enterprise readiness.
Lead Product Execution
- Build and support a high-performing team grounded in empathy, technical fluency, and operational excellence.
- Establish product development practices that encourage curiosity, experimentation, and measurable outcomes.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design to deliver high-quality releases that align with shared goals.
Drive AI Innovation
- Develop and implement an AI strategy that enhances both the product experience and internal R&D capabilities.
- Identify opportunities where automation, language models, and other ML tools can simplify privacy workflows and unlock value for customers.
- Partner with Engineering and AI/ML specialists to integrate intelligent features across the platform.
Partner Cross-Functionally
- Help cultivate a more market-aware, AI-forward, and customer-centered R&D culture.
- Evolve the product organization’s structure, processes, and metrics to support our next stage of growth.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Compliance to refine ICP, positioning, and packaging, and anticipate regulatory changes.
- Engage with customers, analysts, and the broader privacy community to inform strategic decisions.
About You
- You have 10+ years in SaaS product management, with 5+ years leading teams—ideally in high-growth, venture-backed environments.
- You’re experienced in leading significant product transformations by launching new strategies, entering new markets, or modernizing legacy platforms.
- You are comfortable working hands-on by conducting discovery, drafting PRDs, or creating mockups.
- You have experience scaling product operations and structures as ARR grows.
- You have a strong understanding of applied AI, such as LLMs, vector search, embeddings, and you know how to translate them into customer value.
- You are naturally curious, quick to learn, and customer-focused—bonus if you know the privacy, data governance, or compliance space!
- You are collaborative, adaptable, and committed to fostering a positive, high-performing team environment focused on growth + development!
Must-Have Qualities
- Visionary & Strategic— you can define a bold product vision that anticipates where the market is going and inspire others to rally behind it.
- Hands-On Operator — you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, whether running discovery, shaping a roadmap, or refining product processes.
- AI-Forward Thinker — you know how to apply AI/ML in practical, customer-focused ways that create real value.
- Customer-Obsessed — you’re deeply curious about user needs, pain points, and workflows, and you’re relentless about solving them.
- Scales with Impact — you’re experienced in building high-performing teams, scaling product operations, and driving measurable business outcomes.
Compensation
Based on your skills and experience, you can expect your annual base compensation to be between $200,000 and $250,000. We want everyone at Osano to have a stake in our success, so you'll also receive stock options upon joining the company.
Benefits- Fair-pay compensation and ownership interest/equity!
- Unlimited paid time off + a requirement to take at least two weeks off per year.
- We're a Best Place for Working Parents and offer paid parental leave for all new parents + we believe that family (however you define it) always comes first.
- Osano sponsors individual premiums at 100% and dependent premiums at 50% for Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance via Aetna.
- A fully + permanently remote company so you can work from anywhere in the U.S.
- Receive a Macbook + $600 to craft your home workspace.
- Annual $300 learning & development stipend to fuel your career and growth.
- Annual company trip designed to foster connection, creativity, and having fun!
- Mental health benefits with free memberships to mindfulness + talk therapy services.
- We’re a welcoming team that's dependable, curious, moves fast, and full of talented people! You’ll work closely with a small team of implementation managers who help each other out while having fun working together.
- A well-defined career path that’s not just “climbing the ladder” - learn different competencies, skills, and concepts as you progress and get recognized for it.
- You’ll become a privacy expert, including the opportunity to receive your Certified Information Privacy credential.
- You’ll be representing a product that makes prospects say, “This is so awesome” when it’s sold and maintaining an average 95% CSAT score each quarter.
- We’re a Great Place to Work for the fourth year in a row, with 97% of employees saying it’s a great place to work.
Osano is a leading data privacy platform that helps organizations quickly and confidently comply with laws like GDPR, CCPA, and other global privacy regulations. From consent management to vendor risk monitoring, Osano makes complex privacy tasks refreshingly simple, so companies can focus on what they do best, while we handle the rest.
We’re backed by top-tier investors including Baird Capital, Jump Capital, and LiveOak, and we’re scaling fast with a multi-year runway and ambitious growth plans. We’ve also been recognized as a Great Place to Work for four years running, with 97% of employees saying Osano is a great place to work.
As we grow, we're looking for individuals who lean into modern technologies and smarter systems to drive efficiency, clarity, and speed; both in our product and in how we operate. If you're excited by the idea of helping build a high-growth, privacy-first company that embraces thoughtful automation, emerging tech, and intentional collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.
Osano is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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