Community Manager – Builder & Ecosystem Lead

About Garage.app

Garage.app is building AI-driven SaaS products for founders, operators, and builders who want practical tools to move faster. Our products are created in a startup environment where experimentation, rapid iteration, and real user feedback shape everything we build.

We believe that great products grow with strong communities around them. That is why we are looking for a Community Manager who thinks like a buildersomeone who enjoys creating ecosystems, connecting people, and turning early adopters into advocates.

The Role

This is not a traditional social media community role. We are looking for someone who can build and nurture a founder-centric and product-driven community around Garage.apps SaaS tools. You will bring together founders, developers, product builders, and early adopters who want to experiment with new tools and help shape the future of our products.

You will be the bridge between the community and the product team, ensuring that the users influence how Garage.app evolves.

What You Will Do

Build the Community from the Ground Up

Create and manage Garage.apps community spaces (Slack, Discord, private forums, etc.).

Attract founders, indie hackers, developers, and SaaS operators into the ecosystem.

Develop a sense of belonging and active participation within the community.

Turn Users into Contributors

Identify early adopters and turn them into power users and product champions.

Encourage members to share feedback, use cases, and product experiments.

Build programs such as community ambassadors, beta testers, and product champions.

Drive Conversations That Matter

Initiate discussions around product building, AI tools, SaaS growth, and startup journeys.

Encourage knowledge sharing among founders and builders in the community.

Create a culture where members help each other succeed.

Create Engaging Community Experiences

Run AMAs, founder discussions, product demos, and live feedback sessions.

Organize virtual meetups, builder sessions, and collaborative problem-solving events.

Launch challenges or experiments that encourage members to try and build with Garage.app

products.

Close the Feedback Loop

Gather meaningful feedback and user insights from the community.

Work closely with the product and engineering teams to translate insights into improvements.

Ensure that the community sees how their input shapes product development.

Help Grow the Ecosystem

Support the marketing team with community-driven growth initiatives.

Identify potential partnerships with startup ecosystems, founders, and creator communities.

Encourage organic advocacy and word-of-mouth growth.

We Are Looking For

A role holder naturally gravitates toward building communities and ecosystems around technology and startups. You might be:

A community builder in a startup or SaaS company

A developer relations or product community lead

A founder or operator who enjoys connecting people

Someone deeply embedded in startup, AI, or SaaS ecosystems

Experience

36 years of experience in community building, developer relations, SaaS ecosystem development, or startup growth.

Experience managing online communities, founder networks, or product user groups.

Exposure to SaaS products, AI tools, startup communities, or developer ecosystems.

Demonstrated ability to grow and engage a digital community.

Skills

Excellent communication and storytelling ability.

Strong relationship-building skills with founders, developers, and early adopters.

Familiarity with community tools such as Slack, Discord, Circle, or similar platforms.

Ability to identify patterns in user feedback and communicate insights to product teams.

Comfort working in a fast-moving startup environment where experimentation is encouraged.

Personality Traits

The ideal candidate is:

A builder: enjoys creating something meaningful from scratch.

Curious about technology and AI: naturally interested in new tools and experimentation.

Community-first: genuinely enjoys helping others succeed.

Proactive: does not wait for conversations to startcreates them.

Resilient: comfortable with ambiguity and evolving roles in a startup.

Connector: loves bringing interesting people together.

Why This Role Matters

At Garage.app, the community will not just be an audienceit will be a core part of how we build products. The person in this role will help shape a network of founders, builders, and innovators who actively influence the future of Garage.apps SaaS tools

Location: Hyderabad