Staff Product Manager, Aurora Services

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Product Manager who will drive the design and delivery of mission-critical technology across Aurora and customer terminals.  In order to do this, you will partner with key cross-functional teams, including our Commercial Operations, Software, Hardware, Business Development, and Strategy teams, to unlock scale as we expand the network footprint of Aurora’s autonomous trucks.

In this role, you will

• Develop a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of integrating self-driving technology into a trucking fleet’s existing operations.


• Define product vision and roadmap, prioritizing features that deliver the most value to customers and align with business goals.


• Synthesize product usage data and user feedback into actionable user stories and product requirements for iterative improvement 


• Work collaboratively with engineers, designers, operations, and business development to translate product requirements into user-friendly software solutions.


• Manage a range of cross-functional stakeholders while navigating key prioritization and timeline tradeoffs


• Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in self-driving technology, fleet management technology, and the logistics industry. 

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in software product management, with a proven track record of successfully launching and managing commercially successful software products.


• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks


• High level of comfort working in ambiguity. Must be able to define the unknown, create structure and manage change.


• Solid leadership experience with cross-functional teams in service of a large workstream.


• Experience collaborating with Design, Engineering, and Data to bring product requirements and user experiences to life, while maximizing ROI


• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences in written and verbal communication


• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential to revolutionize the transportation industry.

Desirable Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or other technical education) or equivalent practical experience


• Experience building and managing applications on top of a microservice architecture, including comfort with API contracts and service dependencies.


• Expertise in multi-platform and multi-OS application development and management, with the ability to navigate trade-offs between various architectural approaches.


• Experience working directly with design organizations on extreme simplification and clarity in complex user workflows, distilling sophisticated processes into intuitive experiences.


• Experience operating within the autonomy and/or freight industries.


• Experience shipping products to enterprise-sized customers

The base salary range for this position is $181-$262K per year.  Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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