About the Role
VAPI (/ˈVⱭːPI/):
-
We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface
-
We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents
-
We’ve grown to over 700k developers in two years, adding 2,000+ every day
-
Try talking to Vapi now! https://vapi.ai
WHY WE’RE HIRING THIS ROLE:
-
Enterprise revenue 5×’ed in a year and is a big focus. The companies writing the big checks aren’t just developers anymore: they’re legal teams, compliance officers, ops and IT leaders, and procurement orgs who need voice AI they can actually govern.
-
We need a Principal PM who understands that the real product isn’t just the agent: it’s the trust infrastructure around it. Live guardrails, audit trails, monitoring, compliance — particularly hard to do with voice AI in two-way live high-stakes interactions with customers.
-
This person will be critical to the success of the company.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
-
30 Day:
-
Become unreasonably dangerous on the Vapi platform and the enterprise buyer landscape: the product, the deals, the friction, the gaps.
-
Map where enterprise deals stall: legal, security, compliance reviews, feature gaps, onboarding.
-
Write a “here’s the mess + here’s the opportunity” brief for the enterprise segment. Sharp.
-
Ship one small thing that visibly unblocks a current customer.
-
-
60 Day:
-
Turn your diagnosis into a crisp strategy — a defensible argument with a prioritization call.
-
Own and publish a 12-month rolling roadmap for enterprise: the full stack of what it takes for a regulated business to trust voice AI in production.
-
Ship one high-leverage improvement that moves adoption, expansion, or retention.
-
Turn data into knowledge. It’s ok to be wrong. It’s not ok to not understand why.
-
-
90 Day:
-
Deliver a step-function improvement in a core enterprise metric. You pick it, you defend it.
-
Make governance feel like magic.
-
Raise the bar across Vapi by demonstrating what great product management looks like: crisp specs, fast decisions, honest post-mortems, zero hand-holding required, data-driven prioritization, and magical product definition.
-
WHO YOU ARE:
-
You’ve built product at a technical company where the buyers included legal, security, compliance, and procurement.
-
You speak fluent API and fluent enterprise procurement. Both. In the same meeting.
-
You’ve been in a security review, a BAA negotiation, and a legal hold conversation.
-
You understand that for regulated industries, governance isn’t a nice-to-have — and you’re hungry to build more.
-
You have a strong point of view on what AI means for the enterprise, and you’ve already been building with it.
-
You don’t need a manager to tell you what matters. You see the problem, build the plan, ship, and report back with results.
-
You’re data-driven and disciplined.
-
You write like someone who respects the reader’s time.
-
You debate timing, not value, with unusually high competence and low ego.
-
You think fast is better than slow, and know the difference between “move fast” and “set money on fire.”
-
You bring ~8+ years of product experience, including time owning an enterprise segment and/or compliance or governance at a technical product company.
-
You like hanging out regularly with Karl the Fog in our San Francisco office.
WHY VAPI:
-
Generational impact: Build the human interface for every business
-
Ownership culture: 70% of the company are previous founders
-
Kind team: The founders, Jordan and Nikhil, are Canadians
-
Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer Series A
WHAT WE OFFER:
-
Real stake: We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership
-
Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans
-
Team love: We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites
-
Flexible time off: take what you need
More: catered meals, transportation, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget
Related Searches
Explore more opportunities matching this role's title, location, and skills.
Similar Roles
Get the top 10 hyper-growth roles delivered to your inbox every Tuesday.