Senior Product Manager
About The Position
Parallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. Our innovative technology offers cleaner, safer, and more efficient logistics solutions. Join our dynamic team and help shape a smarter, greener future for global freight. Senior Product Manager Parallel Systems is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and build the product roadmap for our enterprise SaaS platform, a rail traffic integration system that connects across critical rail industry software and enables autonomous vehicle movement at scale. This is the first product hire for our software platform and a true 0 to 1 opportunity to define product vision, roadmap, and execution in an industry undergoing foundational transformation. You will collaborate closely with engineering, operations, customers, and external rail partners to build an enterprise-grade system that integrates transportation management systems, signaling, yard management, train control, and other core rail infrastructure. While this role will interact with vehicle hardware and autonomy teams at a high level, the focus is squarely on enterprise software and systems orchestration.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience, with ownership of complex SaaS systems or platforms
- Experience working in a startup or fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment
- Demonstrated experience shipping enterprise software
- Strong technical fluency & ability to converse with engineers and synthesize technical constraints into software product tradeoffs
- Experience working with legacy enterprise platforms and modern APIs
- Proven 0 to 1 product ownership
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in both software and hardware product environments
- Background and/or interest in freight, logistics, transportation, or industrial systems
- Exposure to hardware development or hardware/software integrated products
- Familiarity with embedded systems and hardware/software integration
Responsibilities
- Work with leadership to define and own the end-to-end product roadmap for Parallel’s enterprise SaaS platform
- Partner with software engineering to design and deliver a scalable rail traffic integration platform
- Lead product discovery across customers, rail partners, and internal stakeholders
- Drive integrations with legacy rail systems and modern APIs
- Collaborate cross-functionally with autonomy and vehicle software teams at a high level
- Set and track product KPIs that reflect real-world performance and customer value
- Ensure enterprise software integrates effectively with existing rail industry platforms
- Drive prioritization, tradeoff discussions, and product decision-making across teams
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
