Senior Product Manager

Torc Robotics
Ann Arbor, MI

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced product leaders who have worked in autonomous driving and safety-critical systems, and who can navigate cross-functional collaboration and technical complexity.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in ADAS and autonomous driving technologies, and a track record in safety and compliance frameworks.
    — “Experience must include: (1) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Autonomous Driving technologies... (3) safety and compliance frameworks, including those used by NHTSA and Euro NCAP”
  • Individuals who can translate technical and commercial tradeoffs into actionable product strategies.
    — “effectively communicate the associated technical and commercial tradeoffs to engineering, fleet management, marketing, and commercialization teams”
  • Candidates with a proven ability to define product metrics and KPIs for complex, safety-driven systems.
    — “Track key product development milestones by establishing clear, measurable, and testable product metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a balance between safety standards and commercial goals, requiring nuanced decision-making.
    — “deliver next generation on road autonomous driving technology that meets the highest safety standards while supporting the company’s commercial goals”
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration is expected, including with regulatory and commercialization teams.
    — “Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders—including internal and external customers, engineering, regulatory, marketing, and commercialization teams”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in benchmarking industry products and integrating best practices into your work.
    — “Lead the evaluation and benchmarking of competitive and complementary products across the industry”
  • Emphasize your ability to mentor and grow teams, not just manage product development.
    — “Lead team development and knowledge sharing initiatives by mentoring junior employees”
  • Showcase your expertise in defining product roadmaps and aligning them with business objectives.
    — “establish product vision, scope, priorities, and roadmap”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • high quality product definitions
  • product vision
  • scope
  • priorities
  • roadmap
Typical background
product managementautonomous driving technology

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementAutonomous Driving TechnologySafety StandardsProduct RequirementsRoadmapsKpis

Preferred

Competitive AnalysisTeam Development

Stack & domain

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (adas)Autonomous Driving TechnologiesSensing TechnologiesSafety And Compliance FrameworksProduct RequirementsRoadmapsProduct MetricsKey Performance Indicators (kpis)Robotic Validation SystemsCommunicationCollaborationTeamworkLeadershipProblem-solvingProduct ManagementAutonomous DrivingSafety StandardsCommercial Goals

About the role

Original posting from Torc Robotics via Greenhouse

JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead efforts to develop high quality product definitions, user journeys, product requirements, and Operational Design Domain (ODD) specifications to deliver next generation on road autonomous driving technology that meets the highest safety standards while supporting the company’s commercial goals. Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders—including internal and external customers, engineering, regulatory, marketing, and commercialization teams—to establish product vision, scope, priorities, and roadmap, and ensure effective communication of these elements across all levels of planning and execution. Prioritize product features using customer feedback, market analysis, and business objectives, and effectively communicate the associated technical and commercial tradeoffs to engineering, fleet management, marketing, and commercialization teams. Track key product development milestones by establishing clear, measurable, and testable product metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Identify technical and execution risks that may impact critical product deliverables, and mitigate these risks by providing data driven recommendations and actions to the leadership team. Lead the evaluation and benchmarking of competitive and complementary products across the industry to ensure that Torc upholds the highest vehicle and operational safety standards and incorporates industry best practices. Lead team development and knowledge sharing initiatives by mentoring junior employees and contributing to the growth of organizational capabilities.

Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field with 3 years of industry experience, or alternatively a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics with 5 years of relevant industry experience. Experience must include: (1) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Autonomous Driving technologies: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Assist, Traffic Jam Assist, Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Cross Traffic Collision Warning; (2) Sensing Technologies: Camera Systems, Automotive Radar Systems, LiDAR Systems, GNSS / GPS + IMU Ground Truth, Sensor Fusion; (3) safety and compliance frameworks, including those used by NHTSA and Euro NCAP; (4) Developing product requirements, roadmaps, product metrics, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); (5) Robotic Validation Systems: Steering Robots, Acceleration and Braking Robots, Guided Soft Target Robots, VRU Robotic Testing Platforms.

Salary: $197,226.00 - $222,900.00.

Source: Torc Robotics careers (Greenhouse)

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