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Maya, here are 6 new roles
1 / 6Product design lead
$172k · Lisbon
Staff product designer
$188k · Remote · Direct intro
Design manager
$205k · Berlin
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Closest to the design-lead role we talked about: senior enough to own the system, still hands-on, and teams already shipping with AI.
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Jonah Ellery
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Took two AI products from prototype to paying teams
Hands-on leader across health, data and applied ML
Happy as founder, head of product or first PM hire
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Jonah has shipped in regulated spaces, works well with a small ML team and can still hold a board-level product conversation. That mix is rare.
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