Execution Lead (Product Shipping & Delivery) in Startup

Ensure that products, features, and initiatives ship — even when the founder is busy.

Your job is to make sure nothing stays blocked because “we needed input”, “we needed support”, or “we were waiting”.

One-sentence mandate

Nothing stays unshipped because the founder was busy.

What success looks like

• Things ship every week
• Blockers are visible, owned, and resolved
• No initiative quietly dies
• Momentum is constant
• The company moves forward even without the founder’s daily involvement

Tasks

Responsibilities

• Own all shipping initiatives end-to-end
• Track what is blocked, why, and by whom
• Unblock execution:
• chase decisions
• prepare options
• escalate when needed
• make pragmatic calls
• Break work into small, shippable slices
• Push teams to finish, not perfect
• Own ea...