Hiring: Operating Partner Company: Gitwit Location: Bentonville, AR Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:44:53 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems, MVP, Product Strategy About the job Required Skills: •Help launch Gitwit’s Bentonville Studio by turning discovery, product strategy, and live venture work into a talent engine for AI company creation. •Gitwit is launching its Bentonville Studio to help develop the next generation of product-minded builders for AI-native companies. •That kind of builder is hard to find. And it cannot be developed from the sidelines. •The work is the program. •Now we are extending that model into Bentonville. •This is not a satellite office someone has to figure out alone. Bentonville will be tightly connected to Gitwit’s Tulsa studio and supported by the full team: discovery, product strategy, design, engineering, brand, recruiting, operations, and venture leadership. •And it starts with live venture work from day one. With a Gitwit venture already locating in Bentonville, local builders will not be learning from theory. They will be learning inside product work, operating needs, and company-building momentum. •At the center of the Bentonville Studio will be a Builder-in-Residence program: roughly six full-time Builders in Residence developing inside live venture work over the next 18 months. Qualifications: •You may be a product strategist, discovery leader, ex-founder, early-stage operator, venture studio builder, or hands-on innovation consultant. •Your background matters less than your reps. •You have personally led ambiguous 0-to-1 work where there was no obvious answer yet. You have talked to customers, found signal in messy conversations, shaped product direction, tested assumptions, and helped teams decide what to build next. •You understand customers and business goals. You can see where a workflow is broken, where the economics matter, where AI changes what is possible, and where the first product wedge should be. •You are credible because you can do the work. You are also the kind of person who makes the work more compelling to others. When you explain what you found, people lean in. Builders want to help. Engineers understand why the problem matters. Partners see the opportunity. •You are not just polished. You have substance. •You’ll Be Strong If You Have •Proven experience leading 0-to-1 discovery, product strategy, venture exploration, or early-stage product development. •A strong ability to synthesize raw research into clear product direction. •The judgment to distinguish interesting insights from venture-worthy opportunities. Compensation: •$160,000 - $185,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!