Execution Lead (Product Shipping & Delivery) in Startup

Ensure that products, features, and initiatives ship — even when the founder is busy.

Your job is to make sure nothing stays blocked because “we needed input”, “we needed support”, or “we were waiting”.

One-sentence mandateNothing stays unshipped because the founder was busy.

What success looks likeThings ship every weekBlockers are visible, owned, and resolvedNo initiative quietly diesMomentum is constantThe company moves forward even without the founder’s daily involvementTasks

Responsibilities

• Own all shipping initiatives end-to-end
• Track what is blocked, why, and by whom
• Unblock execution:chase decisionsprepare optionsescalate when neededmake pragmatic calls
• Break work into small, shippable slices
• Push teams to finish, not perfect
• Own early distribution & traction initiatives:launchesonboardingearly usersvisibility experiments
• Lead by doing, not by talking
• What this role is not
• Not a strategist
• Not a framework designer
• Not a meeting organizer
• Not an analyst writing decks
• Not someone who waits for perfect input
• If you need a week of analysis or a 2-hour meeting to explain a vision, this role is not for you.

Requirements

Profile we are looking forStrong bias to actionComfortable pushing people (including the founder)Startup-hardened generalistTechnically literate (doesn’t need to code, but understands delivery)Feels personal responsibility for outcomesGets energy from finishing thingsNon-negotiablesIf you’re blocked for more than 24–48h, you escalateYou don’t disappear when waiting for inputYou optimize for shipping, not eleganceYou interrupt the founder when shipping is at risk