Lead Product Manager, Innovation – New Frontiers

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Kirkland, WA

4d•$111,600 - $212,000•Onsite

About The Position

Lowe’s Innovation Labs is a specialized innovation unit that explores disruptive technologies, conducts applied research and development, and helps the enterprise adopt promising capabilities with less uncertainty and friction. The Lead Product Manager, New Frontiers, will lead and advance the Labs’ early-stage portfolio of emerging technology opportunities. The role translates technical possibilities into customer-centered use cases, testable hypotheses, and evidence-based recommendations that help Lowe’s decide where to learn, invest, partner, scale, or stop. The product manager will work with engineers, designers, researchers, and business stakeholders across domains including Physical AI and robotics, world models, quantum computing, alternative manufacturing and construction, autonomous vehicles, and other emerging fields. The position is based at Lowe’s Innovation Labs headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, in a facility with advanced technology, private R&D spaces, and collaborative open floor plans.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, design, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
7+ years of experience across two of the following areas: product management, product marketing, applied engineering, software or hardware development, R&D, entrepreneurship, or business analysis.
Demonstrated experience defining product direction, roadmaps, hypotheses, and prioritization tradeoffs in ambiguous environments.
Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and design teams.
Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, customer-focused product strategies, requirements, and stakeholder communications.
Experience creating or evaluating prototypes, proofs of concept, pilots, or experiments.
Strong customer research, market analysis, and quantitative and qualitative decision-making skills.
Strong written, verbal, storytelling, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Applied engineering expertise in one or more relevant frontier domains; Physical AI, robotics, embodied AI, computer vision, autonomous systems, or world-model development is strongly preferred.
Experience building or bringing to market hardware-software systems, robotics platforms, AI-enabled products, spatial computing experiences, advanced manufacturing technologies, or other emerging-technology solutions.
Experience in a corporate innovation lab, startup, research organization, venture-backed company, or similarly high-ambiguity environment.
Technical depth sufficient to engage credibly with engineers on architecture, technical constraints, system behavior, experimentation design, and scale-readiness tradeoffs.
Experience working directly with customers, field teams, stores, job sites, or operational environments to validate real-world needs and constraints.
Experience managing external technology partners, vendors, research collaborators, or strategic alliances.
Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, human-computer interaction, business, or a related field.
CSPO or comparable product-management certification.

Responsibilities

Define the long-term vision, strategy, and investment thesis for the New Frontiers portfolio, connecting disruptive technology shifts to customer, associate, and enterprise opportunities.
Own discovery and product development for defined New Frontiers initiatives.
Identify customer and business problems for DIY and Pro customers using customer research, associate feedback, market signals, and operational insight.
Translate complex technical capabilities into product visions, use cases, experience principles, requirements, roadmaps, and decision-ready narratives.
Lead structured discovery, applied R&D, and experimentation in ambiguous problem spaces, designing tests that reduce strategic uncertainty.
Define hypotheses, learning agendas, success criteria, and phase-appropriate outcomes for explorations, proofs of concept, pilots, and incubations.
Partner with engineering and design to balance customer value, technical feasibility, operational viability, speed, and risk.
Develop and maintain initiative-level roadmaps, OKRs, metrics, and documentation communicating near-term learning and potential long-term value.
Synthesize experiment results and recommend whether to iterate, invest, partner, scale, pause, or sunset opportunities.
Build relationships across Technology, Stores, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Digital Commerce, and other functions to accelerate learning and create paths to adoption.
Support engagement with external partners, including startups, researchers, universities, venture firms, and technology companies.
Navigate security, legal, architecture, governance, and operational constraints while maintaining momentum and rigor.
Create executive-ready narratives, demos, and artifacts explaining what Lowe’s is learning, why it matters, and what decisions are needed.
Contribute to strong product-management practices across Labs and provide informal mentorship to product peers.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability insurance
Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, sick time, and volunteer time, based on role, tenure, and locality
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
401(k) retirement account with company match
Employee Assistance Program with concierge, work/life services, and no-cost counseling
Education support programs, including tuition assistance and trade skills scholarships
Business Travel Accident insurance
Maternity and parental leave
Adoption assistance
Lowe’s Associate Discount and broad discount platform
Other discretionary benefits, based on eligibility, including annual bonuses, enrollment in Lowe’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan and/or deferred compensation plan, and grant awards
Learning and development opportunities
Wellness programs
Paid vacation