Senior Product Manager – Audio Interface Hardware & Software

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the backlog, specifications, sprint ceremonies, and release responsibilities for a dedicated Agile software team.

• Convert hardware and business requirements into software specifications, initiatives, epics, stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Coordinate software delivery timelines across application, driver, firmware, and DSP disciplines to achieve hardware milestones.

• Manage bug triage, defect prioritization, release decisions, release plans, release notes, known-issues lists, compatibility matrices, and documentation handoffs.

• Maintain prioritization techniques, define analytics events and reporting, analyze adoption metrics, and collaborate with the Data team.

• Draft product requirements that encompass hardware, mechanical, electrical, and audio specifications, connectivity, driver support, software behavior, packaging, and documentation.

• Monitor component lifecycle and last-time-buy exposure, pursue cost-reduction opportunities, plan transitions, and manage silicon, driver, technology, and manufacturing partners.

• Conduct customer research and oversee improvements in activation and onboarding processes.

• Collaborate with commercial, marketing, sales, and operations teams on SKU structure, pricing, bundling, launch readiness, channel and inventory planning, and EOL execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner on a scrum team, including ownership of a backlog, writing user stories, facilitating ceremonies, and being accountable for releases.

• Technical expertise with operating-system-level device drivers, firmware, installers, software deployment, high-speed connectivity (USB, Thunderbolt, networked audio), and licensing or entitlement systems.

• Practical skills to install nightly builds, replicate bugs, interpret installer logs, and conduct test passes.

• Exceptional written communication skills and precise specification-writing capabilities.

• Proficient in Jira and Confluence or similar tools, including the creation of plans, filters, dashboards, and reporting.

• Demonstrated decision-making ability and schedule management in ambiguous, multi-stakeholder environments.

• Understanding of music production and audio recording; experience as a musician, engineer, or producer who utilizes this type of product.

• Willingness to travel occasionally, including attending trade shows and visiting manufacturing partners.

• Over 5 years of product management experience in delivering consumer or professional hardware and the software that supports it.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

• Preferred: experience with platform or driver architecture migration; analytics instrumentation; managing overseas contract manufacturers through DVT and mass production; go-to-market, retail, or e-commerce experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Profit sharing

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401K Safe Harbor Contribution

• Stock Options

• Flexible time-off (PTO/Sick Leave/Company Holiday Time-off)