Director, Product - Video Safety

Summary

Join Samsara's Safety team and lead the development of in-vehicle experiences that enhance driver safety. You will work with engineering teams to launch new software features, gather customer feedback, define key metrics, and collaborate with the sales team. This role requires senior product leadership experience in a high-growth software organization, strong technical understanding, and proven ability to lead and develop teams. The ideal candidate possesses a technical degree, experience with B2B software, and entrepreneurial experience. Samsara offers a competitive compensation package, flexible working arrangements, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Experience in a senior product leadership role within a high growth software development organization
• Strong technical understanding, ability to grasp technical concepts and establish credibility with engineers
• Bias-to-action and hands-on experience delivering business results. You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty writing a spec or jumping on a customer call, but can also mentor others to do the same
• Demonstrated experience setting strategy for complex technical areas, and using data to make investment decisions and measure progress towards business outcomes
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading people as a direct manager
• Excellent communication skills. Must be comfortable presenting to customers and internal audiences, including senior executives
• Ability to drive teams of diverse backgrounds to ship features on tight timelines
• 10+ years of job experience, in relevant product, technical or business roles

Responsibilities

• Work with our talented engineering teams to launch new software features, and help drive a fast-growing, at-scale business with $500MM+ in ARR
• Gather customer feedback to understand needs and prioritize feature development
• Define clear metrics to track and refine our customer experience
• Partner with our Sales team to help close strategic customer accounts as needed
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team of product managers

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field; an MBA is a plus
• Experience with B2B or people-oriented workflows software
• Familiarity with B2B SaaS products and working with B2B sales teams
• Entrepreneurial experience

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more