Who We Are Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes. The Mission Build product strategy and execution across portfolio companies by translating market needs into shipped products that drive measurable outcomes.

What You'll Do

Conduct discovery and validation across 2-3 portfolio companies to identify customer needs, market gaps, and product opportunities. Translate strategic priorities into detailed product roadmaps with clear sequencing, success metrics, and resource requirements. Define and track leading and lagging indicators for shipped features and conduct post-launch analysis to validate business impact. Prototype and validate product concepts using wireframes, interactive prototypes, and user interviews before engineering investment. Map end-to-end user journeys for core workflows and identify friction points, automation opportunities, and integration capabilities. Partner with engineering to evaluate build vs. buy decisions and assess technical feasibility and long-term maintainability.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves Understand how APIs, webhooks, and third-party integrations work. Discuss technical constraints with engineering teams directly. Conduct user interviews, validate assumptions with data, and translate feedback into product requirements. Use prototyping tools like Figma or Framer to mock up user flows before development begins. Know what no-code automation tools, LLMs, and AI features can and cannot do. Evaluate when to build vs. integrate. Define success criteria upfront and adjust product decisions based on post-launch performance data. Nice-to-haves Experience at a PE-backed firm, portfolio company, or scaling stage SaaS company. Track record launching multiple products from concept through customer adoption. Background in pricing strategy, packaging, or monetization decisions. Who you are You identify product gaps and write one-pagers with recommendations before being asked. You own cross-functional initiatives stuck in ambiguity and drive alignment across functions to resolution. You track competitor releases and market trends, surfacing insights that shift your team's focus. You credit collaborators for shaping product decisions and visibly change recommendations when data contradicts your assumptions. You push back on shipping when edge cases or success criteria are unresolved, even under timeline pressure. You defined success metrics before development started, enabling fast iteration or rollback.

What We Offer

Competitive salary commensurate with experience Remote work based in India Opportunity to build product capability across a portfolio of growing B2B SaaS companies