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New York, New York, United States
Hybrid
PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how. Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.
Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.
As the U.S. enters a new capex supercycle across data centers, factories, housing, and renewables, joining PermitFlow means building the AI infrastructure at the core of every construction project driving the next wave of reindustrialization.
We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.
Construction is one of the largest industries in the world - and one of the most operationally fragmented.
Before anything gets built, projects must move through permitting and pre-construction workflows spread across ~20,000 jurisdictions, each with different rules, systems, and processes.
The result is a massive bottleneck slowing down housing and infrastructure across the country.
PermitFlow is rebuilding this layer from the ground up - using modern software and AI systems to automate and orchestrate permitting end-to-end.
We are still early. The product surface area is expanding rapidly, the workflows are deeply complex, and the opportunity to shape how this industry operates is enormous.
This is one of those rare moments where product decisions directly influence how the physical world gets built.
Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (Monday, Wednesday and Friday in-office). We prefer NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.
We're hiring a Product Lead to define what PermitFlow builds next, reporting directly to our Head of Product. This is a high ownership role that will require exceptional execution across new product development and commercial strategy.
Permitting is the gate every construction project's data passes through, giving us a route upstream into design, pricing, and feasibility, and downstream into procurement and scheduling. This role will be responsible for delivering our next planned bet, then expand into identifying, designing and delivering the next set of major products we will deliver in early 2027.
The ideal candidate for this role will be able drive outcomes across the organization, working with GTM, Operations and Business Operations to size markets quickly, test cheaply and price effectively. You will get unusual levels of access to leadership and be involved in making critical decisions for the business. It is a great opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience driving cross-functional commercial outcomes and/or with ambitions to be a future founder, GM or Head of Product.
This role is our first Product Lead. You will start as our most senior individual contributor, with the ability to build a team as you grow the products you ship.
You will operate across product, commercial strategy, and cross-functional execution:
Take our core permitting and inspections products into a key new market, partnering with GTM and Operations leadership on product, delivery, and pricing.
Build a clear point of view with Business Operations on which markets we enter next, and the frameworks for sizing and testing new bets
Design and validate the next products we launch, from hypothesis through concept, pilot, commercial launch, and delivery
Lead cross-functional work streams across Marketing, Product, Sales, and Operations, supporting both tactical delivery and revenue momentum
Own launch readiness, including positioning, sales narrative, and the support model
Ensure cross-functional partners are enabled to deliver new products at high quality, from sales collateral through support SOPs
Set the standard for product craft as our first product lead, and support the Head of Product in hiring and holding the quality bar
Make the case for when a product line has earned dedicated PMs, and build that team when it does
We're looking for product leaders who think like GMs and have taken a product from zero to real revenue.
9+ years of product experience, or an equivalent track record as a founder, GM, or operator carrying commercial ownership
Proven experience taking a product from zero to commercial revenue in a startup or high-growth environment, or experience significantly accelerating revenue growth when inheriting a 1-100 product offering
Direct experience moving a company into a new customer segment or market, across buyer, sales motion, delivery model, and price
Pricing and packaging judgment built on direct experience
Fluency with long, multi-stakeholder buying cycles and formal procurement processes
Comfort with a services-heavy delivery model where product decisions drive staffing and delivery cost
Technical fluency and comfort working closely with engineering teams
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and a track record of driving strategic clarity in a way that improves the delivery of cross-functional teams
High sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability
Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA
401(k) savings plan
Unlimited PTO and paid family leave
Home office & equipment stipend
Daily in-office lunch and dinner provided
Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)
If you’re excited by the opportunity to build AI-powered products that simplify complex real-world workflows - and want to help define a category from the ground up - we’d love to talk.
Inside PermitFlow: The Team Transforming Construction Permitting
PermitFlow provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or family status, as protected by applicable law.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.