VP of Product, Kontakt.io
4-5 days a week in office (Manhattan, NY)
Digital building services
Open for applications
Digital building services
101-200 employees
Open for applications
4-5 days a week in office (Manhattan, NY)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To humanise buildings by providing digital building services using live occupancy, environmental and location IoT data.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a deeply technical product leader with strong go-to-market (GTM) acumen and a proven track record in B2B SaaS growth from the scale-up stage ($30M-$150M+ ARR)
- This individual must fully embrace the 4 Ps of product—product, price, place, and promotion—and have experience managing multiple products in a portfolio.
- They are passionate about building and scaling category-defining solutions, with expertise in AI-driven innovation and agent-based systems
- Proven track record scaling multi-product B2B SaaS businesses from $20M to $100M+ ARR
- Experience leading product organizations in fast-growing, global companies
- Deep technical understanding of AI/ML, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures
- Familiarity with hardware products and solutions is a strong plus
- Comfortable collaborating on architectural decisions with engineering leadership
- Data-driven mindset, passionate about transforming insights into action
- Experience driving GTM success with strong understanding of pricing, positioning, and buyer journeys
- Deep empathy for end-users and the ability to translate customer needs into impactful solutions
- Skilled in managing cross-functional teams across multiple geographies, including Europe
- Track record of recruiting, coaching, and retaining world-class product teams, including designers
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
- Healthcare experience is nice to have but not required
- Passionate about leveraging technology to solve meaningful problems, ideally in complex operational domains
- Resourceful, entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on frugality and impact
- Thrives in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Based within commuting distance of NYC (minimum 4 days/week in Manhattan office)
- Ability to travel internationally (quarterly visits to Poland)
What the job involves
- As a member of the Executive Leadership Team and reporting to the CEO, the VP of Product will work closely with a high-performing management team to drive the continued growth and success of Kontakt.io.
- The VP of Product will be an opinionated, collaborative leader who is motivated to impact care delivery and embraces Kontakt.io’s virtues (people-first, effective, innovative, simplicity wins, no ego)
- Strategic Product Leadership:
- Own and develop the product roadmap to align with the company’s business goals, customer needs, and growth strategy
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and GTM teams to deliver high-impact, scalable products
- Ensure products leverage agentic AI/automation capabilities to create differentiated value
- Execution Excellence:
- Launch a new AI-native product line that aligns with Kontakt.io’s vision and growth objectives
- Advance the existing RTLS offering to maintain market leadership and improve customer outcomes
- Establish processes and KPIs to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of products
- Monitor and optimize product ROI through rigorous measurement of performance metrics
- Customer-Centric Growth:
- Define and prioritize customer problems and opportunities through close collaboration with sales, customer success, and end-users
- Build strong partnerships with marketing to shape the narrative for multi-product positioning and category creation
- Team Leadership:
- Manage and scale a high-functioning team of 8, including product managers and designers, ensuring effective collaboration across functions
- Recruit, mentor, and retain top product talent with a focus on ownership, growth, and accountability
- Collaborate effectively with remote teams, particularly in Europe
- Success Measures
- Product Launches: Successfully deliver a new AI-native product line that drives massive ARR growth and enhances Kontakt.io’s competitive position
- Product Optimization: Advance the existing RTLS offering to improve adoption, customer satisfaction, and measurable ROI for customers
- Roadmap Execution: Deliver on >90% of the committed product roadmap with measurable business and customer impact
- Team Metrics: Build a collaborative, high-output team culture, improving metrics such as time-to-market, cycle time, and % roadmap delivered vs. committed
- Customer Impact: Drive measurable customer and business outcomes, including increased NPS, reduced churn, and ARR growth
Our take
Serving hospitals to smart offices, Kontakt.io is a tech and digital software company that builds IoT (internet of things) products such as nano tags and smart badges.
As a burgeoning and increasingly used industry, Kontakt.io has seen a growing range of products released in the 2020s including the Portal Beam, a cloud-enabled sensor that delivers building insights to its users
With plenty of applications for its products, Kontakt.io has received a lot of investor interest which has supported the expansion of operations and entering into new markets. The latest fundraise sees the company invest in AI development and pursue expansion into hospitals in the US.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Health Insurance
- Holiday Allowance
Company values
- Customer leadership is the key
- Growth mindset
- Challenge, inspire, respect
- Systematic execution
- Act with urgency
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
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Leadership
Philipp von Gilsa
(Founder & CEO)Previously Country Manager and worked in Special Projects at Jumia Group, co-founded and was Head of Sales at zweitausendvier.
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