Full-Time
Head of Product
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Crossing Minds
11-50 employees
AI-driven recommendation platform for businesses
Compensation Overview
$150k - $200kAnnually
Senior
Toronto, ON, Canada + 1 more
More locations: San Francisco, CA, USA
This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence in one of the specified locations.
- 5-7 years experience in technical B2B product management
- Demonstrated track record of building high value product teams
- Demonstrated success in shipping and iterating on products within an agile software development environment
- Ability to understand highly technical business problems, craft effective strategies to tackle them, and present simple solutions to our customers
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Extremely well organized with the ability to balance multiple concurrent priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
- Lead, define, and communicate the strategy, vision and roadmap of our AI platform with all key stakeholders, partnering with CEO & CTO
- Build processes to deliver AI-driven solutions that satisfy the needs of our B2B customers
- Collaborate with UX design efforts supporting product iterations of our B2B dashboard as well as integrated platforms
- Collaborate with engineering and machine learning teams to master the specifications of our AI platform and APIs, and lead technical product development and integrations initiatives
- Build and nurture an agile and innovative product culture within the company, founded on the importance of continuous and rapid prototyping and learning
- Assess product development sprints and enhancement opportunities, monitor progress and evaluate results
- Develop budgets, forecasts, and metrics
- Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and decisive action
- Understand the evolving competitive landscape and identify potential strategic partnerships for complementary product offerings
- familiarity with ML/AI technologies
- strong interest in personalization and recommendation systems
- familiarity with real-time APIs and CDPs
Crossing Minds specializes in AI-driven recommendation platforms that enhance online discovery and customer engagement for businesses. Their product provides personalized product recommendations using advanced deep learning techniques, focusing on session-based suggestions while ensuring customer privacy through the use of anonymized data. Targeting online businesses such as e-commerce platforms and digital content providers, Crossing Minds operates on a B2B model, offering its recommendation engine as a service that can be easily integrated into existing systems via APIs and SDKs. This emphasis on privacy and seamless integration sets Crossing Minds apart from competitors in the rapidly growing AI recommendation engine sector. The company's goal is to significantly improve key performance indicators for its clients, aiming for increased sales and customer engagement through tailored recommendations.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$13.1M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2017
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Growing demand for privacy-focused AI solutions boosts Crossing Minds' competitive edge.
- Shopify's investment validates Crossing Minds' market potential and opens partnership opportunities.
- Success in niche markets like wine recommendations indicates potential for vertical expansion.
What critics are saying
- Emerging competitors like DRINKS Recommend pose significant competitive pressure.
- Data privacy regulations in Europe could impact Crossing Minds' operations.
- High inflation rates may reduce demand for e-commerce platforms and recommendation engines.
What makes Crossing Minds unique
- Crossing Minds offers privacy-focused AI recommendations, respecting user data privacy.
- The platform provides session-based recommendations, enhancing real-time personalization for users.
- Crossing Minds supports headless commerce with a React library for Shopify's Hydrogen framework.
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Benefits
Medical, dental, & vision insurance
Employer-matched 401(k)
20-day PTO
9-days of paid holiday
Company shutdown from 12/24 - 01/01
Professional education opportunities
Voluntary Travel Policy
Visa support, if needed
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 0%1 year growth
↑ 4%2 year growth
↑ 4%'DRINKS Recommend', leveraging Crossing Minds' state-of-the-art deep learning platform, delivers AI-driven wine recommendations that increase sales, customer engagementLOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DRINKS, the pioneering and leading operating system for alcohol e-commerce, today released new data from its AI-powered wine recommendation tool, DRINKS Recommend, that illustrates its ability to nearly double revenue from recommendations for online wine merchants.DRINKS Recommend was recently deployed on select pages by two major online wine retailers, selling in excess of 250,000 bottles a month. Compared to pages that offered an industry standard "most popular" set of wine recommendations, pages that implemented DRINKS Recommend delivered:Increased conversions: a 175% increase in attributed session conversionsa 175% increase in attributed session conversions Increased revenue : a 78% increase in average revenue per session: a 78% increase in average revenue per session Increased engagement: a 52% increase in click through rateDRINKS Recommend is the newest product built on DRINKS' patented AI models, called PAIR ("Predictive AI Retailing"). PAIR analyzes wine prices, regions, varietals, tasting notes, descriptions, label features, and how a product is perceived by customers to develop personalized product recommendations tailored to online merchants, their products, and their customers."We're in the business of using technology to transform all aspects of the alcohol industry, and that includes how it gets marketed online. Most people buy wine based on the label, and our deep industry experience and engineering talent enabled us to build AI-based tech that delivers accurate and personalized wine recommendations based on factors such as label variations," said Zac Brandenberg, DRINKS Co-Founder and CEO. "This is poised to be a game-changer for those on both sides of the aisle (or screen), delivering a better experience for wine shoppers and increased bottom lines for businesses who use it."Performance for DRINKS Recommend on Shopify marks first results since migrating to the Crossing Minds platformThe performance of DRINKS Recommend on Shopify marks the first results since DRINKS migrated their recommendation model training and delivery pipeline from AWS SageMaker to Crossing Minds' cutting-edge recommendation platform
Crossing Minds announced the release of a new e-commerce data enrichment product that makes e-commerce products more intuitively discoverable to customers.
Crossing Minds is pleased to announce the release of its new React library, designed to support headless Shopify stores built with the Hydrogen framework.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says Meta’s ad-centric business model is noncompliant with European regulations. That’s according to a public statement released Wednesday (Jan. 4) outlining the commission’s final decision regarding the tech company’s processing of personal data stemming from two complaints filed May 25, 2018 under the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It represents a major blow to the company, whose stock price has already taken a 60% haircut, or $450 billion loss, for the year
The inflation rate may have peaked, but consumer sentiment remains low. The Bureau of Labor Statistics published November’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) Tuesday (Dec. 13). To the surprise of many economists, the overall index beat estimations, slowing to 7.1% year over year instead of the predicted 7.3%. The biggest declines over the past month were in piped natural gas service (-3.5%), used cars and trucks (-2.9%) and airline fares (-3%). The largest increases over the month were in fuel oil (1.7%), fruits and vegetables (1.4%) and motor vehicles maintenance/repair (1.3%)