Technical Product Manager
About the role
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
We are seeking a technically fluent Product Manager to own the strategy, development, and execution of products across current vehicles and future automotive platforms. This role will drive 0-to-1 product development from concept through launch and ongoing lifecycle management, aligning customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives. Working cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, software, and operations teams, the Product Manager will define product priorities, manage tradeoffs, and build stakeholder consensus to ensure successful delivery.
Responsibilities
- Define your product areas across our current vehicle and future platform
- Own the successful execution of the product across its lifecycle
- Develop a deep understanding of the customer, market, and business objectives to find new opportunities and align your product domain to company goals
- Be the Product Owner in a highly cross-functional product development process spanning HW, FW, SW, and operations
- Ruthlessly prioritize features and ensure priorities are clearly communicated at all times
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (engineering, computer science, or related field) required, with the technical fluency to engage credibly with HW, FW, and SW teams
- 6+ years of direct product management experience bringing 0→1 products to market in the automotive or AV space
- Shrewd negotiator who can influence a wide array of stakeholders to quickly drive decisions and consensus
- Ability to balance long-term strategic objectives against near-term tactical wins
- Self-starter with a track record of taking action and delivering
- Adept at critical thinking and navigating complex tradeoffs in a structured way
Pay
$115,000 – $125,000 per year. The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.
Schedule
On-site, 5 days per week in Foster City, CA.