Lead Product Manager

Job Summary

A Lead Product Manager will lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for key components of our autonomous mobility stack (e.g., perception, prediction, motion planning). In this role, you will translate user and business needs into clear, actionable technical strategies, working closely with engineering and cross‑functional teams. You’ll define robust product requirements, synthesize data‑driven insights, and guide product development using system metrics, simulations, and real‑world performance data.

A deep understanding of system architecture, technical trade‑offs, and product implications is essential. You will also mentor junior PMs and foster strong collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

• Shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for critical domains within our autonomous mobility stack. This role is responsible for translating user and business needs into a clear technical strategy for specific, high‑impact areas (e.g., perception, prediction, or motion planning).
• Actively gather stakeholder needs and distill them into robust technical product requirements. You will develop clear and comprehensive product artifacts that serve as the single source of truth for our engineering teams. The ability to write a well‑defined functional specification for complex behaviors is crucial.
• Synthesize technical and analytical insights to inform and prioritize the product roadmap. This includes working with engineering to understand technical dependencies, system performance, and the feasibility of new features. You will use data from vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results to validate assumptions and guide long‑term, strategic decisions.
• Build a tight feedback loop with internal engineers, operations teams, and external partners. This includes not only gathering feature requests but also deeply understanding the system architecture, performance bottlenecks, and constraints that influence our product capabilities.
• Use data, product telemetry, and a deep understanding of our system to measure success and make data‑informed recommendations. You will be able to debate technical trade‑offs with engineers and articulate the product implications of technical decisions.
• Lead from the front within the product organization, taking a direct role in mentoring more junior PMs on the technical aspects of autonomous systems and the product‑engineering partnership.

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:

• Technical Acumen & Expertise
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  You must be able to debate technical trade‑offs with engineers and deeply understand system architecture and dependencies. The ability to synthesize insights from complex datasets, including vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results, is essential for informed decision‑making.
• Strategic Vision & Analytical Rigo
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  You have a proven ability to define a long‑term product vision and translate it into a phased, data‑driven roadmap. You excel at using market analysis and product metrics to prioritize investments and back your assumptions.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership
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  You can build and maintain a strong product‑engineering partnership, acting as a trusted liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders. Your communication skills allow you to effectively articulate complex problems and secure alignment across the organization.
• Mentorship & Influence
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  As a senior member of the team, you take an active role in mentoring and upskilling junior product managers. You lead through influence, inspiring confidence and trust in your recommendations.

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of proven Product Management experience
• Experience leading product development and human‑centered design efforts for software, hardware or combined software/hardware products, which includes leading from idea to in‑market.
• Experience developing/launching products/technologies within AI/ML and/or autonomous vehicles, robotics, internet of things (IoT), transportation‑as‑a‑service sectors
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