Founding UX Research / Product Strategy
Understanding how real businesses think, decide, and trust AI — then turning that evidence into better product decisions.
This founding role owns XEO's user research and product insight function across customer discovery, SMB segmentation, usability testing, AI trust, autonomy, permissions, onboarding, and continuous product learning. This role works directly with the founder, product design, and engineering to ensure that XEO is built around real user behavior rather than assumptions.
Role Mission
Turn user behavior, business context, and research evidence into clear product direction.
What this role owns
- SMB customer discovery
- UX research
- Behavioral segmentation
- Usability testing
- Onboarding research
- AI trust research
- Autonomy and permissions research
- Advertising-budget comprehension
- Research synthesis
- Continuous discovery
- Product strategy support
- Founder / engineering research feedback loops
How this role works with the team
The UX Research / Product Strategy function identifies what users actually need, where they struggle, what they understand, and what they trust.
The Product Designer then translates those findings into product flows, interaction patterns, and polished interfaces.
- Research
- Product Direction
- Product Design
- Prototype
- User Testing
- Iteration
Company stage & compensation
This is an early-stage, pre-funding opportunity. Cash compensation is expected following successful financing and formal company formation, subject to a separately agreed compensation arrangement. Equity terms, if offered, are determined individually based on role, experience, commitment and long-term involvement. Nothing here is a guarantee of compensation, equity or engagement.
Candidate selected
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