Senior Product Manager

Unbox Robotics; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Unbox Robotics seeks a high-ownership Product Manager to own the software surface of the robotics platform, from robot intelligence to the warehouse dashboard. You will be the single owner of the software experience across on-robot software, fleet management, integrations, and operator UIs.

Responsibilities span robot software roadmaps, fleet management, customer integration pipelines, and UI applications for warehouse operators.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in Product Management; 2+ years owning software in robotics, industrial automation, IoT, or enterprise SaaS.
• Proven experience across 2+ product areas: robot software, fleet management, integration products, or operator UI.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap for robot software: task execution, navigation APIs, fault recovery workflows.
• Define acceptance criteria and simulate test suites; monitor fleet telemetry for regressions.
• Specify versioned API contracts between robot stack, fleet layer, and WCS.
• Own Fleet Management System roadmap: real-time task allocation and routing.
• Drive fleet health features: battery management, predictive maintenance, and KPIs.

Skills

Product management

Robotics software

Agile delivery

API design

Release management

SQL

Python notebooks

UX research

Stakeholder management

BI tools

Education

B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science, Electronics, Robotics

MBA or M.Tech in Product / Systems Engineering

Tools

REST APIs

Kafka

Job description

We are seeking a high-ownership Product Manager to own the complete software surface of our robotics platform — spanning the core robot software stack, fleet management across the sorting systems, AMRs, customer integration pipelines, and the operator-facing UI applications used on the warehouse floor every day. You will be the single owner of the software experience, from intelligence running on each robot to the dashboard a warehouse manager opens every morning.

Key Responsibilities

• Robot Software
• Own the product roadmap for on-robot software: task execution, navigation APIs, fault recovery workflows, and firmware interface contracts.
• Define acceptance criteria and simulation test suites for robot software releases; monitor live fleet telemetry to surface regressions and prioritise fixes.
• Specify versioned, backward-compatible API contracts between the robot stack, fleet orchestration layer, and WCS.
• Fleet Management
• Own the Fleet Management System (FMS) roadmap: real-time task allocation, multi-robot traffic management, zone-based routing, and throughput optimisation across heterogeneous fleets.
• Drive fleet health features — battery management, predictive maintenance alerts, automated rebalancing — and define KPIs: utilisation rate, cycle time, deadlock frequency, and MTTR.
• Own fleet provisioning UX: robot registration, map management, zone configuration, and operational parameter tuning.
• Customer Integration
• Own the integration product roadmap: REST/webhook APIs, WMS connectors (SAP EWM, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Oracle), ERP integrations, and EDI support.
• Define data contracts for order ingestion, sort-to-destination logic, and fulfilment callbacks; set SLAs for API uptime, message latency, and retry policies.
• Build and maintain an Integration Playbook — API references, sandbox environments, and code samples — to reduce customer time-to-live; productise repeatable connectors into self-serve modules.
• UI Applications & Operator Experience
• Own the roadmap for all operator-facing UIs: Fleet Dashboard, Warehouse Control Console, sorting configuration UI, and mobile floor apps.
• Lead user research with warehouse managers and floor staff; define UX requirements and work with Design to produce wireframes and prototypes.
• Drive design system strategy — component reuse, visual consistency, and WCAG 2.1 accessibility across all Unbox UI surfaces.
• Execution & GTM
• Partner with Software, Backend, Frontend, and QA squads for sprint delivery; own stage-gate reviews from alpha through GA and post-launch retrospectives.
• Co‑own GTM with Sales: release notes, demo environments, capability matrices, ROI models, and software packaging/pricing frameworks.

Requirements

• 2–4 years in Product Management; 2+ years owning software in robotics, industrial automation, IoT, or enterprise SaaS
• Proven experience across 2+ of the four product areas: robot software, fleet management, integration products, or operator UI
• Strong grasp of agile delivery, API design, release management, and production observability
• Proficiency in SQL, Python notebooks, or BI tools for metrics and business case development
• Ability to write sharp PRDs, API contracts, and user stories; comfortable working with software, backend, and frontend engineers
• UX research skills user interviews, usability testing, journey mapping with hands‑on experience collaborating with product designers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across engineering, customer success, sales, and leadership
• Data‑driven mindset; comfortable defining and tracking product KPIs end‑to‑end

Good to Have

• Familiarity with WMS/WCS platforms and warehouse order fulfilment workflows
• Experience with fleet management platforms for AMRs or AGVs
• Exposure to API integration ecosystems — REST, webhooks, event‑driven architectures (Kafka)
• Knowledge of cloud‑native architectures, microservices, and edge compute for robot fleets
• Experience with design systems and WCAG accessibility for industrial UIs
• Prior experience in a high‑growth startup or Series A–C environment

Qualification

• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science, Electronics, Robotics, or related discipline (required)
• MBA or M.Tech in Product / Systems Engineering (preferred, not mandatory)

We Value

• Bias for action and ownership mentality in a fast‑paced startup environment.
• Portfolio of software products shipped 0→1 or scaled in industrial, logistics, or robotics context
• Ownership mentality you close loops, not just open them
• Systems thinking across robot behaviour, fleet coordination, and operator experience
• Empathy for warehouse operators; comfort translating floor observations into elegant software

Location Pune, India (In Campus)

Experience 2–8 Years

Compensation Competitive Salary

Ready to build the future of warehouse robotics?

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