Mudflap
Senior Product Manager, Freight
Palo Alto, CA, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
You will build the next generation of freight products at Mudflap. You will work with leadership and cross-functional partners to shape experiences for carriers to find, evaluate, book, and execute freight.
What you will do
- Own key areas of Mudflap's freight marketplace roadmap from discovery through launch and iteration
- Develop deep expertise in carrier and broker workflows, marketplace dynamics, and freight operations
- Partner directly with customers to identify opportunities and validate solutions
- Drive cross-functional execution with engineering, design, data, operations, and commercial teams
- Define and measure success through marketplace, engagement, growth, and business metrics
- Balance the needs of carriers, brokers, and Mudflap to create sustainable marketplace growth
- Communicate product vision, priorities, and tradeoffs clearly across stakeholders
- Leverage AI-powered workflows to improve product discovery, customer insights, specification development, and execution
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of product management experience
- Strong track record of owning products from concept through launch and measurable business impact
- Experience working on operationally complex products involving multiple stakeholders and real-world constraints
- Strong understanding of marketplace dynamics, network effects, liquidity challenges, and participant incentives
- Strong customer empathy and ability to translate customer problems into practical product solutions
- Excellent prioritization and decision-making skills in ambiguous environments
- Analytical mindset with the ability to define metrics, diagnose problems, and make data-informed decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve as new information emerges
- Proven ability to leverage AI to increase personal and team effectiveness across product discovery, customer insights, specification development, and decision-making
Nice to have
- preferably in freight, logistics, transportation technology, marketplaces, fintech, or related industries
Benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Lunches and snacks
- Competitive salary and equity
- Multiple health benefit options
- Responsible Time Off
- 401(k) matching
- Opportunities and support for major career growth
- Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)
Before you apply
- We are unable to provide employment visa sponsorship or transfer existing employment visa sponsorship for this position at this time
About the company
Mudflap is a fintech platform that helps underserved small businesses save on fuel. It is on a mission to transform the trucking and logistics industry by leveling the playing field for owner operators and small fleets.