Senior Product Manager - Embedded Linux & Yocto Strategy

Aptiv PLC; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wind River is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead strategy and roadmap for Wind River Linux, an embedded Linux distribution based on Yocto. You will gather input from customers, sales, and partners, define the future of embedded Linux, and own the product lifecycle end-to-end.

You will collaborate with engineering and product teams, justify investments, prioritize backlog, and evangelize Wind River Linux to internal and external stakeholders. Moderate travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing the entire product lifecycle, from concept to end-of-life.
• Experience managing open-source products or projects, with Linux-based products strongly preferred.
• Experience with strategic planning, roadmap development, feature prioritization, Agile methodologies and the Product Owner role, and project management.
• Experience writing requirements for engineering.
• Excellent understanding of the Linux ecosystem and open source for embedded workloads. Yocto Project experience is a plus.
• Good understanding of security, containerization, and orchestration concepts, cloud technologies.
• Strong analytical abilities, with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Great presenter and advocate for customers and product line.
• Experience supporting customers, account teams, and partners in solution design and strategic partnerships.
• Bachelor's degree with suitable experience; Master's or MBA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for Wind River Linux end-to-end.
• Gather input from customers, sales, market research, and partners to define the product direction.
• Write requirements, justify investments, prioritize backlog, and evangelize the product.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams, review defects, and engage with extended teams.
• Lead market research, analyze competition, and support key deals with sales.

Skills

Product lifecycle

Open-source

Agile methodologies

Requirements writing

Linux ecosystem

Security

Public speaking

Partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Engineering/CS or MBA a plus

Tools

Yocto Project

Linux

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Wind River is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead strategy and roadmap for Wind River Linux, an embedded Linux distribution based on Yocto. You will gather input from customers, sales, and partners, define the future of embedded Linux, and own the product lifecycle end-to-end.

You will collaborate with engineering and product teams, justify investments, prioritize backlog, and evangelize Wind River Linux to internal and external stakeholders. Moderate travel may be required.