Staff Product Manager
Job Summary
At Flexport we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Thats why its our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. Were shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.
The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business society and the environment Come join us.
The Opportunity
Were looking for a Staff Product Manager to own strategy across Ops Techthe operational backbone of Flexports freight forwarding businessand lead the build of an AI-powered freight operating system that automates the majority of work our operators do today. This is not a single-feature role and its not incremental tooling. You will define the vision for how multiple operational product surfaces work together across the shipment lifecyclefrom exception handling to end-to-end task automationthen execute against that vision with a high degree of autonomy.
This role sits at the intersection of product operations and business outcomes. The systems you build will directly move Flexports cost structure throughput and service quality so youll be measured not by features shipped but by the operational and financial impact you realize. Youll also be reengineering how the business runs: designing the product often means redesigning the operating process itself and persuading operations and commercial leaders to adopt a new operating model. Think of it as equal parts product management process engineering and internal consultingat a scope that spans multiple engineering teams and other PMs.
You will raise the bar for the PM team through mentorship better frameworks and sharper thinking on the hardest product problems we face. This is a role for someone with deep product experience strong analytical instincts and the ability to operate at both the strategic and execution level in a complex data-rich environment.
What Youll Do
- Own the vision and strategy for the AI-powered freight operating system. Define how multiple operational surfaces work together to automate work end-to-endidentifying the highest-leverage workflows sequencing investment designing AI/automation solutions that handle them and progressively removing humans from the loop while improving accuracy and speed.
- Drive business impact not just product output. Tie every initiative to a measurable business resultcost savings productivity per operator cycle time error reduction margin. Define the metrics instrument them and own the P&L-level outcomes of what your domain ships.
- Reengineer operations dont just digitize them. Map and redesign the underlying operational processes before automating them. Bring strong process-engineering and consulting skills to challenge how work is done today and influence operations and commercial stakeholders toward a new leaner operating model.
- Own your domain end-to-end from problem discovery and process diagnosis through launch adoption and iteration across the workflows and teams in your area.
- Partner deeply across functionsEngineering Design Operations Commercial and regional leadersto align competing priorities and translate complex multi-step logistics workflows into automated intuitive systems delivered as cohesive experiences.
- Use data to set direction not just measure results. Build metrics frameworks that connect automation rates operator adoption product health and business outcomes and use them to guide where to invest next across your domain.
- Represent your domain in leadership forums influencing resource allocation and strategic direction for how Flexports operations scale through software and AI.
- Mentor PMs on the team: raise the bar for how we write specs prioritize communicate trade-offs and ship.
What You Should Have
- 8 years of product management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to own a product domain (not just a feature or single product area) and drive outcomes across multiple teams.
- A track record of building products that delivered quantifiable business impact (e.g. cost reduction automation of manual work throughput gains)and a default of measuring success in business terms not feature counts.
- Demonstrated operational process engineering and consulting ability: you can diagnose how a complex process works redesign it and influence stakeholders to adopt a new operating model.
- Experience building automation workflow or AI-powered products that replaced or significantly reduced manual human effort.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills. You build metrics frameworks write your own queries and use data to settle debates. SQL proficiency required.
- A track record of shipping intuitive UX in data-dense complex domains where the user workflow spans multiple steps or systems.
- Experience aligning cross-functional teams (engineering design operations commercial) around a shared roadmap when priorities compete.
- Proven ability to operate at the strategy level (where should we invest and why) and the execution level (what ships this quarter and what does done look like) in the same week.
- Excellent written and verbal communication especially the ability to frame trade-offs present recommendations to senior leadership and create clarity in ambiguous situations.
- Experience mentoring or leading other PMs formally or informally.
- Experience with B2B workflow software supply chain platforms or logistics technology is a plus.
- Experience in logistics freight forwarding or supply chain operations is highly desirable.
At Flexport our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse dedicated and engaged workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race color religion sex national origin age physical and mental disability health status marital and family status sexual orientation gender identity and expression military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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About Company
Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.