Technical Product Manager, II

Torc Robotics • Ann Arbor, MI

5h

About The Position

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business. A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight. Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

Meet The Team:
The Technical Product Management (TPM) Team drives alignment through a technology roadmap, accelerating our corporate milestones by focusing our development teams on the most critical items on our path to a milestone. We do this through cross-functional coordination with all teams in technology: driving decisions, defining measurable acceptance criteria, and building shared accountability with stakeholders to agree on deliverables and timelines. We collaborate with other TPMs to manage dependencies to deliver corporate milestones. By rallying ourselves around a plan, TPMs will predict outcomes before they happen: unblocking dependencies in advance, managing risk proactively, and anticipating resource or staffing gaps to accomplish our goals. As our plans or goals update, TPMs leverage best practices around change management, further driving alignment, decision making, and documentation across Torc. Lastly, we partner with engineering teams to maintain accountability, providing clear updates and shared action items that help everyone stay informed on the health of our technology roadmap.

What You'll Do:
As a Technical Product Manager for Autonomy, you will serve as a primary representative planning work for our Autonomy Software development teams to deliver against our corporate milestones. You will prioritize asks across short term and long-term programs to develop a plan for autonomy teams to deliver. You will manage a backlog for multiple teams, partnering with engineering managers and directors to deliver against program goals. You will collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to proactively unblock your engineering teams from delivering on their goals. You will leverage best practices in program management to drive execution on a roadmap, including its dependencies, risks, and changes.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, or Technical Program Manager in autonomous vehicles, robotics, automotive, or similar industries.
• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 4+ years of experience OR; Master’s Degree in STEM related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 2+ years of experience
• A strong track record of delivering outcomes and driving execution through successful cross-functional programs between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing a cross-functional roadmap, including the dependencies, risks, and change management of that roadmap
• Strong active listening, negotiation, and prioritization skills
• Ability to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to different audiences
• The desire to grow your technical and program skillsets in an ever-evolving industry
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools, including Jira for project management, Confluence for documentation, and tools for brainstorming and visual collaboration, such as Miro

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the Autonomous Vehicle industry
• Experience synthesizing technical engineering deliverables to non-technical stakeholders to report on progress

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary representative planning work for our Autonomy Software development teams to deliver against our corporate milestones.
• Prioritize asks across short term and long-term programs to develop a plan for autonomy teams to deliver.
• Manage a backlog for multiple teams, partnering with engineering managers and directors to deliver against program goals.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to proactively unblock your engineering teams from delivering on their goals.
• Leverage best practices in program management to drive execution on a roadmap, including its dependencies, risks, and changes.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance
• Sign-on payments
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees