Full-Time

Senior Product Manager

API

Posted on 9/16/2025

WellSaid Labs

WellSaid Labs

51-200 employees

AI voice generation platform for text-to-speech

Compensation Overview

$135k - $165k/yr

+ Stock options

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Product (2)
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Required Skills
UI/UX Design
Product Management
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Senior product management experience at a similar-stage tech company or product agency
  • Previous experience working on API products and features, including understanding how APIs are designed, used, and scaled
  • Experience using analytics and business intelligence platforms to write reports and perform cohort analysis; familiarity with common SaaS key performance indicators
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messages for diverse audiences; comfortable presenting product work to the entire company as well as to customers
  • Strong organizational skills and process orientation
  • Empathy for users and ability to discover and resolve their pain points
  • Strong expertise in product design and development, partnering closely with designers and engineers to deliver customer-centric solutions; ability to define intuitive user interfaces, provide clear product direction, and execute against scalable processes
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Must pass a pre-employment background check
Responsibilities
  • Drive the API product forward and nurture the developer community
  • Develop quantitative and qualitative understandings of growth opportunities across user segments, countries, and platforms, and translate findings into clear, actionable priorities for the product roadmap
  • Form and validate data-driven hypotheses for accelerating customer retention and revenue, working closely with engineering, design, marketing, and analytics
  • Embrace testing; develop and deploy hypothesis-driven product changes and integrate usability studies and user research into the product development process to create the best user experience
  • Capture insights from growth test successes and failures, and communicate them to the broader team
  • Lead your squad to deliver high-quality product experiences on time and with precision; own the execution of a well-defined set of features, ensuring they ship reliably, meet user needs, and contribute to measurable growth
  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of market and technology trends and the competitive landscape
  • Contribute to the development of the Product Management practice at WellSaid
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Shape Up product development methodology is a plus

WellSaid Labs provides an AI voice generation platform that converts written text into high-quality voiceovers in seconds, helping businesses create engaging content and improve customer experiences. Users input text and choose from a library of AI-generated voices, then the platform renders natural-sounding voiceovers quickly. The service is accessible through a subscription model with multiple pricing tiers, and offers a free trial or demo to explore capabilities. WellSaid Labs differentiates itself by offering a user-friendly interface, a variety of realistic voices, and advanced speech synthesis that can capture natural speech patterns, enabling consistent and compelling voiceovers for global brands, publishers, and companies across industries. Its goal is to enable faster, more cost-effective voiceover production to enhance customer engagement and brand presence, positioning the company as a leader in AI voice technology.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$10M

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Venture debt from Multiplier Capital funds profitability-focused growth.
  • Serves Microsoft, T-Mobile, ServiceNow with high gross margins.
  • Over 15,000 customers since 2018 across multiple industries.

What critics are saying

  • Open-source models like Voicebox erode IP moat in 6-12 months.
  • Customer concentration in Microsoft, T-Mobile risks revenue loss.
  • EU AI Act imposes licensing that erodes cost advantage in 12-24 months.

What makes WellSaid Labs unique

  • WellSaid uses licensed voice actor data for ethical, IP-protected AI voices.
  • HINTS enables precise tempo (0.7x slower) and loudness (5dB louder) annotations.
  • Caruso model directs emotions, pitch, and pace like human directors.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Professional Development Budget

Home Office Stipend

Stock Options

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

0%
PR Newswire
Mar 17th, 2026
WellSaid secures venture debt from Multiplier Capital with focus on profitability over dilution

WellSaid, an enterprise voice AI company, has closed a venture debt round with Multiplier Capital. The financing supports a growth strategy focused on capital efficiency and control rather than equity dilution. The Seattle-based company owns its AI models, datasets and customer applications, achieving high gross margins whilst serving enterprise clients including Microsoft, T-Mobile, Progressive, Humana and ServiceNow. WellSaid holds patent-protected intellectual property in AI voice generation. The company builds voice models through consent-based partnerships with professional voice actors, providing guaranteed commercial rights and removing IP liability for customers. WellSaid has maintained focus on studio-quality voice production for enterprise teams, rather than expanding into conversational agents or consumer markets. Multiplier Capital cited WellSaid's mission-critical technology and category-defining position as key factors in the investment decision.

GeekWire
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Wellsaid’S New Ai Voice Model Will Introduce ’Emotional Directing’ For Inflection And Tone

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MarTech Cube
Jul 5th, 2024
WellSaid Won 2024 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Award

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VentureBeat
May 31st, 2024
Elevenlabs Moves Beyond Speech With Ai-Generated Sound Effects

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