Lead Product Manager - Safety

Volvo Group•Greensboro, NC

1d•$128,300 - $158,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Product Manager is responsible for coordinating development roadmaps, commercialization, and customer support for Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America connected Driver Behavior Coaching, Compliance, and Safety Services. These offerings use vehicle data, ADAS technologies, analytics, AI, and partner solutions to reduce fleet risk, improve operational performance, and deliver measurable customer value across internal combustion engine and battery-electric vehicle platforms. The role also coordinates development of initial connected services specific to battery-electric vehicles. The position works with commercial truck sales, aftermarket service and solutions, certified uptime dealers, aftermarket technology teams, and internal product and project management teams. It owns the connected safety portfolio strategy and product lifecycle, represents fleet needs across vehicle-platform development, and translates market needs and operational data into customer-facing products and workflows. The role also guides partnerships, commercial requirements, packaging, pricing, launch readiness, adoption, and continued feature releases using agile development. The position requires a good understanding of North American heavy-duty trucking, vehicle connectivity, and fleet operating costs, along with experience delivering customer solutions in the heavy-duty automotive, truck, or transportation industry. It is an office-based role requiring attendance five days or 40 hours per week, work in varied office settings, and occasional travel including overnight stays. Physical demands include standing, walking, or sitting for prolonged periods; communicating through sight, speech, and hearing; using computers and mobile devices; reaching; and lifting, moving, or carrying up to 15 pounds unassisted.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or equivalent.
5–10 years of experience in the heavy-duty automotive, truck, or transportation industry working with customers to deliver solutions, services, or address their needs.
Working knowledge of plug-in electric vehicles, including battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Good understanding of the North American Class 8 trucking or heavy-duty automotive industry.
Basic knowledge of components that drive fleet total-cost-of-operation demands.
Working knowledge of vehicle connectivity, CAN/J1939, APIs, cloud platforms, privacy, cybersecurity, and connected-safety governance.
Strong attention to detail, business acumen, and analytical skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment and prioritize multiple tasks.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and professional presentation skills.
Ability to work in a dynamic environment and break down barriers to improve interactions and efficiency.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including lifting, moving, or carrying up to 15 pounds unassisted, and to be in the office five days or 40 hours per week.
Occasional travel, including overnight stays.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Familiarity with business analytical tools.

Responsibilities

Serve as product owner for Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America driver coaching, compliance, and safety services for internal combustion engine and battery-electric vehicles, establishing product vision and ensuring the customer voice is represented.
Develop and implement strategies for telematics-based driver coaching, compliance, and safety services that support connected-vehicle and service-contract product roadmaps and help fleets promote good driving habits and a safety culture.
Own connected safety product portfolio strategy, roadmap, customer value proposition, and lifecycle management across Mack and Volvo connected services.
Develop integrated safety experiences across vehicle platforms, drivers, fleets, dealers, cloud services, and third-party technology partners.
Translate vehicle, camera, and operational data into actionable coaching, predictive risk insights, safety scoring, event detection, and incident-management workflows.
Evaluate and manage partnerships across telematics, camera systems, ADAS suppliers, insurance providers, analytics platforms, and connected-service ecosystems.
Own product packaging, pricing, business case development, launch readiness, attach-rate growth, and customer adoption metrics.
Understand battery-electric vehicle ecosystems and evolve fleet managers’ strategies and driver techniques for coaching, compliance, and safety services.
Represent fleet needs for driver coaching, compliance, and safety services in cross-functional product platforms developing highway and vocational truck platforms for internal combustion and battery-electric vehicles.
Use the existing advanced analytics platform to analyze safety and driver-coaching data and develop predictive models, machine-learning algorithms, deep learning, and business-process automation.
Collaborate to translate market needs into and test minimum viable safety and compliance products for industry verticals such as refuse, concrete pumpers, and mixers, serving as an interface with technical organizations.
Define commercial requirements for product planning, solution development, and market launch; use agile development and deployment for continued feature releases.
Support the product-development roadmap, including product requirements, product launches, marketing planning, and resource coordination.
Maintain current competitive intelligence and incorporate it to help ensure Volvo Group North America’s competitive edge.