** This is an unpaid opportunity; the right candidate will be rewarded with a meaningful equity stake in PayBuddy Pty Ltd based on their contributions and successful completion of deliverables.

About PayBuddy

PayBuddy is a consumer mobile app that helps people stay on top of their recurring payments. Our assets include an extensively iterated high-resolution Figma prototype, in-depth market and user research, clear growth and marketing plans, and a $5M+ pre-launch valuation with active capital-raising plans.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Head of Product to join our leadership team on a part-time basis (approximately 20 hours per week), fully remote and Australia-based.

As an autonomous product leader, you will own the PayBuddy roadmap and coordinate delivery across our engineering, design, and content teams — working as a strategic partner to the Founder and Head of Content to take PayBuddy from high-fidelity prototype, through MVP launch, and into ongoing iteration.

This is a rare opportunity to own product direction and delivery for a validated consumer FinTech at a genuine inflection point, and to run a lean, AI-accelerated build against an ambitious launch timeline.

** This is an unpaid opportunity; however, the right candidate will be rewarded with a meaningful equity stake in PayBuddy based on their contributions and successful completion of deliverables. Specific equity terms will be discussed during the interview process.

Why Join PayBuddy?

- Product Autonomy & Ownership: You won't just execute; you will define. We have an extensive high-resolution prototype, validated user research, and a clear path to revenue. You own the product strategy, roadmap, and delivery from day one.
- Real Product, Not Vaporware: We solve genuine, widely reported consumer financial pain points. You are building a durable, scalable FinTech product that serves real market demand, not riding an AI hype cycle.
- Practical AI Application: We treat AI as an acceleration tool, not a buzzword. You'll have scope to integrate AI where it creates measurable product value, ensuring you grow your skills on a live, high-impact application.
- Collaborative Leadership: Join a multi-disciplinary team with deep experience in FinTech, Banking, Marketing, Design and Product. We value pragmatic, secure, and user-centric development.
- Significant Equity Stake:



As a foundational hire, your contribution is rewarded with meaningful equity—not just a seat at the table, but a stake in the company's success.

** This is an unpaid opportunity; the right candidate will be rewarded with a meaningful equity stake in PayBuddy Pty Ltd based on their contributions and successful completion of deliverables.

Role Responsibilities

As Head of Product at PayBuddy, your role is to own the roadmap and drive delivery of our launch product and beyond. To be considered, please review the responsibilities and skills below:

- Own the end-to-end product roadmap, translating the Founder's vision and the existing high-fidelity Figma prototype into a prioritised, deliverable MVP plan
- Run agile delivery — sprint planning, backlog management, PRDs, and user stories — coordinating engineering, design, and content workstreams in parallel
- Actively direct AI-assisted product workflows, using AI tools to accelerate discovery, documentation, and iteration (essential)
- Make scope and prioritisation trade-offs to hit an ambitious launch timeline without compromising core quality or compliance
- Coordinate the content production pipeline (including our cancellation content feature) alongside the development build so content and engineering stay in lockstep
- Partner with the leadership team - CTO on delivery sequencing, technical trade-offs, and release planning. Head of Content on delivery of content. Founder on Strategy
- Define and track product metrics, and feed product insight into fundraising materials and investor conversations
- Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders, including the Founder, designers, engineers, and prospective investors

Key Skills

- 5+ years' product management experience, with a track record shipping consumer digital products end-to-end
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams — engineering, design, AND content, not development alone
- Hands-on,



demonstrable use of AI tools in your PM workflow (essential — this role actively directs AI-assisted workflows)
- Strategic thinking and commercial awareness, with the judgment to make scope trade-offs under time pressure
- Early-stage startup experience (0→1 product build)
- Excellent stakeholder communication across technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable operating in a lean, pre-launch setting where pragmatism, prioritisation, and ownership are essential

Bonus Skills (not mandatory but valued)

- FinTech or consumer finance experience
- Familiarity with Australian Open Banking (Consumer Data Right / CDR) and the constraints it places on product design
- Experience coordinating content-driven product features at scale
- Exposure to investor conversations, technical due diligence, or seed-stage fundraising
- Experience with product analytics, experimentation tooling, and telemetry for early-stage products
- Experience working with freemium or subscription business models

Who You Are

- An autonomous product leader comfortable owning a roadmap end-to-end
- A strong communicator and coordinator who keeps cross-functional teams aligned
- Comfortable working alongside a Founder who retains overall product and business leadership
- AI-fluent, and genuinely curious about where AI adds real product value versus unnecessary complexity
- Pragmatic, commercially minded, and outcome-driven

** This is an unpaid opportunity; however, the right candidate will be rewarded with a meaningful equity stake in PayBuddy based on their substantial contributions and successful completion of deliverables. PayBuddy currently holds a pre-launch valuation of $5 million, and we have active plans to raise capital. Specific equity terms will be confirmed during the interview process.

Apply

Our selection process will be:

- Initial Screen: A 15-minute phone call to discuss your background, our business and suitability for the role.
- Founder Interview: A Zoom meeting to discuss our product needs and partnership.
- Leadership Deep-Dive: A final Zoom meeting with the leadership team for successful candidates.

To apply, please submit your CV and links to (or case studies for) consumer products you have shipped or led.

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📌 Part-Time Head of Product — Equity Stake in FinTech (Australia)
🏢 PayBuddy app
📍 Australia