Glydways

Principal Product Manager, Autonomous Vehicle

Glydways

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Define and evangelize the long-term product vision and strategy for the Glydways vehicle, aligning with company goals and market opportunities.
  • Roadmap Development: Own and prioritize the vehicle product roadmap, identifying key features, functions, and improvements based on user needs, technical feasibility, and business impact.
  • Requirements & Specifications: Translate high-level strategic objectives into detailed product requirements, user stories, and technical specifications for engineering and design teams.
  • Modeling, Analysis & Decision Making: Analyze tradeoffs between different user needs, requirements and solutions using both judgment and quantitative models to define the product that meets the Glydways vision within the constraints of an operational system
  • User Research & Insights: Conduct thorough user research, market analysis, and competitive landscape assessments to deeply understand customer needs, pain points, and emerging trends in transportation and autonomous vehicles.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with hardware engineering, software engineering (autonomous driving, controls, embedded systems), industrial design, UX design, operations, safety, and manufacturing teams to ensure successful product development and launch.
  • Technical Acumen: Develop a deep understanding of the Glydways vehicle's technical architecture, including its autonomous driving capabilities, motion actuation systems, safety features, sensor suite, closures and user interface systems.
  • Performance & Reliability: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the vehicle and work with engineering to ensure the product meets or exceeds targets for safety, reliability, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
  • Stakeholder Management: Effectively communicate product plans, progress, and challenges to executive leadership and various internal and external stakeholders.
  • Lifecycle Management: Manage the entire product lifecycle of the Glydways vehicle, from pre-production to production and launch, iteration, and end-of-life planning.
  • Problem Solving: Proactively identify and resolve complex product challenges, making data-driven decisions and adapting to evolving requirements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. An advanced engineering degree or MBA is a plus.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in product management or systems engineering in a relevant industry.
  • Direct experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, transit systems, or complex hardware/software integrated products is highly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze use cases and user stories for end user interaction with autonomous systems and deriving product requirements.
  • Experience defining vehicle performance and attribute targets such as range, ride quality, thermal comfort as well as operating envelope
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
  • Demonstrated understanding of vehicle and fleet lifecycle costs and how economics drive trades and constraints in vehicle design
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to lead and drive consensus between cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving startup environment.
  • Passion for transforming urban transportation and making a positive impact on society.