Director of Product Management

About This Role

Directing the Product Management teams is the core of this role, spanning new vehicle definition, rider experience, and service offerings. This position plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Zoox by defining product direction and overseeing the entire product lifecycle, while reconciling current development stages with innovation and business scaling.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Management teams, spanning new vehicle definition, rider experience, and service offerings
• Shape the future of Zoox by defining product direction and overseeing the entire product lifecycle
• Reconcile the product -s current stage of development and complexity with new innovation and business scaling
• Grow and retain talent while fostering an inclusive work environment
• Inspire and motivate the team to work together to deliver a world class product
• Work closely with engineering partners, executive leadership, and stakeholders to drive business and product objectives
• Lead a world-class product team to deliver a world-class service
• Develop, support, and mentor the team to enable them to deliver their goals
• Develop and execute product strategy, aligning it with the company's vision and objectives
• Translate market trends, customer insights, and technology advancements into a compelling product roadmap
• Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch, ensuring successful product delivery within budget and timelines
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, experience, marketing, and operations to deliver a high-quality, world-class service
• Bring discipline and process improvement to the product organization, ensuring best-in-class product management tradecraft to promote scalability, stability, reliability, safety, and continuous innovation in the Zoox vehicle and service
• Identify new opportunities to grow the business and enhance the customer experience without significant investment
• Work closely with the business and brand teams
• Partner with the Go To Market, Brand, and Strategy teams to deliver on the overarching business goals
• Be a visible spokesperson and evangelist for Zoox -s product and broader mission

Requirements

• 10+ years experience as a senior product leader in technology companies known for fast-paced, rapidly-iterating, product-driven cultures
• A track record as a top performer throughout their career
• A record of leading product organizations that deliver innovative and commercially successful results
• Domain expertise in segments including multi-dimensional complex systems (hardware, software, mechanical, etc.), consumer electronics, connected devices, automotive, autonomous vehicles, and/or mobility
• A proven product visionary and thought leader; possesses strong opinions on product direction and architecture, and ability to enforce roadmap discipline and release trade-offs
• A blend of startup experience and larger organizational scope of responsibility is considered ideal; possesses a startup mentality
• Proven experience taking products from concept to delivery and successful commercialization, ideally at meaningful scale
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity, and the ability to be efficient with limited resources
• Demonstrable success as a leader, natural leadership qualities
• Has the reputation and industry recognition to attract and retain top product talent
• An engineering mindset with a customer outcome obsession
• Sufficiently technical to be credible with tier-1 engineering teams; ideally -grew up
• in engineering
• Strong executive presence; articulate, charismatic, driven and confident, yet humble and collaborative
• Demonstrated competency interacting and influencing effectively at the executive level, with both technical and non-technical executives

Nice to have:

• Direct experience in -mobility-as-a-service,
• ridesharing, or related
• Single product portfolio experience
• Direct experience in rapid growth environments

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Affinity groups and sports clubs
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance
• Comprehensive health and mental health support
• Wellbeing program
• Unlimited and flexible paid time away
• Generous family planning support
• Caregiver support
• Strong cash compensation with great equity upside
• Famous food program featuring a daily changing menu of local and sustainable dishes
• Busy calendar of social events with many sports teams
• Opportunity to play with robots