Job Description
🎯 Our Mission
At Pulley, we are on a mission to help construction teams break ground faster. The United States is short between 4-7 million homes while housing production and affordability remain near historic lows. Meanwhile, retail and office real estate are still adapting to the post-pandemic world and the AI boom has led to significant investments in data center infrastructure.
Permitting requirements vary vastly by jurisdiction, making it challenging to navigate for home builders, retailers, architects and contractors. It creates a critical bottleneck that every project must traverse. While the industry remains largely fragmented and underserved, we believe that combining cutting-edge software with permitting expertise can condense permitting timelines from months to days or even hours!
🏗️ About Us
We are a passionate team building software for the built environment around us. Founded by Charlie Jacobson and Andreas Rotenberg in 2021, our team combines deep experience in real estate and construction with a track record of shipping software loved by millions of customers.
We’re backed by CRV, Susa Ventures, BoxGroup, Fifth Wall, Operator, South Park Commons, Suffolk Construction and leaders from Plaid, Segment, Procore, ServiceTitan, Built, BuildZoom, and eero.
🏠 What We’re Building
We’re building the world’s first software platform for construction permitting — for any project, in any city. Our north star is speed; everything we do is in the service of helping our customers get their permits as fast as possible.
We serve some of the top developers, builders, retailers and architects in the industry to permit new apartment buildings, office space, homes, stores and much more!
🧑💻 The Role
As Pulley’s first Product Manager, you’ll report directly to Pulley’s co-founder and work closely with the engineering team to help define and execute on our product roadmap.
Accelerate the launch of Pulley’s newest AI product offerings and operate as the main product owner between engineering, design, and the rest of the business.
Partner closely with design and engineering to ensure alignment across product, technical requirements, and customer needs.
Help set the tone for how product is built at Pulley by creating the processes, rituals, and communication styles that will define our future.
Stay ahead of the curve in construction tech, AI, and automation to continuously identify areas where we can improve the permitting process.
📋 Need to Have
Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or in a related field.
4+ years of product management experience in a B2B or enterprise SaaS environment.
At least 1 year of experience working as a software engineer, or in a technically adjacent role. You understand technical concepts (eg APIs, data models, architecture, etc) and can work closely with engineers to make informed decisions about trade-offs and feasibility.
Prior startup experience, or experience in a high-growth company environment.
Eager to work hybrid in our Downtown SF office (the team comes in 4x/week)
🌟 Nice to Have
Experience in construction tech, gov-tech, or workflow automation products
Experience applying AI/LLM workflows to real-world operations or decisioning problems
