Senior Product Manager, Automotive Accessories

Slate Auto; California; On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Vacation

Job summary

Slate is seeking a Product Manager to bring our accessories portfolio to life, spanning exterior or interior hard-goods. You’ll translate customer needs into products, drive the end-to-end lifecycle, and partner with Brand and Legal for licensing. This role reports to the Sr.

Director of Accessories and involves travel to suppliers and Slate offices. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in hardware product development, strong PM skills, and thrives in a startup environment, influencing stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in hardware products and programs, preferably automotive/power sports accessories, lifestyle accessories, engineering, or product development.
• Proven track record of taking products from concept to creation, with strong project management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Comfortable in start-up environments. You can roll up your sleeves to do the work and build or recommend the tools needed to be successful as the company grows.
• A proactive “one company” teammate with a continuous improvement approach, equally comfortable with engineering details and business planning.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity — you define the problem, not just the solution — and able to influence senior stakeholders and raise the bar for PMs around you without formal authority.
• Capability to work cross-functionally with partners, suppliers, and vendors, building strong relationships that produce positive results.
• An ability to be an effective brand representative and ambassador to the Slate community, both presenting the Slate vision and collecting input that leads to future accessories development.

Responsibilities

• Obess over enabling world-class personalization for our customers by bringing products to market
• Use strategic and quantitative analysis to build and defend the business case for new products, assign features and specs, own trade-off decisions, and lead business execution.
• Own a category of the accessories portfolio end to end — performance, customer satisfaction, and company impact.
• Conduct market studies and keep product offerings fresh with our customer base.
• Execute and improve the product development process, then manage the end-to-end cycle of approved products on the line plan, including product sunset management.
• Lead cross-functional execution across Design, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Brand, and Commercial teams to ensure Slate accessories are inspiring, on time, and on budget.
• Partner with Brand and Legal teams to secure product licensing and reseller agreements.
• Create presentations and documentation and present to cross-functional leadership, including product updates and recommendations. We share the spotlight!
• Travel to suppliers and Slate office sites (10–25% average) to support team and project work.
• Have a lot of fun working on a dynamic and engaging team with a seat at the table.

Skills

Product management

Project management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or equivalent

MS/MBA a plus

Job description

Slate is seeking a Product Manager to bring our accessories portfolio to life, spanning exterior or interior hard-goods. You’ll translate customer needs into products, drive the end-to-end lifecycle, and partner with Brand and Legal for licensing. This role reports to the Sr.

Director of Accessories and involves travel to suppliers and Slate offices. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in hardware product development, strong PM skills, and thrives in a startup environment, influencing stakeholders