Director, Product Management
Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Zoox was founded to make personal transportation safer cleaner and more enjoyablefor everyone. To achieve that goal the team created a whole new form of transportation. Zoox provides mobility-as-a-service in dense urban environments. We handle the driving charging maintenance and upgrades for our fleet of vehicles.
We are looking for a Director of Product to lead our Product Management teams spanning everything from new vehicle definition to the rider experience to our service offerings. Youll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Zoox by defining the product direction and overseeing the entire product lifecycle while reconciling the products current stage of development and complexity with new innovation and scaling the business.
You will be responsible for growing and retaining talent while fostering an inclusive work environment. You will be expected to inspire and motivate the team to work together to deliver a world class product. Finally you will need to work closely with engineering partners executive leadership and stakeholders to drive the business and product objectives.
At Zoox youll find a creative collaborative environment where great ideas thrive and where everyone is driven by the same purpose.
In this role you will:
Lead a world-class product team to deliver a world class service. Develop support and mentor the team to enable them to deliver their goals.
Develop and execute our product strategy aligning it with the companys vision and objectives. Translate market trends customer insights and technology advancements into a compelling product roadmap.
Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch ensuring successful product delivery within budget and timelines. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering design experience marketing and operations to deliver a high-quality world-class service.
Bring discipline and process improvement to the product organization ensuring best-in-class product management tradecraft to promote scalability stability reliability safety and continuous innovation in the Zoox vehicle and service.
Be creative - identify new opportunities to grow the business and enhance the customer experience without significant investment - work closely with the business and brand teams.
Partner with the Go To Market Brand and Strategy teams to deliver on the overarching business goals.
Be a visible spokesperson and evangelist for Zooxs product and broader mission.
10 years experience as a senior product leader in technology companies known for fast-paced rapidly-iterating product driven cultures. A track record as a top performer throughout their career. A record of leading product organizations that deliver innovative and commercially successful results.
Domain expertise in segments including multi-dimensional complex systems (hardware software mechanical etc.) consumer electronics connected devices automotive autonomous vehicles and/or mobility.
Direct experience in mobility-as-a-service ridesharing or related is considered a plus; single product portfolio experience is also a positive.
A proven product visionary and thought leader; possesses strong opinions on product direction and architecture and ability to enforce roadmap discipline and release trade-offs.
A blend of startup experience and larger organizational scope of responsibility is considered ideal; possesses a startup mentality.
Proven experience taking products from concept to delivery and successful commercialization ideally at meaningful scale. Direct experience in rapid growth environments is highly desirable.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity and the ability to be efficient with limited resources.
Demonstrable success as a leader natural leadership qualities. Has the reputation and industry recognition to attract and retain top product talent.
An engineering mindset with a customer outcome obsession. Sufficiently technical to be credible with tier-1 engineering teams; ideally grew up in engineering.
Strong executive presence; articulate charismatic driven and confident yet humble and collaborative. Demonstrated competency interacting and influencing effectively at the executive level with both technical and non-technical executives.
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About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
