Director of Product Management, Hardware

The role

The Head of Product Management, Hardware leads product management for all hardware systems including robots, peripherals, and components. You will build and lead a team of product managers to develop and execute the hardware roadmap from concept through end-of-life.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop the hardware product management team
• Partner with engineering leadership to develop and maintain the hardware roadmap
• Own hardware product strategy and manage reuse, variants, and configuration strategy
• Establish roadmap governance, prioritization frameworks, and metrics discipline
• Drive the Total Cost of Ownership strategy
• Define and track portfolio-level product and program health metrics
• Drive the full new product introduction lifecycle from prototype through mass production
• Own the hardware product lifecycle including sustaining, continuous improvement, and end-of-life planning
• Drive make-versus-buy decisions across systems and components
• Lead vendor and manufacturing engagement at the product level

Required qualifications

• Proven track record building and leading product management teams
• Deep hardware product and NPI fluency
• Experience with autonomous robots or similar complex electromechanical systems
• Hands-on experience working with vendors, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and internal manufacturing teams
• A keen eye for make-versus-buy decisions across systems and components
• Strong analytical skills with metrics discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in mechanical, electrical, systems, or robotics engineering, or a related field
• At least 10 years of experience in product management or engineering
• 5+ years leading product managers
• Track record of shipping complex hardware products
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Nice to have

• Advanced degree
• MBA

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. Their flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate with people in industries such as manufacturing and logistics.