VP of Product Strategy & Growth (Hardware/Software)

Carbon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon is seeking a VP of Product Management in Sunnyvale, CA to lead product strategy across hardware, materials, cleaning systems, and software. You will own the roadmap, build robust business cases, and ensure profitable growth while collaborating with engineering, operations, marketing, and finance.

This role requires deep technical fluency and demonstrated ability to make portfolio decisions. Reporting to the CEO, you will manage a team of product managers, align investments with

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in product management or product leadership, including 5 years leading teams of product managers.
• Track record of bringing physical products from customer insight into high-volume manufacturing, with ownership of production economics.
• Demonstrated ownership of revenue, margin, or gross profit, not only milestones.
• Strong technical fluency across hardware, materials, and software, with ability to trade off among them with engineers.
• Ability to size markets, evaluate customer contracts, and build rigorous application business cases.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to make and communicate difficult portfolio decisions, including what not to build.
• Must be a U.S. person due to export controls; visa sponsorship not available.

Responsibilities

• Own the business case for candidate applications Carbon considers.
• Build evidence that applications are meaningful to top line, gross profit, and present clear recommendations to leadership.
• Distinguish great production businesses from demos and say no to demos.
• Set a single, published roadmap across printers, materials, part cleaning, design software, and production automation software.
• Fund work that benefits existing business only when it carries a clear gross profit case.
• Make and communicate hard calls on what to slow down or stop building, with rationale.
• Define requirements for next‑generation printing technology with cost, yield, and throughput as primary drivers.
• Translate needs into hardware, materials, and software requirements.
• Engage OEM customers, partners, and internal teams grounding decisions in unit economics.
• Lead, recruit, and develop a product management team focused on cost per part and gross profit dollars.

Skills

Product leadership

Roadmap strategy

Business case

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical fluency (hardware, materials

Market sizing & contracts

Decision making

Revenue & gross profit ownership

Team building

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering/Materials Science or related

Job description

Carbon is seeking a VP of Product Management in Sunnyvale, CA to lead product strategy across hardware, materials, cleaning systems, and software. You will own the roadmap, build robust business cases, and ensure profitable growth while collaborating with engineering, operations, marketing, and finance.

This role requires deep technical fluency and demonstrated ability to make portfolio decisions. Reporting to the CEO, you will manage a team of product managers, align investments with