Director of Product Management (Software)

Join Apptronik as the Director of Product Management (Software). In this role, you will lead product management for all of Apptronik's software, including autonomy, simulation, software platforms, and cloud-deployed tools. You will be responsible for the software product vision, roadmap execution, and team leadership. You will also define the commercial software strategy, establish roadmap governance, and track portfolio-level product and program health metrics. This position requires strong analytical skills, experience with autonomous robots or similar complex software systems, and a proven track record of building and leading product management teams.

• Lead product management for all of Apptronik's on and off-robot software, developing and executing the software roadmap.
• Build and lead a team of product managers, translating market demands and customer use cases into executable roadmaps.
• Define and track portfolio-level product and program health metrics, representing software product status in executive reviews.
• Strong analytical skills with metrics discipline for performance tracking and data-driven decision-making
• Experience with autonomous robots, autonomous vehicles, or similar complex software systems enabling fluency at the hardware/software co-development boundary
• A keen eye for build-versus-buy and in-house-versus-partner decisions across components and models
• Deep software product fluency across the lifecycle: from research and definition through deployment, field operation, and continuous improvement, including evaluation and release management
• Experience delivering cloud-based software products and services, including the cloud-to-edge architecture that connects a deployed fleet to backend systems
• Working understanding of the robot software stack: autonomy and AI, perception and navigation, simulation, platform and middleware, and the constraints of edge deployment
• Excellent verbal and written communication, translating technical insight into business impact for engineering and executive audiences
• Proven track record building and leading product management teams
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related field; advanced degree or MBA helpful
• At least 10 years of experience in product management or engineering, including 5+ years leading product managers, with a track record of shipping complex software products
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to spend time in labs and test environments, and to travel to deployment and customer sites as needed
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; hearing and speech to communicate
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times