Lead Product Manager

Breakout Tools; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare suite

Rich retirement benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

A leading autonomous mobility company seeks a Lead Product Manager to shape the vision and strategy for key components in their mobility stack. The role demands a strong ability to translate user needs into actionable strategies, guide product development with data-driven insights, and mentor junior product managers. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in product management, especially in AI or robotics. This position offers comprehensive benefits and a commitment to diversity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of proven Product Management experience.
• Experience leading product development in AI, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or IoT.
• Demonstrated ability to craft product strategy amidst ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the vision and strategy for autonomous mobility stack components.
• Translate user needs into actionable technical strategies.
• Guide product development using system metrics and real-world data.

Skills

Technical Acumen & Expertise

Strategic Vision & Analytical Rigor

Cross-Functional Leadership

Mentorship & Influence

Job description

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.

Skills and Abilities

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:

• Technical Acumen & Expertise: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Qualifications and Experience

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

Required

• 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
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams, and mentoring junior members of a Product organization
• Demonstrated ability to craft product strategy amidst ambiguity
• Experience building product roadmap for data driven tools to accelerate development of commercial products based on real‑world and simulated data logs
• Experience bringing new, innovative products to the market

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.
• Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
• Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work.
• Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.
• Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.

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