Technical Product Manager

Tutorintelligence
Watertown, MA
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Technical professionals with business acumen and strong external communication skills will find this mid-level role in robotics commercialization rewarding.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a mix of technical and business experience in robotics or adjacent fields
    — “combining human and artificial intelligence to lead the charge
  • Individuals who can manage multiple complex projects while maintaining external relationships
    — “capable of managing many concurrent threads without losing track
  • People with a background in consulting, startups, or venture capital who are comfortable with ambiguity
    — “1–4 years in a fast-paced environment (consulting, VC, IB, startup, strategy, technical, or similar)

Things to consider

  • High volume of written communication may require strong attention to detail and clarity
    — “producing a high volume of clear written communication
  • The role is heavily client-facing and may demand frequent external travel or meetings
    — “spend most of your time talking to external stakeholders

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with translating technical concepts into market-facing narratives
    — “translate it into clear external communication and realistic opportunity framing
  • Showcase your ability to identify and structure new commercial opportunities from vague ideas
    — “comfortable taking vague ideas and structuring them into concrete next steps
  • Emphasize your track record in managing multiple threads and maintaining follow-through
    — “maintain momentum across multiple threads through structured communication
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • drive commercialization of flagship product
  • identify adjacent markets
  • develop partnerships
  • collaborate with financing sources
  • turn loose ideas into executable opportunities
Typical background
1-4 years in fast-paced environmenttechnical background preferred

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical AptitudeClient-facing InstinctsOrganizational SkillsWritten CommunicationCreative MindsetOwnership

Preferred

Math, Physics, Engineering Degree

Stack & domain

Technical AptitudeHardware ReasoningSoftware ReasoningSalesEngineeringCommunicationStructured Problem-solvingLeadershipPersuasionNegotiationRelationship BuildingOrganizational SkillsCreativityEntrepreneurial MindsetOwnershipReliabilityRoboticsAIManufacturingFinanceOperations

About the role

Original posting from Tutorintelligence via Lever

The Company

Tutor Intelligence is building the technology and processes to let robots go where they’ve never gone before: the average American factory. We understand that general-purpose and generally intelligent robots will be built in our lifetimes, and we’re combining human and artificial intelligence to lead the charge. As an MIT-founded AI software company that deploys its inventions directly into the facilities that need them, every role at Tutor has a direct impact on the global, physical economy.

Role summary

We’re looking for an ambitious, externally-facing generalist to help drive commercialization on our flagship product — Cassie. Technical aptitude prefered. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the business growth of the Cassie product lines and will be leading high-leverage threads that shape the company's future: identifying adjacent markets to expand into, developing partnerships, collaborating with financing sources, and helping leadership turn loose ideas into executable opportunities. This is a creative, fast-paced role heavy on communication, persuasion, and structured problem-solving. You’ll spend most of your time talking to external stakeholders, crafting narratives, selling possibilities, writing a massive volume of clear communication, and keeping complex exploratory threads on track. Not a process role, not an internal analyst role — this is closer to venture creation inside a robotics company.

Responsibilities:

Own the product roadmap and communicate the sequence of markets we will expand into over time.

Do technical solutioning (mostly hardware reasoning but sometimes software reasoning) and sales as needed -- reason through technical customer requirements and thinking through high-level engineering ways to solve them or work around them.

Own the financial fundamentals of the product line (P&L, unit economics, margins, etc.)

Coordinate with customers, partners, investors, vendors, and domain experts to move conversations and projects forward.

Gather technical input from engineering teams and translate it into clear external communication and realistic opportunity framing.

Maintain momentum across multiple threads through structured communication, scheduling, and consistent follow-through.

Produce a high volume of clear written communication, including emails, briefs, one-pagers, and meeting recaps.

Identify creative angles and approaches to advance new product concepts, partnerships, or commercial opportunities.

Support leadership on high-impact special projects that span commercial, product, and strategic domains.

Requirements:

Math, physics, engineering degree

1–4 years in a fast-paced environment (consulting, VC, IB, startup, strategy, technical, or similar).

Technical background: engineering degree/minor or technical coursework preferred, not required.

Strong client-facing instincts: able to sell, persuade, negotiate, and build relationships with external stakeholders.

Exceptionally organized, capable of managing many concurrent threads without losing track.

Excellent written communication: concise, precise, high-volume email and message writing.

Creative and entrepreneurial mindset; ability to ideate, frame opportunities, and navigate ambiguity.

High ownership and reliability; comfortable taking vague ideas and structuring them into concrete next steps.

Source: Tutorintelligence careers (Lever)

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