Senior Product Manager

The Product Team at Motional creates the central vision for our autonomous vehicle fleet, working across the engineering, business development, and operations teams to design and deliver a product that is safe, reliable, and accessible for our passengers.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will focus on understanding current and future user needs, industry and technology trends, and customer and partner requirements. The requirements from these learnings will be used to develop products that will shape the fast-moving Autonomous Vehicle (AV) industry. Your leadership will be necessary to manage the development of new high profile products, prioritize new features for launch, and manage the product’s development throughout its lifecycle. To do this, you will work closely with users, designers, engineering, operations, and sales and marketing teams. 

The Motional global headquarters are located at 100 Northern Avenue in Boston, MA. Nestled in the busting Seaport district with sweeping views of Boston Harbor and downtown Boston, the offices are located close to major transit lines and a quick walk to various restaurants and popular attractions.

What you'll be doing:

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams across our system and software stack define product requirements and maintain the Operational Design Domain (ODD) for the AV. 
• Leverage deep user, customer, and industry knowledge to design, launch, and improve our autonomous driving capabilities. 
• Identify and assess the strategic and financial implications of potential product decisions
• Work with design and user research to gain a deep understanding of consumer behavior and market trends.
• Utilize strong customer and business acumen to guide the product vision through difficult decision points during development.
• Represent the product team and champion the product through the go-to-market process working with global marketing and operations colleagues to ensure a clear product position and impactful launch.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in an engineering discipline 
• 5+ years of Product Manager experience 
• Previous experience with autonomous technology, robotics, or similarly relevant experience 
• Previous experience launching a new product, working with operations teams to ensure smooth execution 
• Cross functional team experience, especially working with engineers and user experience / product designers
• Highly polished writing ability, very strong presentation and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to drive cohesion, collaboration and decision making among different people & functions
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Bonus points but not required:

• Computer science or equivalent engineering background 
• Advanced degree (MS / MBA)

Why you should join us:

• In this role, you will work at the very core of our AV product, defining the vision and priorities for our autonomous driving capabilities and work with stakeholders across every discipline to bring that vision to life. You will be working on highly impactful projects that put you at the forefront of shaping this cutting-edge technology with opportunity to learn and grow.