Lead Product Manager

Lead Product Manager

May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.

Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We're building the world's best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we've given more than 300,000 autonomy-enabled rides to real people around the globe. And we're just getting started. We're hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.

Job Summary

A Lead Product Manager will lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for key components of our autonomous mobility stack (e.g., perception, prediction, motion planning). In this role, you will translate user and business needs into clear, actionable technical strategies, working closely with engineering and cross-functional teams. You'll define robust product requirements, synthesize data-driven insights, and guide product development using system metrics, simulations, and real-world performance data. A deep understanding of system architecture, technical trade-offs, and product implications is essential. You will also mentor junior PMs and foster strong collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

Essential Responsibilities

• Shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for critical domains within our autonomous mobility stack. This role is responsible for translating user and business needs into a clear technical strategy for specific, high-impact areas (e.g., perception, prediction, or motion planning).
• Actively gather stakeholder needs and distill them into robust technical product requirements. You will develop clear and comprehensive product artifacts that serve as the single source of truth for our engineering teams. The ability to write a well-defined functional specification for complex behaviors is crucial.
• Synthesize technical and analytical insights to inform and prioritize the product roadmap. This includes working with engineering to understand technical dependencies, system performance, and the feasibility of new features. You will use data from vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results to validate assumptions and guide long-term, strategic decisions.
• Build a tight feedback loop with internal engineers, operations teams, and external partners. This includes not only gathering feature requests but also deeply understanding the system architecture, performance bottlenecks, and constraints that influence our product capabilities.
• Use data, product telemetry, and a deep understanding of our system to measure success and make data-informed recommendations. You will be able to debate technical tradeoffs with engineers and articulate the product implications of technical decisions.
• Lead from the front within the product organization, taking a direct role in mentoring more junior PMs on the technical aspects of autonomous systems and the product-engineering partnership.

Skills and Abilities

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies :

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience :

Required

Desirable

Physical Requirements

Travel Required? - Frequent : 26%-50%

Benefits and Perks

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and / or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you're excited about this role but your previous experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.

Salary Range : $150,000 - $220,000 USD