Principal Product Manager - AI & Efficiency

Uber Freight•Seattle, WA

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

As the AI & Optimization PM, you’ll use AI technology to help ensure smooth and predictable shipment delivery for customers. The role addresses complex logistics problems where timing can have significant financial impact. The team builds AI-first solutions for freight operations, including AI platforms supporting many use cases across Uber Freight, AI-native solutions to improve operational efficiency, and reasoning-model tools that help customers identify ways to improve. The Principal Product Manager defines product vision, strategy, and roadmaps; translates user needs and business opportunities into product requirements; and uses AI throughout research, prototyping, and development to deliver high-quality experiences. The role communicates plans, tradeoffs, and results to internal and external stakeholders, leads discovery and adoption of innovative features, and collaborates with engineers, designers, data scientists, and user researchers to set deliverables and drive execution. It also fosters a collaborative, execution-oriented team culture.

Requirements

At least 6 years of Product Management experience developing and deploying world-class products that scale.
A data-first approach to problem solving.
Ability to execute while advocating for solving the right problems.
Ability to treat problems as opportunities and lead through rallying and influence.

Nice To Haves

Experience using SQL and AI research strategies to gather data and insights independently.
Knowledge of reinforcement learning and experience developing and deploying machine-learning optimization models or AI solutions in production.
Experience building and scaling AI/ML platforms that support multiple downstream use cases across teams.
Experience shipping production products that leverage large language models and modern reasoning models.
Experience in logistics or similar marketplace environments, such as travel marketplaces or booking.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including presenting to, recommending changes to, and pushing back on executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Define the product vision and strategy, identifying short- and long-term initiatives and creating an effective product roadmap.
Understand user problems and business opportunities, formulate hypotheses, and translate user needs into product requirements and desired outcomes.
Use AI throughout research, prototyping, and product development to deliver high-quality experiences.
Communicate product plans, tradeoffs, and results to internal partner teams, third-party partners, executives, end-users, and external customers.
Lead the discovery, development, and adoption of innovative features and experiences that improve outcomes for Uber Freight, customers, and external partners.
Collaborate with engineers, designers, data scientists, and user researchers; set team deliverables, define the roadmap, and drive execution.
Build and nurture a team culture centered on collaboration, execution, and results.