Full-Time

Product Manager

Posted on 7/16/2025

1848 Ventures

1848 Ventures

11-50 employees

AI-powered SMB-focused B2B SaaS studio

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Remote

Travel may be required occasionally for customer discovery and team-building activities.

Category
Product (1)
Requirements
  • 7+ years of product management in B2B Software as a Service, including leading at least one zero-to-one or v1 launch.
  • Proven track record running rapid experiments to test demand and inform build/no-build decisions.
  • Experience with revenue-generation or marketing-adjacent products (hospitality or small-business tech a plus).
  • Skilled at user research, hypothesis-driven development, and data-informed prioritization, without needing a big-company analytics stack.
  • Clear, concise communicator who can rally cross-functional teams and external stakeholders around a scrappy plan.
  • Start-up mindset: bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and willingness to wear multiple hats.
Responsibilities
  • Lead discovery through conversations with innkeepers - extract insights, frame problems, and validate hypotheses quickly.
  • Be the voice of the customer and the market opportunity - marrying insight with intuition to prioritize what matters most.
  • Own a 0→1 initiative with executive visibility, directly shaping one of the most strategic bets for the company.
  • Design lean experiments including landing pages, concierge pilots, no-code hacks, and launch them to gauge demand before heavy build cycles.
  • Translate early traction into a clear product vision and phased roadmap, collaborating closely with design, engineering, and go-to-market.
  • Define success metrics, set up lightweight tracking, and iterate based on real usage and revenue impact.
  • Balance scrappiness and quality: know when to push an MVP live and when to invest in polish and scalability.
  • Evangelize learnings and customer perspectives across the company, shaping strategy as we grow the platform.
Desired Qualifications
  • exposure to AI/ML-enabled products or hospitality integrations

1848 Ventures is a B2B SaaS venture studio that builds and scales AI-powered software for small and medium businesses. It creates dedicated teams, tools, and provides capital to develop ventures that solve real SMB needs such as dynamic pricing, labor forecasting, and conversion optimization. A $250 million funding commitment backs the effort, enabling entrepreneurs to turn ideas into market-ready products. With roots in commercial insurance, the company leverages that stability to pursue ambitious projects and help SMBs grow while strengthening communities. Its approach differs from typical vendors by offering end‑to‑end venture creation and scaling within an integrated studio, rather than just selling a single product. The goal is to improve SMB efficiency and growth, helping communities thrive through practical, AI-powered solutions.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$13.6M

Headquarters

Westfield Center, Ohio

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Propel People $3M seed unlocks $500B+ skilled trades market amid labor shortages.
  • Luminest acquisition accelerates vertical SaaS strategy with AI hiring tools.
  • Dexter Bachelder appointment boosts construction tech credibility and penetration.

What critics are saying

  • Westfield underwriting losses damage reputation, eroding $250M fund confidence.
  • Highflyer, Aspire, ServiceTitan dominate construction SaaS, outcompeting launches.
  • Llama 3.1 commoditizes AI, enabling SMBs to bypass studio dependency.

What makes 1848 Ventures unique

  • 1848 Ventures combines venture creation with acquisitions like Luminest for skilled trades.
  • Structured Discover-Validate-Build-Scale phases target AI solutions for SMBs.
  • Backed by Westfield's $250M commitment, focuses on construction, hospitality, retail.

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