Scale Army Careers·about 13 hours ago
This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone.
The General Manager, Product (Lifecycle Automation) owns an entire software business line end-to-end, including product, revenue, and profitability.
This role exists to take over the IP of an existing lifecycle automation software product and operate it as a standalone, profitable business unit.
You are accountable for:
Revenue growth
Margins
EBITDA
Long-term product viability
This is not a product coordination role.
This is a P&L owner role.
You report directly to the CEO and will be evaluated, promoted, or exited based on the financial performance of this business unit.
You are expected to:
Own product strategy and execution
Own how this product makes money
Own upsells, expansion, and retention
Own monthly profitability
Think like a CEO. Act like an owner.
You will immediately own and manage:
1 Backend Engineer
1 Frontend Engineer
1 Client Success Manager
1 Account / Operations Manager
You directly own:
Product roadmap and prioritization
Pricing, packaging, and expansion strategy
Customer retention and upsells
Cost structure and margin discipline
Monthly and quarterly P&L performance
You will work closely with:
The CEO (strategy, capital allocation, performance review)
Sales (deal support, upsell motions, feedback loops)
Marketing (positioning input; accountability stays with you)
This is a business unit, not a feature team.
Own the full P&L for the lifecycle automation product
Be accountable for:
Revenue
Gross margin
Operating costs
Monthly profitability (EBITDA)
Decide where to invest and where to cut
Build upsell and expansion paths into the product
Ensure the business becomes more profitable over time—not just bigger
You are measured monthly on financial output, not effort.
Set and own the product vision with revenue in mind
Prioritize roadmap items based on:
Retention impact
Expansion potential
Sales velocity
Cost-to-build vs. return
Kill features that don’t drive adoption or dollars
Ensure product decisions directly support profitability
Product exists to serve the business—not the other way around.
Design and own:
Upsell paths
Add-ons
Tiering / packaging
Partner with Sales on:
Strategic deals
Enterprise upsells
Objection handling tied to roadmap
Personally step into high-impact sales conversations when needed
Translate revenue friction into product or pricing changes
You do not “support” revenue.
You own it.
Manage Client Success directly
Ensure onboarding leads to fast time-to-value
Tie retention and expansion to product usage
Maintain tight feedback loops between:
Customers
CS
Product
Engineering
Treat churn as a failure of leadership until proven otherwise
Retention is revenue.
Allocate engineering time as a capital decision
Balance speed, quality, and margin
Prevent overbuilding and gold-plating
Ensure every sprint has a clear business justification
Hold engineers accountable to outcomes, not just delivery
Engineering cost is part of your P&L.
Clear revenue model and pricing strategy in place
Product roadmap explicitly tied to financial impact
Baseline P&L visibility established
Upsell paths live or in progress
Revenue growing predictably
Margins improving or intentionally invested
Retention trending upward
Product recognized internally as a real business, not an experiment
CEO trusts you to run this without oversight
This role is intentionally designed for someone who:
Has founded or co-founded a company
Has personally felt the weight of payroll, burn, and margins
May have experienced a startup that didn’t work out
Then went in-house and learned how companies scale
Is now looking to own something meaningful again
Strong fits often include:
Former founders
General Managers
Product leaders with P&L responsibility
Early-stage SaaS operators with commercial instincts
If you have never been accountable for revenue, this role is not a fit.
Reports directly to the CEO
Wide autonomy
Clear financial expectations
Performance is evaluated primarily on EBITDA generated by this unit
This role is designed for someone who wants real ownership and long-term runway.
If this business unit becomes profitable, stable, and well-run, there are two potential paths, depending on interest and performance:
Path 1: Scale & Deepen
Continue as General Manager of this business unit
Grow revenue, margin, and scope
Build a larger team and expanded product surface area
Own this division long-term
Path 2: Build & Launch
Transition this business unit to a replacement GM you help hire
Move on to launch and scale new products or business units
Operate as an internal builder / entrepreneur-in-residence
Take on repeated 0→1 or 1→10 initiatives over time
Movement between paths is:
Optional
Performance-based
Determined jointly with the CEO
This opportunity exists for someone who wants to build multiple real businesses, not just manage one.
The choice is yours. Our goal is to hire smart people and give them whatever they need to prevent them from becoming bored 🫶
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