Product Manager

Summary

Join Agility Robotics, a pioneer in robotics, as a Product Manager to support our growing product team. You will define software requirements, collaborate with scrum teams, and support customer engagements. This highly impactful role requires strong product management experience, preferably in robotics or related fields. Agility Robotics offers a competitive benefits package including comprehensive health insurance, 401k matching, equity, generous PTO, and professional development opportunities. The role involves working with a remote team and requires excellent communication and collaboration skills. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years as a Product Manager, preferably in robotics, devices, IoT, or AI products for B2B
• Managed the lifecycle of a software product through multiple release cycles
• A strong customer focus for understanding customer needs and translating them into clear, concise, and actionable product requirements
• Strong experience in tactical execution—breaking down high-level goals into detailed, actionable features and managing them through to completion
• Experience writing Product Requirement Documents and Jira initiatives/epics for feature definition
• Experience managing a product backlog and iterative software releases
• Analytical skills to quantify impact of features and utilize data for prioritization
• Experience in Agile development, having served as Product Owner on multiple scrum teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Define Product Requirements (Epics): Develop product level requirements for the robot and application software, creating and managing product epics in Jira, with clear user stories and acceptance criteria. Work closely with scrum teams to break down product epics into eng tasks and with UI designers for concepting, storyboarding, and mockups. Translate customer and internal needs into clear, actionable technical specifications
• Customer pilots support: Collaborate on commercial engagements, ensuring that the scope of the customer engagements can be translated into repeatable and generalizable requirements for the product. Break down customer requirements into platform epics. Collaborate with the product leads to ensure customer requirements are accounted for in the platform roadmaps. Must understand customer requirements, KPIs, infrastructure, and operational constraints of customer environments
• Agile execution: Support agile development teams as product owner and key resource for backlog grooming, refinement, and scrum planning. Run demos and approve releases of core dev teams
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the key liaison between engineering, design, commercial, and customers. Facilitate clear communication to keep everyone focused on delivering valuable, customer-driven features
• Work with a Remote Team and Department: Collaborate effectively with remote teams and departments across multiple time zones. Ensure smooth communication, alignment on goals, and effective execution of tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a remote team
• Experience in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing or related industries
• Experience working with humanoid robot platforms, or any robotics-related hardware development
• Familiarity with robot software, simulation, and testing platforms
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience using project management tools like Jira or Confluence

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match
• Equity: Company stock options
• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees
• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment
• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Time Off: Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown
• Time Off: Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually
• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches twice a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations
• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs
• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements
• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs
• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles