Tools for Humanity is hiring a Head of Product, Device in Device — San Francisco. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on jobs.ashbyhq.com: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
About the Company
Company context from the listing:
Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI.
World is already running at a global scale. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and more new Orb verifications take place each week.
Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab.
TFH and World have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. ⇧JOBLINK:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/w
Head of Product, Devices
About the Company
Company context from the listing:
Tools for Humanity builds the technology and products behind World, a global network designed to help people prove they are human online while preserving privacy. Our work spans hardware, software, AI, cryptography, identity, and global operations, with the Orb and future devices serving as the physical foundation for World ID.
Our mission is to build technology that enables trust at global scale while protecting individual privacy.
About the Team
Company context from the listing:
The Device organization is responsible for designing, building, manufacturing, and operating the hardware products that power the World network.
We work across Industrial Design, User Experience, Hardware Engineering, Device Software, AI, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Market Operations, Privacy, Security, Legal, Finance, and Support to deliver products that millions of people interact with around the world.
The Device Product team defines what we build and why. We translate company strategy, user needs, operational realities, and technical constraints into a clear product direction that aligns teams around the highest-impact opportunities.
About the Role
Day-to-day scope for the Head of Product, Device as described in the posting:
We are looking for a Head of Product, Devices to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Tools for Humanity's device portfolio.
You will lead the Device Product function and be responsible for defining the products we build, the problems we solve, the users we serve, and the outcomes we measure. You'll work across every stage of the product lifecycle—from early concept and product definition through manufacturing, launch, and continuous improvement in the field.
This role sits at the intersection of hardware, software, AI, industrial design, manufacturing, privacy, security, and global operations. Success requires balancing long-term product vision with practical execution, making thoughtful tradeoffs, and bringing cross-functional teams together around a shared direction.
What You'll Do
Day-to-day scope for the Head of Product, Device as described in the posting:
- Define the long-term product vision and roadmap for TFH's device portfolio, including future hardware platforms, accessories, operator experiences, and adjacent product opportunities.
- Translate company strategy, customer insights, operational learnings, technical constraints, manufacturing realities, and business objectives into a clear product strategy.
- Own product direction across the full hardware lifecycle - from concept exploration through architecture, development, validation, manufacturing, launch, and in-field iteration.
- Drive product discovery through user research, field visits, operational data, customer feedback, and market understanding.
- Define product requirements, success metrics, priorities, and roadmap decisions while ensuring teams remain aligned around measurable outcomes.
- Partner closely with UX Design to shape intuitive end-to-end user and operator experiences, and with Industrial Design to ensure the physical product reflects the intended experience.
- Work alongside Hardware Engineering, Device Software, AI, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Privacy, Security, Market Operations, and executive leadership to make informed product decisions and navigate complex tradeoffs.
- Lead product readiness for launches, including product quality, field validation, operational readiness, issue prioritization, and post-launch learning.
- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of product managers while establishing strong product practices across the organization.
- Foster a culture of curiosity, rigorous thinking, accountability, and customer obsession.
What You'll Bring
- 10+ years of product management experience, including significant leadership responsibility for complex hardware and software products.
- Demonstrated success bringing products from early concept through production, launch, and global scale.
- Experience defining product strategy across hardware, software, AI, manufacturing, operations, and business considerations.
- Strong product judgment with a high bar for usability, reliability, quality, and customer trust.
- Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, make principled tradeoffs, and influence senior cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience partnering closely with design and engineering organizations to build exceptional customer experiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and drive alignment across diverse teams.
- Technical fluency across multiple disciplines such as consumer electronics, embedded systems, AI, biometrics, manufacturing, supply chain, reliability engineering, or global hardware deployment.
- Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing product teams.
- A hands-on, low-ego leadership style with a bias toward learning directly from customers, operators, and real-world product performance.
- Willingness to travel globally to engage with users, operators, manufacturing partners, and deployment teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
- Experience shipping consumer electronics, robotics, medical devices, identity systems, biometric technologies, or other complex hardware products.
- Experience with high-volume manufacturing, New Product Introduction (NPI), and hardware development lifecycles.
- Experience building products where privacy, security, trust, and reliability are core product requirements.
- Experience partnering closely with Industrial Design and UX teams to create integrated physical and digital experiences.
Why This Role Matters
Devices are the physical foundation of the World network. As Head of Product, Devices, you'll help define how millions—and eventually billions—of people experience World for the first time.
Pay transparency statement (for CA and NY based roles):
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at TFH in San Francisco ranges from $327,500 - $375,000, plus a competitive long term incentive package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.