Full-Time

Product Lead

Accounting AI

Posted on 10/31/2025

Collective Hub

Collective Hub

201-500 employees

S-Corp tax savings with back-office bookkeeping

Compensation Overview

$200k - $214k/yr

San Francisco, CA, USA

Hybrid

Category
Accounting (2)
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Required Skills
LLM
Product Management
Machine Learning
Requirements
  • 5-6+ years of product management - You have a deep understanding of the product craft throughout the entire product lifecycle - delivering successful & innovative products
  • Accounting or accounting-adjacent expertise – You understand accounting, how accounting factors into a business day-to-day, implications of getting it right/wrong, regulatory requirements, and operational considerations.
  • An “owner” and “driver” mindset – You are biased toward action and get stuff done. No task is too big or too small for you. You strive to solve problems independently, while striking the balance of asking for help.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • Drive for simplicity & elegance – Ability to take on complex product challenges and find elegant, simplifying solutions to avoid making them our customers’ and partners’ problems.
  • A high-quality bar – For your own contributions and those of the people around you.
  • Comfort & skill with ambiguity - Ability to independently solve ambiguous problems with first principles and structured thinking
  • Strong written and & communication - High signal, clear & succinct, and structured communication.
  • Fluency with data – You’ve worked on ML (or data-heavy) products in the past, and are comfortable running A/B tests. You know how to leverage data to make product decisions without getting stuck in analysis paralysis.
  • Intellectual curiosity & humility – Product development is a deep team sport. You are intellectually curious, a team player, and have strong opinions loosely held w/ humility.
Responsibilities
  • Own the product area vision, strategy, implementation, and customer & business outcomes for Accounting.
  • Work closely with AI engineers and subject matter experts to bring to life AI-driven product experiences - for example: Categorizing transactions using LLMs.
  • Work with the Accounting operations team to ensure they have the tools and workflows to be effective. Determine where product automation & AI can unlock efficiencies.
  • Lead and inspire an XFN team to ship innovative experiences.
  • Deeply understand business and product performance to ensure the team is focused on the highest leverage opportunities that balance long-term growth with immediate business needs.
  • Manage the roadmap and team processes to enhance the quality and velocity of execution, and make tradeoff decisions between business priorities and available resources.
  • Drive effective partnership both cross-functionally, across product teams, and with external partners to ensure the team achieves strong business outcomes.
  • Define the framework and metrics to measure the impact of the team; deeply understand the core drivers and monitor progress
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior consulting (BCG/Bain/McKinsey) or investment banking experience
  • Reforge certification(s)

Collective Hub helps self-employed entrepreneurs save money on taxes by organizing their business as S Corporations and offering an all-in-one, membership-based financial solution. Prospective members answer questions to assess fit, are matched with a Collective Advisor, and then receive a personalized back-office system that includes monthly bookkeeping and payroll, plus access to a dedicated finance team and a Member Relationship Manager who deliver a monthly reporting package. Its approach bundles tax planning with included back-office services and personalized guidance, and the membership is tax-deductible and often pays for itself within a few months. The goal is to save time and money on business taxes for self-employed entrepreneurs by providing comprehensive, ongoing financial support.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$78.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI agents automate expense categorization and cash flow forecasting post-Open Ledger.
  • 30 million US solopreneurs face rising back-office burdens Collective resolves.
  • Tax-deductible $95 monthly fee recoups via S Corp savings in months.

What critics are saying

  • Intuit QuickBooks Solo launches May 1, 2026, undercuts with free AI bookkeeping.
  • IRS Section 199A reforms cap S Corp deductions, eroding core value by 2027.
  • Open Ledger founders depart within 6-12 months, delaying AI roadmap.

What makes Collective Hub unique

  • Collective integrates S Corp formation, AI bookkeeping, and payroll for solopreneurs.
  • Open Ledger acquisition on April 24, 2026, embeds AI accounting APIs natively.
  • Membership model delivers monthly tax reports and dedicated advisors seamlessly.

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401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

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