Staff Product Manager - Entertainment

The role

The Staff Product Manager will own a share of the in-vehicle entertainment portfolio including audio streaming, radio, audiobooks, video, and casting. You will manage third-party partnerships and develop new entertainment and communications experiences from concept to release.

What you will do

• Own a defined share of the in-vehicle entertainment portfolio from requirements through release and in-market performance
• Define, scope, and launch new entertainment and communications experiences
• Serve as the day-to-day product owner for third-party content and technology partners
• Author product requirements and maintain a rolling multi-quarter roadmap
• Partner with engineering, design, program management, privacy, and joint-venture product teams
• Set launch criteria and drive defect triage with engineering
• Define portfolio KPIs and track them against product telemetry and customer feedback
• Validate features hands-on in development vehicles and on the bench

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years in product management spanning consumer tech, digital media, or automotive industries
• Or 3–4 years in product management coupled with 3–5 years in engineering, systems architecture, or a closely related technical discipline
• Demonstrated ownership of a product area built on third-party integrations
• Strong business development aptitude and proven executive relationship management skills
• Track record of launching and operating consumer media, entertainment, or communications products at scale
• Experience authoring technical product requirements and working directly with software engineering teams

Nice to have

• Experience shipping software in an embedded or automotive environment, including over-the-air release cycles and hardware dependencies
• History of launching a product category from 0 to 1 and scaling it from 1 to 1.x
• Working knowledge of Android application architecture, media playback frameworks, content protection, and third-party application certification processes
• Familiarity with gaming platforms, controller input, or real-time video communications
• Experience with camera, microphone, and profile-level privacy, consent, and driver-distraction requirements
• Hands-on technical fluency with debugging tools, log analysis, and crash reports

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual company performance bonus program
• Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Health coverage
• Retirement savings
• Time off
• Family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.