Senior Product Manager, Hardware

Formlabs
Somerville, MA

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for hardware-savvy professionals with startup experience who can define product roadmaps and drive development.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hardware engineering or physics backgrounds and startup product leadership experience
    — “Hardware engineering or physics background”
  • Individuals who have led product development from concept to market delivery
    — “Experience shipping software-enabled hardware product to customers”
  • Professionals adept at translating customer needs into detailed product specifications
    — “Write clear, crisp, detailed product specifications”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a deep understanding of regulatory and compliance standards in industries like healthcare or pharma
    — “Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences.”
  • Equity is a significant component of compensation, which may appeal to long-term career-oriented individuals
    — “Every Formlabs employee receives equity because everyone contributes to building the company.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in defining product requirements and roadmaps from customer insights
    — “Identify immediate and/or upcoming user needs, then work with the team to develop product requirements and a product roadmap that addresses them.”
  • Highlight ability to manage cross-functional collaboration and ensure efficient team execution
    — “Manage collaboration and communication with other teams, both internal and external, to ensure teams have what they need and can work efficiently.”
  • Showcase data-driven decision-making and how it has shaped product outcomes in prior roles
    — “Make data driven decisions”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • define and drive new hardware products
  • develop and launch products that delight customers and support business goals
  • deep understanding of customers, business, competitors, and technology
Typical background
hardware engineering or physics backgroundexperience in product managementleadership experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementHardware EngineeringPhysics BackgroundSoftware-enabled Hardware Product ExperienceData-driven Decision MakingCommunication SkillsProcess Orientation

Preferred

Mechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMBAConsulting ExperienceManufacturingRegulatory Compliance3D Printing Technologies

Stack & domain

Hardware EngineeringPhysicsSoftware-enabled Hardware ProductProduct FounderStartup EnvironmentData Driven DecisionsCommunicationProcess Oriented MindsetMechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMBAConsultingManufacturingRegulatoryProduct StandardsComplianceHealthcarePharmaLife Sciences3D Printing TechnologiesMaterialsLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingHardwareProduct ManagementEngineeringRegulatory Compliance3D Printing

About the role

Original posting from Formlabs

About Formlabs:

Do you want to change how the world creates?

At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life, from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before.

We’re a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If you’re ready to shape the future of fabrication, come build it with us.

Your Impact: 

Hardware Product Managers at Formlabs are responsible for defining new products, working side by side with Engineering to develop them, and announcing new products to the market. They are the subject matter experts on our customers, applications, and business. We seek individuals who are passionate about learning and taking on new challenges, care about shipping impactful products, and are interested in building strong collaborative relationships across the company.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to define and drive new hardware products to completion, ensuring customer satisfaction and business success. This role involves defining the requirements for new products in the Formlabs portfolio, determining key features and user experience, and overseeing the product through development all the way to shipping.

Hear from SLS Leader Matt Ewertowski on what it’s like to build products at Formlabs in this video!

What You’ll Do:

Identify immediate and/or upcoming user needs, then work with the team to develop product requirements and a product roadmap that addresses them.

Prioritize features and tasks for the product using internal tools, tracking and reviewing the product direction and current work frequently.

Write clear, crisp, detailed product specifications.

Manage collaboration and communication with other teams, both internal and external, to ensure teams have what they need and can work efficiently.

Help guide the go to market and maintenance plans through product launch and beyond.

Monitor feedback, support, and analytics. Plan changes to make improvements.

Develop a deep understanding of our customers, business, competitors, and technology.

Work with the product and engineering leadership teams to create a coherent product strategy and vision for your product lines and connect that to our wider business strategy.

Identify new areas of opportunity for Formlabs that are adjacent to what we are doing today. Propose products that capture these new opportunities.

This person will serve as the voice of the customer, working to develop and launch products that will delight our members and support business goals.

About You:

Hardware engineering or physics background

Experience shipping software-enabled hardware product to customers (or convince us why this doesn’t matter)

Experience as a product founder or experience leading products in a startup environment

Make data driven decisions

Clear communicator, both written and oral

Process oriented mindset

Bonus Skills: 

Mechanical or electrical engineering degree

MBA or experience in a consulting role

Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences.

Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials.

Our Benefits & Perks:

Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs

Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)

401K matching and access to financial advisors

Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)

Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)

Flexible Out of Office Plan – Take time when you need it

Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits

Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats

Regular sponsored professional development opportunities

Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community

And of course… unlimited 3D prints

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.

Compensation

Every Formlabs employee receives equity because everyone contributes to building the company. You’ll have the opportunity to share financially in the value we create together, with a shared incentive to build a business that succeeds over the long term. Equity will be a significant portion of your total compensation, and will increase over time in proportion to your impact. The base pay will be determined by your skills, qualifications, experience, location, and expected impact on the organization.

The annual base pay range for this role is:$150,000—$200,000 USD

Source: Formlabs careers

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