Staff Product Manager - Connected Devices
About the role
. The "Who We Are" could be part of About the role? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should map content accordingly.
We have "About The Role" section with paragraphs describing role. We'll put that under About the role.
Responsibilities: there is a "What you'll do" bullet list. That's responsibilities.
Requirements: "What we're looking for" list of required qualifications. That's requirements.
Qualifications: there is "Preferred Qualifications". Could be separate Qualifications section? The instruction says we can have Qualifications heading. We'll put preferred qualifications under Qualifications.
Skills: maybe we can extract skills from requirements? But we might not need a separate Skills section if not explicitly present. The posting does not have a separate Skills heading; we could combine skills into Requirements or Qualifications. Better to not create a Skills section if no explicit content.
Benefits: there is a paragraph about benefits: "Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution". Also mention "Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits." So we have benefits content.
Pay: there is Pay Transparency section with compensation range: "United States $180,000—$248,000 USD". Also mention restricted stock units etc. So we have Pay.
Schedule: not mentioned. No schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section.
Also there is "Who We Are" description about company. Could be placed under About the role? Might be better to include as a brief intro before About the role? But instruction: only use those headings. We could incorporate Who Are into About the role section as part of description. It's okay.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, privacy notices, etc. Remove those lines.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep details about responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, benefits, pay.
We need to format using for each section heading, then content: either
for prose,
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We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Staff Product Manager, Connected Devices (Equipment Monitoring)". Not to be used as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract content.
**About the role**: combine Who We Are and About The Role paragraphs.
Who We Are: "Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. Visit gomotive.com to learn more."
About The Role: paragraphs describing role. We'll combine.
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containing both. **Responsibilities**: "What you'll do" list items. List: - Own the hardware and firmware roadmap for Equipment Monitoring in-field devices — asset gateways, beacons, environmental and door sensors, power accessories, and the device form factors that don't exist yet. - Drive NPI execution end-to-end from problem definition and sourcing through EVT, DVT, PVT, certification (FCC, PTCRB, carrier approvals, IP ratings, industrial environmental specs), MP ramp, and post-launch stabilization. - Own the installed base. Field failure and RMA rates, battery life as measured in the field rather than on the bench, connectivity and positioning performance, install success — these are your metrics, and improving them is as much the job as shipping the next device. - Define and prioritize firmware features that extend the value of devices already deployed — power optimization, connectivity resilience, positioning accuracy, sensor fusion, OTA reliability and staged rollout, diagnostics, security, and fleet-level observability. - Lead the product side of device partnerships. Motive is extending asset visibility through partner and mesh networks; you will own the technical and product decisions in those programs while BD and Supply Chain own the commercial terms. - Make the hard trade-offs across feature set, BOM cost, power budget, connectivity (cellular, LPWAN, BLE, GNSS), antenna performance, manufacturability, ruggedness, install experience, quality, and schedule — and communicate those decisions clearly across the organization. - Translate customer and market signals into crisp requirements by running discovery across construction, trucking and logistics, agriculture, energy, field service, and food and beverage; synthesizing input from Sales, Support, Install, and Customer Success; and separating one-off requests from generalizable needs. - Write strong PRDs and technical specs that frame the problem, the constraints, and the decisions — and keep Hardware, Firmware, Mechanical, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and TPM aligned through every gate. - Partner with cloud and mobile product teams so that firmware contracts — telemetry schemas, provisioning, OTA, device management — evolve cleanly as the platform grows. - Drive go-to-market readiness with Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Support, Install, and Operations on positioning, spec sheets, pricing inputs, enablement, rollout planning, and feedback loops for every NPI and major firmware release. - Represent Motive's hardware point of view externally with silicon vendors, ODMs, contract manufacturers, carriers, test labs, certification bodies, and network and OEM partners. We'll put each as
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**Requirements**: "What we're looking for" required qualifications.
List:
- 6+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time shipping IoT, telematics, tracking, or connected hardware products from concept through mass production — and sustaining them through post-launch iteration.
- Proven ownership of at least one full hardware NPI that reached material volume (ideally 100K+ units), including navigating EVT/DVT/PVT/MP gates, regulatory certifications, and supplier / contract-manufacturer relationships. We will ask you to name it.
- Strong technical fluency in battery-powered connected systems — comfortable in conversations about MCUs and SoCs, power management and battery chemistry, multi-year battery life budgeting, RF and antenna design, GNSS, cellular (LTE-M, NB-IoT, 4G, 5G), Bluetooth Low Energy, environmental ratings (IP, shock/vibration, thermal), and firmware architecture.
- Direct experience owning firmware roadmaps, including OTA update strategy and staged rollouts, release trains, device provisioning and security, telemetry design, and observability for devices operating in harsh, bandwidth-constrained, power-constrained environments.
- Demonstrated ownership of field reliability — you've been the PM when a deployed product was failing, and you can describe how you found the cause, what you changed, and what the number looked like afterward.
- Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives and influence roadmaps across engineering, operations, and GTM without direct authority.
- Customer empathy paired with data fluency — you run discovery in the real world as comfortably as you pull device telemetry and field-performance data, and use both to prioritize.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to move fluently between executives, hardware and firmware engineers, cloud engineers, GTM teams, and customers without losing signal.
- Trailblazer mindset — humble, kind, curious, and open to learning, with a strong bias to action and a willingness to commit and disagree productively.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Science, Industrial Design, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
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**Qualifications**: Preferred Qualifications list.
List:
- Experience launching cellular-connected, battery-powered tracking devices with multi-year battery life targets.
- Background in telematics, fleet technology, construction technology, industrial IoT, cold chain, supply-chain visibility, or heavy equipment.
- Experience running OTA firmware programs at scale — staged rollouts, fleet-health monitoring, rollback strategy, and fleet-level security response.
- Experience with third-party or crowd-sourced location networks (BLE mesh, LPWAN networks, or similar) and the product decisions that come with depending on infrastructure you don't own.
- Familiarity with automotive and off-highway protocols (CAN, OBD-II, J1939) and industrial data standards such as AEMP 2.0.
- Experience working with global contract manufacturers and managing multi-region sourcing, logistics, and compliance.
We'll put under Qualifications heading.
**Benefits**: paragraph.
Content: "Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits."
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. **Pay**: paragraph. Content: "Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits. The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is: United States $180,000—$248,000 USD" But note benefits already covered; we might duplicate. However we need to preserve all substantive info. The Pay section includes compensation range and mention of restricted stock units. We can include that. We should avoid repeating benefits text maybe but it's okay if it's part of Pay section. However we already have Benefits section; repeating might be duplication but instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; not to invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is okay if it's in original. However we might want to avoid repeating same sentence but it's fine. We'll craft Pay section:
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is: United States $180,000—$248,000 USD.
We can omit benefits repeat. Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, privacy notices, etc. Remove those lines. Check for any leftover: "Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here. UK Candidate Privacy Notice here. The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is
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**Qualifications**: Preferred Qualifications list.
List:
- Experience launching cellular-connected, battery-powered tracking devices with multi-year battery life targets.
- Background in telematics, fleet technology, construction technology, industrial IoT, cold chain, supply-chain visibility, or heavy equipment.
- Experience running OTA firmware programs at scale — staged rollouts, fleet-health monitoring, rollback strategy, and fleet-level security response.
- Experience with third-party or crowd-sourced location networks (BLE mesh, LPWAN networks, or similar) and the product decisions that come with depending on infrastructure you don't own.
- Familiarity with automotive and off-highway protocols (CAN, OBD-II, J1939) and industrial data standards such as AEMP 2.0.
- Experience working with global contract manufacturers and managing multi-region sourcing, logistics, and compliance.
We'll put under Qualifications heading.
**Benefits**: paragraph.
Content: "Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits."
We'll put as