Senior Product Manager, Freight
About The Position
Mudflap serves the $800B trucking industry, the backbone of the U.S. economy. Our market-leading payment products help truckers save thousands of dollars on fuel (their #1 business expense), while providing our fuel stop partners with access to new, hard-to-reach customers. We’re a fast-growing marketplace business looking for a new customer-obsessed teammate to join us on this exciting journey. As a Senior Product Manager, Freight, you will help build the next generation of freight products at Mudflap. You’ll work directly with Mudflap leadership and cross-functional partners to shape experiences that help carriers find, evaluate, book, and execute freight more effectively. This role sits at the intersection of marketplace dynamics, logistics operations, and customer experience. You’ll spend time with owner-operators, fleets, brokers, and internal teams to identify opportunities, define solutions, and drive measurable business impact.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in freight, logistics, transportation technology, marketplaces, fintech, or related industries
- Strong track record of owning products from concept through launch and measurable business impact
- Experience working on operationally complex products involving multiple stakeholders and real-world constraints
- Strong understanding of marketplace dynamics, network effects, liquidity challenges, and participant incentives
- Strong customer empathy and ability to translate customer problems into practical product solutions
- Excellent prioritization and decision-making skills in ambiguous environments
- Analytical mindset with the ability to define metrics, diagnose problems, and make data-informed decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve as new information emerges
- Proven ability to leverage AI to increase personal and team effectiveness across product discovery, customer insights, specification development, and decision-making, while recognizing where human judgment remains critical
Responsibilities
- Own key areas of Mudflap’s freight marketplace roadmap from discovery through launch and iteration
- Develop deep expertise in carrier and broker workflows, marketplace dynamics, and freight operations
- Partner directly with customers to identify opportunities and validate solutions
- Drive cross-functional execution with engineering, design, data, operations, and commercial teams
- Define and measure success through marketplace, engagement, growth, and business metrics
- Balance the needs of carriers, brokers, and Mudflap to create sustainable marketplace growth
- Communicate product vision, priorities, and tradeoffs clearly across stakeholders
- Leverage AI-powered workflows to improve product discovery, customer insights, specification development, and execution
Benefits
- Commuter benefits to ease your travel
- Lunches and snacks to keep you fueled
- Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup
- Multiple health benefit options
- Responsible Time Off
- 401(k) matching
- Opportunities and support for major career growth
- Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
