Website:
planso.co
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About the Role
We are looking for a Product Manager with strong exposure to architecture, AEC, or built-environment workflows. This role is ideal for someone who understands how architects, design studios, developers, planners, and built-environment teams work, and wants to help build AI-native products for the future of the AEC industry. You will work closely with the founding team, engineering, design, and customers to convert real AEC problems into clear product requirements, workflows, features, and product experiences.
Must-Have Requirement
- Candidates must have strong knowledge of Architecture / AEC / Built Environment.
- Preference will be given to candidates who are graduates from a top architecture, planning, or design school.
- Only candidates with AEC / Architecture knowledge should apply.
What You Will Own
- Understand customer workflows across architecture firms, design studios, developers, and AEC teams.
- Conduct user research and customer discovery with architects, planners, designers, and business leaders.
- Translate customer pain points into product requirements, user stories, workflows, and product specifications.
- Work with the founding team to define product direction, feature priorities, and roadmap.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams to build intuitive, useful, and reliable product experiences.
- Support product demos, customer conversations, market research, and competitor analysis.
- Create product documentation, PRDs, workflow maps, demo narratives, and release notes.
- Help define product positioning for Planso’s AI-native AEC products.
- Track adoption, usage, feedback, and customer value from product releases.
- Build deep understanding of how AI can improve decision-making in the built environment.
Who Should Apply
- Product-minded candidates with architecture, planning, design, construction, real estate, or built-environment exposure.
- Architecture / planning / design graduates interested in moving into product management.
- Candidates who can think clearly, write well, and translate complex workflows into simple product experiences.
- People who enjoy speaking to customers and deeply understanding user problems.
- Candidates excited by the intersection of AEC, AI, product, and business.
- People comfortable working in a fast-moving early-stage startup with high ownership.
- Who Should Not Apply
- Candidates without exposure to architecture, AEC, construction, real estate, urban design, or built-environment domains.
- Candidates looking for a generic product manager role without domain depth.
- Candidates who are not comfortable with customer conversations, ambiguity, writing, and cross-functional execution.
Ideal Background
- Graduate from a top architecture, planning, or design school.
- 3–8 years of experience in architecture, product, consulting, business, or technology roles.
- Strong interest in AI, SaaS, design technology, geospatial tools, and the future of built-environment workflows.
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong ownership, curiosity, and structured thinking.
Why Join Planso
- Work directly with the founding team of a deep-tech AI startup.
- Help shape AI-native products for the built environment.
- As an early-stage team member, you will be eligible for ESOPs, giving you the opportunity to participate in the long-term value creation of the company.
- Move from domain knowledge into product leadership.
- Get exposure to global AEC customers, enterprise product development, and AI-led workflows.
- Play an early role in building the future of AEC intelligence.
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