Senior Staff Product Manager

The role

This person will lead detailed product definition and delivery acceptance for the FF Robotics EAI Brain portfolio. They will translate market insights and strategic direction into requirements, release plans, and measurable acceptance criteria.

What you will do

• Translate market needs and product strategy into requirements, use cases, and functional specifications.
• Define product behavior including interactions, configuration, and interface requirements.
• Own the product backlog, feature priorities, and release scope.
• Drive delivery commitments with engineering and program teams.
• Define acceptance criteria covering functional completeness, user experience, and AI task success.
• Lead product acceptance through scenario reviews, demonstrations, and validation on real robots.
• Own product acceptance sign-off for requirements, experience, and quality.
• Work with industry solutions, deployment, and support teams to validate capabilities.
• Maintain alignment with the Company Product Department through regular reviews.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant professional experience, including substantial ownership of technical product definition and delivery for robotics, AI software, developer platforms or comparable complex product
• Demonstrated ability to turn high-level product direction into precise, actionable requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Strong technical fluency in AI and software systems.
• Track record of shipping products through cross-functional teams, managing scope and delivery risks.
• Strong product judgment, structured problem solving and clear written communication.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and engineers in a matrix organization without relying on direct authority.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with embodied AI, robotic autonomy, VLA models, world models, motion control, human–robot interaction, Skills or Agent platforms, or robotics developer ecosystems.
• Experience validating AI capabilities on physical robots and working across simulation, deployment and field operations
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and requirements management tools and practices.
• Experience working with teams in the United States and China
• Mandarin Chinese as a plus

Benefits

• Healthcare + dental + vision benefits (Free for you/discounted for family)
• 401(k) options
• Casual dress code + relaxed work environment
• Culturally diverse, progressive atmosphere

About the company

Faraday Future (FF) is a California-based embodied artificial intelligence ecosystem company. They produce user-centric, technology-first vehicles and robots to establish new paradigms in human-AI interaction.