Staff Product Manager

The role

You will serve as a strategic product leader for a Level 4 autonomous trucking platform. You will define product roadmaps, lead cross-functional teams, and manage high-stakes customer relationships.

What you will do

• Define the multi-year product roadmap for your area
• Unify Engineering, Program Management, Operations, and Commercial around a shared product vision
• Own the product lifecycle from opportunity identification through deployment and iteration
• Set prioritization frameworks and shape engineering roadmap and resourcing
• Author product requirements and partner with Design and Engineering leadership
• Define metrics and readiness criteria for product deployment
• Serve as the senior product relationship owner with key customers
• Mentor senior PMs and contribute to the product management craft

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of Product Management experience
• Several years operating as a senior IC driving strategy independently across complex, technical product domains
• Demonstrated organizational influence at the VP level and above
• Technical fluency to engage with engineering leadership on architecture and system design
• Background in engineering, computer science, or a related field
• Ability to set structure and direction in novel problem spaces
• Experience owning high-stakes external customer relationships
• Ability to communicate complex tradeoffs to C-suite, board, and customer audiences

Nice to have

• Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, logistics, or safety-critical systems

Benefits

• Equity and annual bonuses
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife
• Medical plan with infertility benefits
• MetLife Legal Services
• Identity & Fraud Protection
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 10 paid holidays
• Generous parental leave policies
• Dog-friendly office

Before you apply

• Eligibility may hinge on verification of residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status
• Kodiak may provide visa sponsorship
• Applications may be processed by AI systems as part of the screening and selection process

About the company

Kodiak AI, Inc. is a leader in Physical AI, developing driverless technology that powers machines that move. It operates in long-haul trucking, industrial trucking, and defense.