Senior Product Manager – Software

Jobtailor; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks an experienced Product Manager to lead key areas of our autonomous-vehicle platform and drive execution with cross-functional teams.

You will translate customer needs into detailed technical requirements, shape the product roadmap, and partner with engineering, operations, and regulatory groups to balance timing, cost, and features, delivering measurable value.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of product management experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, engineering, physics, or related field.
• Experience with software systems underpinning autonomous vehicles (Perception, Prediction, Motion Planning, Motion Control, Cloud).
• Strong conceptual thinking, analytics, and user empathy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to learn complex vehicle software quickly.
• Proven track record turning data into strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead distinct product areas and drive executional excellence across cross-functional teams.
• Translate customer needs into defined technical requirements backed by data.
• Define roadmaps and launch/roll-out strategy to scale solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and regulatory teams to balance timing, cost, and features.
• Measure success with principled metrics and iterate based on data.
• Drive innovation to accelerate development and reduce risk.
• Serve as liaison across engineering, business, operations, and regulatory considerations.

Skills

Product Management

Software Systems for Self-Driving Veh

Technical Requirements Definition

Analytical Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (CS/Engineering/Physics)

Tools

Cloud Technologies

Engineering Tools

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

• Lead distinct product areas and drive executional excellence across cross-functional teams.
• Translate our customers’ needs into clearly defined technical requirements backed by data and comprehensive industry knowledge.
• Evaluate the market opportunities, define product roadmap, and launch/roll-out strategy to scale our solutions.
• Engage closely with the engineering and operations teams to inform decisions that balance timing, cost, features, and performance, while staying true to the product strategy and vision.
• Serve as a cross-functional liaison that bridges engineering, business, operations, and regulatory considerations to drive product decisions.
• Measure our success and improve our products using principled methods and metrics.
• Find innovative ways to accelerate our development, reduce risk, and improve the overall product experience; work with the company to implement these initiatives and fully realize them.

Requirements

• 7 - 10 years professional experience preferred
• Prior experience in Product Management preferred.
• Education - Required: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in computer science, engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Experience with the software systems underpinning our self-driving vehicles including: Perception, Prediction, Motion Planning, Motion Control, Cloud
• Conceptual thinking and analytical skills: Strong product sense and user empathy
• Solid understanding of technical systems and architecture
• Effectively work with others across a broad range of technologies, processes, and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Belief in rigorous, high-quality engineering that produces tangible results quickly.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the software systems underpinning our self-driving vehicles or the willingness and ability to learn them quickly
• Demonstrated ability to achieve strategic goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment, and to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Organizational and analytical skills. The ideal candidate will be able to reason data into implications.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the logistics and operational components inherent in a transportation business at scale.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Product Management with a strong understanding of software systems for self-driving vehicles, including Perception, Prediction, Motion Planning, and Motion Control. Capable of translating customer needs into technical requirements while driving executional excellence across cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Product Management
• Software Systems for Self-Driving Vehicles
• Technical Requirements Definition
• Analytical Skills
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Product Roadmap Development
• Market Opportunity Evaluation
• Technical Systems Understanding
• Data Analysis
• Metrics Measurement

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Conceptual Thinking
• User Empathy

Industry Keywords

• Transportation Business
• Operational Components
• Executional Excellence
• Innovative Environment
• Regulatory Considerations

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud Technologies
• Engineering Tools
• Data Analysis Tools