New Roles for Talent with High-Agency & Taste — October 26, 2026
Today's roles demand high agency and ownership from candidates, while hiring teams seek proof of capability and taste.
Today's hiring market emphasizes roles that require individuals to thrive in ambiguity and take ownership of their work. Hiring teams are looking for candidates who not only possess the right skills but can also demonstrate their ability to deliver results in challenging environments.
Operations
These roles focus on autonomy and the ability to navigate complex challenges.
Default Job Template — Capable Labs
On-site · San Francisco
You’ll need to own your work and tackle uncertainty head-on.
close to biological readouts and understanding how potency and efficacy data inform the next design cycle. • High agency when an instrument breaks, a synthesis fails, results look unusual, or a handoff is unclear. •…
Signals: High agency · Founding team · Autonomy
Learning Experience Product Expert — Kaltura
Hybrid · EMEA
You will build a new product line, requiring both ownership and a builder mindset.
world’s leading enterprise video platform into an AI-powered, agentic digital experience ecosystem. We are launching a net-new product line: an Agentic Learning & Enablement Experience (LXP). By combining our footprint…
Signals: 0 to 1 · Ambiguity · Ownership · Builder
Human Data Project Lead — Protege
On-site · New York City, NY
You need to thrive on ambiguity and drive impactful outcomes.
fast-moving, high-trust team of builders who are obsessed with velocity and impact. Our culture is built for people who thrive on ambiguity, own outcomes, and want to shape the future of data and AI. About the team The…
Signals: Ambiguity · Ownership · Craft · Builder
Director, Talent Management — GiveDirectly
Remote · Remote
You must be proactive and bring energy to your team while owning your growth.
sitive energy. We aim to be a source of energy for colleagues, not a drain. • Think rigorously; act quickly. We reason from first principles, then act rather than debate. • Know yourself and grow. We own our…
Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft · Builder · Proactiveness
Process Research &Development Technician — IFF
On-site · Hangzhou Trading, China
Expect to embody taste and autonomy in a competitive environment.
mpetitive benefits and opportunities for learning, development, and career growth. We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our…
Signals: Taste · Autonomy · Builder
Marketing
Positions in marketing highlight the need for creativity and a proactive approach.
Growth Content Strategist — Throxy
On-site · London, UK
You are expected to ship consumer-grade work, showcasing your taste and volume.
n throxy's content full-time. We want people who already ship consumer-grade work in the Héctor Serrano mold: taste, volume, and a point of view. You sit next to the product, the customers, and the founders. The job is…
Signals: Taste · Founding team
Growth Lead - Performance Marketing — Plasma
On-site · London Office
You’ll need to craft compelling narratives while owning the performance marketing strategy.
, send funds in seconds, earn yield and spend with a card in the local economy. Underneath is the Plasma network, built from first principles for stablecoin payments. Stablecoins make dollars faster, cheaper and more…
Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft · Builder
Finance
Finance roles demand strong taste and the ability to handle ambiguity effectively.
Product Designer - Corp Accounting — Multiplier Holdings
Hybrid · Singapore
You are responsible for end-to-end design, requiring strong taste and proactive ownership.
nd scale • You own end-to-end design work: from wild ideas to polished developer handoffs • You have strong taste and design judgement: sharp visual design chops, a well-trained eye for craft, and the ability to bring…
Signals: Taste · 0 to 1 · Ambiguity · Craft
1 more open role at Multiplier Holdings matched today.
Strategic Finance Operations Leader — Aegis AI
On-site
You’ll need to present strategic financial narratives while demonstrating high agency.
l unit economics into clear, compelling narratives for both external and internal stakeholders. Who You Are • High Agency & Low Ego: You are a "fixer." You are equally comfortable presenting a 3-year strategic financial…
Signals: High agency · Founding team · Craft · Autonomy
19 more open roles at Aegis AI matched today.
Product
Product positions require ownership and a hands-on approach to building.
Product Manager — Throxy
On-site · London, UK
You’ll operate as a generalist, owning product management tasks with a proactive approach.
lient channel economics. You will join as a generalist product manager and business operator, working directly with the founding team and engineering. Your first mandate is the email channel - fifteen weeks in it runs…
Signals: Founding team · 0 to 1 · Ambiguity · Ownership
Staff Product Manager, Europe Expansion — Lemonade
On-site · TLV
You’ll navigate obstacles with high agency while influencing product direction.
er experience • A data-first approach to personas, segmentation, packaging, and pricing for new audiences • High agency - you find a way through obstacles instead of waiting for permission • Ability to influence…
Signals: High agency · Craft
Sales
Sales roles emphasize autonomy and the ability to craft solutions in evolving markets.
Business Development Representative - NYC/SF — Aegis AI
On-site
You’ll build the sales engine from the ground up, requiring autonomy and craft.
und in financial services, healthcare, or regulated industries This is your chance to join AegisAI Security as our very first sales hire—roll up your sleeves, build our BDR engine, and grow into an Account Executive…
Signals: Founding team · 0 to 1 · Craft · Autonomy
19 more open roles at Aegis AI matched today.
Solutions Architect — Monk
On-site · New York City
You must resolve ambiguity and connect product capabilities to business value.
al judgment. You connect product capabilities to business value and set expectations the team can deliver. • High agency and follow-through. You find missing information, resolve ambiguity, and keep work moving. • Daily…
Signals: High agency · Craft
Software Engineering
Engineering roles seek individuals who can balance taste with technical expertise.
Senior Product Engineer — Cosuno
Remote · Berlin/Remote
You’ll need to balance technical expertise with a strong sense of user experience.
sign data models, APIs, and services, and you care about performance, reliability, and maintainability. • UX taste: You care how your work feels to the user, and you make sound interface decisions without a detailed…
Signals: Taste · Ambiguity · Ownership · Autonomy
Founding Product Engineer — Multiplier Holdings
Hybrid · Singapore
You’ll join as a founding engineer, requiring ownership and a builder mindset.
Founding Product Engineer Reports to: Product Pod Lead Working Pattern : Full Time Location: Singapore This role is based in Singapore and we're
Signals: Founding team · Ambiguity · Ownership · Builder
1 more open role at Multiplier Holdings matched today.
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Creative Technologist — Ideogram
On-site · Toronto
You’ll bring creativity to technology, emphasizing taste and craft in your work.
roughs including early research in Diffusion Models, Google’s Imagen, and Imagen Video. We care about design, taste, and craft as much as research and engineering – shipping experiences that creatives actually love.…
Signals: Taste · Craft · Autonomy · Builder
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Supply Chain (Electrical/Electromechanical) — Antares
On-site · Los Angeles
You’ll need to navigate complex challenges with a builder's mindset.
lders with competing priorities, conflicting policies, perverse incentives, and emergent and path-dependent properties. First principles thinking alone is insufficient. Think probabilistically and then take action. “If…
Signals: 0 to 1 · Ambiguity · Builder · Proactiveness
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