IoT Mobile Application Product Manager Automotive

Role Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Business Analyst with 15 years of experience to serve as the bridge between business customers UX and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in mobile application development for IoT devices specifically companion apps and strong domain knowledge in manufacturing EV battery charging or related industrial IoT ecosystems.

You will operate as the Product Owner for a strategic IoT mobile platform driving product vision user story creation and end-to-end delivery while acting as the primary onsite face of the product team in the USA.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Strategy

• Own and maintain the product backlog for IoT companion mobile applications supporting connected devices in manufacturing or EV charging domains
• Define product vision roadmap and release plans in collaboration with business stakeholders architects and engineering leadership
• Prioritize features based on business value technical feasibility and strategic alignment
• Serve as the primary decision-maker for scope acceptance criteria and release content

Requirements & User Story Management

• Lead discovery workshops with customers operations and engineering to elicit business and technical requirements
• Translate complex IoT device behaviors telemetry data firmware constraints and cloud interactions into clear testable user stories
• Create detailed user stories with acceptance criteria edge cases API contracts and device state diagrams
• Drive story grooming sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions with cross-functional teams
• Ensure traceability from business objectives to epics features stories and test cases

Stakeholder & Customer Engagement

• Act as the onsite face of the product team with customers partners and field teams across the USA
• Gather and synthesize voice-of-customer feedback from manufacturing plants EV charging operators and end users
• Present demos roadmaps and release updates to executive stakeholders and customers
• Manage expectations and negotiate scope timeline and trade-offs with business and technical teams

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with UX/UI designers to define mobile app workflows for device onboarding provisioning remote monitoring s OTA updates and diagnostics
• Work closely with mobile engineers cloud architects firmware teams and QA to ensure technical feasibility and consistent implementation
• Collaborate with data security and compliance teams on telemetry user privacy and industry standards like ISO 15118 OCPP or MQTT
• Coordinate with manufacturing and operations to align digital features with physical device capabilities and factory processes

Delivery & Execution

• Drive agile ceremonies and ensure timely delivery of high-quality mobile releases for iOS and Android
• Validate features against acceptance criteria through UAT with customers and internal stakeholders
• Analyze post-release metrics app analytics crash reports and device connectivity data to identify improvements
• Support go-to-market activities training materials and customer onboarding documentation

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 15 years as a Business Analyst Product Owner or Product Manager in software/mobile application development
• 5 years specifically in mobile apps that connect to hardware devices via BLE Wi-Fi or cellular
• Proven experience executing Product Owner responsibilities in Agile/Scrum environments
• Must have delivered products from concept to launch and managed them post-production
• Prior USA-based customer-facing experience required; ability to travel to client sites up to 25%

Domain Knowledge

• Strong understanding of at least one:
  • EV Ecosystem: Battery management systems EV charging stations OCPP/ISO 15118 energy management telematics
  • IoT Platforms: Device shadows digital twins telemetry ingestion command & control OTA firmware management
• Familiarity with hardware-software interaction constraints: latency offline modes provisioning error states

Technical Skills

• Expert in writing user stories use cases process flows and sequence diagrams for mobile IoT systems
• Proficient with JIRA Confluence Figma Miro or similar agile and design tools
• Working knowledge of mobile app architecture REST/GraphQL APIs MQTT cloud platforms AWS IoT/Azure IoT Hub/GCP
• Ability to read API specs JSON payloads and discuss technical trade-offs with engineers and architects
• Understanding of mobile analytics crashlytics and A/B testing frameworks

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Enterprise Roadmap / Strategy Native Android Native iOS Solutioning NFRs