About Arculus
Arculus is building Arculus Boxx, a secure, connected delivery box that keeps packages safe and out of sight until the homeowner is home. It combines hardware, firmware, and connectivity to solve porch piracy, a problem that affects nearly one in two households. We are a small, fully remote team preparing to launch on Kickstarter and bring the product to market.
The Role
We are looking for a Project Manager and Launch Coordinator to own the schedule and execution of our entire pre-Kickstarter push. You are the operating engine of the launch. You take a plan with many moving parts across product, manufacturing, marketing, PR, and the campaign build, and you make it all happen on time. You run the cadence, hold every contributor to their dates, surface problems early, and keep the founder free to lead rather than chase.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain a live master schedule across every workstream, with named owners and hard dates
- Run a weekly all-hands cadence: facilitate it, capture action items, and follow up until they are closed
- Track dependencies between workstreams so a slip in one surfaces before it breaks another
- Chase blockers proactively: find what is stuck, unstick it, or escalate it quickly
- Give the founder a clear weekly status: what is on track, what is at risk, what needs a decision
- Keep our project management boards accurate and current
What's In Scope
- The full pre-Kickstarter period and the live campaign through close
- Coordination across all internal workstreams and outside partners
Out of Scope (for now)
- Owning any single workstream's deliverables; you orchestrate, you do not do everyone's job
- Post-campaign fulfillment operations
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of project or program management experience, ideally in a startup, hardware, or campaign environment
- The temperament to hold people to deadlines firmly and respectfully
- Strong organization and crisp written communication
- Fluency with project management tools; we use whatever keeps the team on top of things
- A bias toward action and a real sense of ownership over the timeline
Tools and Setup
You work in our project management tools and bring your own general productivity and communication setup. We do not cover individual software or subscription costs.
Coming In Eyes Open
We want you to join with a clear picture of what this is. Arculus is pre-revenue. There is no cash salary today; you would be contributing your work in exchange for a real, tracked ownership stake. The plan is ambitious and still being built: priorities shift, the path is not always mapped, and you will sometimes be building the plane while it is in the air. You will wear more than one hat, and you will not have a large team or heavy process around you. For the right person, that is the appeal: real ownership, real influence, and the chance to shape something from the ground up. For someone who needs stability, structure, and a steady paycheck right now, this is honestly not the right time to join, and we would rather say so plainly than have you find out later.
Compensation
Arculus is in the concept and pre-revenue phase. All team members, including the founders, are compensated through profit shares using the Slicing Pie model, not a cash salary.
- All time contributions are tracked
- Hours are credited at 2x fair market value
- Contributions convert into profit shares
- A cash salary begins once Arculus reaches break-even or raises a funding round
- All earned profit shares are retained permanently
Learn more about the Slicing Pie model at https://slicingpie.com.
Why Join Arculus
- Sit at the center of everything and watch the whole company move
- Non-linear earning potential tied directly to the success of the product
- Fully remote work
- Real ownership in what you build, from day one
- Meaningful influence on how we build and launch
- A small, fast-moving, collaborative team
If you want meaningful ownership in something you helped build, and an early-stage environment energizes you rather than scares you, we would love to hear from you.
Pay: $70,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Application Question(s)
- This role uses a Slicing Pie based compensation model during the pre-revenue phase. Contributions are tracked and converted into profit shares; there is no cash salary until break-even or a funding round. Have you read and do you understand this compensation structure?
- Why are you interested in a contribution-for-equity / profit-share model at this stage of a startup?
- How many hours per week can you realistically contribute to this project over the next 3 to 6 months?
- Early-stage startups involve ambiguity, rapid iteration, and limited structure. How comfortable are you operating in this type of environment, and can you give an example?
- Describe a project or launch you kept on schedule. What was slipping, and what did you do about it?
Work Location: Remote