Senior Product Manager, Autonomous Construction

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

📋 Description

• Develop, validate, and guide the strategy for construction autonomy from initial concept to successful implementation.

• Work in partnership with Deere Product and Engineering teams to identify the target customer, Operational Design Domain (ODD), and Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

• Lead rapid experimentation with customers to confirm or reject early-stage concepts.

• Enhance understanding of customers, business, and market dynamics through both qualitative and quantitative research.

• Establish requirements for perception, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), ODD, collision hazard detection, and safety systems.

• Specify requirements for in-field machine operations, including path planning, guidance, and machine controls.

• Set performance criteria for systems and ensure the product aligns with evolving customer expectations.

• Formulate and implement the data collection strategy for model development; take ownership of the test set.

• Collaborate with leadership to shape the long-term vision and roadmap for the product.

• Take necessary actions to ensure the product's success.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience as a product manager within a technology-focused company.

• Strong technical expertise in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) systems.

• Capability to collaboratively address unstructured and ambiguous challenges.

• Demonstrated ability to influence, collaborate, and engage with individuals from varied backgrounds.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey technical product information clearly, concisely, and creatively.

• Skill in rallying a team around a shared mission.

• Focus on delivery and an understanding of the software development challenges encountered by cross-functional engineering teams.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.

• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and modern product management practices.

• Preferred: experience or knowledge within the autonomy sector.

• Preferred: entrepreneurial experience in taking a product from ideation through to commercialization.

• Preferred: experience on a Platform team.

• Preferred: MBA or MSE.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual performance bonus.

• Competitive benefits package.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Learning and development programs.

• Mentorship initiatives.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabilities.

• Visa sponsorship.