Senior Product Manager

Summary

Join Samsara, a pioneer in the Connected Operations™ Cloud, and become a technical Sr. Product Manager 1 within our Vehicle Data Platform group. You will be responsible for the roadmap, execution, and innovation of our platform, collecting data from over 1.4M vehicle gateways. This role requires a strong technical understanding, experience with data platforms, and proven success in delivering results. You will collaborate with various teams, advocate for customer needs, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our diagnostics capabilities. This remote position offers a competitive compensation package and benefits, including health benefits and flexible working arrangements. Samsara fosters a culture of growth and encourages career development.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of how to build for enterprise-scale
• Strong technical understanding, with an ability to grasp technical concepts & establish credibility with engineers
• A proven track-record of delivering outstanding results for customers & the business, managing significant complexity and bold timelines. You also have a bias-to-action and aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty
• Demonstrated experience defining and executing product roadmap for technical areas, and using analytics/data to measure progress toward goals and make investment choices
• Excellent communication skills. Must be comfortable presenting to customers and internal audiences, including senior executives
• A proven experience with data platforms
• 5+ years of job experience, in relevant product, technical, and/or business roles
• BS / MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience (i.e. software engineering experience)

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the capabilities and roadmap for the platforms that collect and store the diagnostics, driving efficiency and increasing the speed at which diagnostics are made available to customers
• Deeply understand, advocate for and support the different ways that vehicle diagnostics can be used across the Samsara portfolio always focusing on preserving the customer experience
• Collaborate with upstream/downstream product teams who depend on your team’s capabilities.  Manage a robust “intake” process based on customer impact and factor those into your priorities
• Be accountable for continuously improving the consistency and quality of the diagnostics that empower the Samsara Platform
• Collaborate with Engineering to drive the team’s quarterly release plans and long-term roadmap
• Communicate across product line leadership to share your roadmap, evangelize your priorities, and seek out areas of joint innovation
• Partner with customer-facing teams to close strategic accounts, resolve escalations, and maintain relationships with top customers
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the telematics and/or automotive space
• Prior experience working with standard protocols for communication and diagnostics between vehicle components such as J1939
• Experience managing firmware-based features
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing solutions that rely both on Firmware and Full Stack

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
• Base salary + bonus/variable + restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) for eligible roles
• For eligible roles, a new hire RSU award may be awarded at the time of hire, and additional RSU refresh grants may be awarded annually
• Top performers in eligible roles may receive above-market equity refresh awards which allow employees to achieve higher market positioning