Senior Product Manager, Samsara

• We are looking for a technical Product Manager with a deep interest (and ideally prior experience) in automotive architecture and communication networks
• Strong understanding of how to build for enterprise-scale
• Strong technical understanding, with an ability to grasp technical concepts & establish credibility with engineers
• A proven track-record of delivering outstanding results for customers & the business, managing significant complexity and bold timelines. You also have a bias-to-action and aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty
• Demonstrated experience defining and executing product roadmap for technical areas, and using analytics/data to measure progress toward goals and make investment choices
• Excellent communication skills. Must be comfortable presenting to customers and internal audiences, including senior executives
• 5+ years of job experience, in relevant product, technical, and/or business roles
• BS / MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience (i.e. software engineering experience)
• You’re someone who likes a challenge, leverages a data-driven and analytical approach in your work, can comfortably work through uncertainty, and stays focused on making forward progress toward your goals
• You’re also curious about how vehicle market trends and downstream product use cases can inform your roadmap

Desirable

• In this role, you will be responsible for roadmap, execution, and innovation within our Vehicle Data Platform group – leveraging data from vehicle systems and connected devices across Samsara’s 1.2M+ vehicle gateways in the field
• Own and evolve the capabilities and roadmap for the vehicle systems data that we process, supporting a variety of product features and offerings
• Deeply understand and advocate for all the ways this data can be used throughout the Samsara product portfolio and customer use cases
• Collaborate with downstream product teams who depend on your team’s data & capabilities. Manage a robust “intake” process to understand vehicle data platform needs and factor those into your priorities
• Be accountable for continuously improving both the coverage and quality of the vehicle data we’re ingesting
• Make data-driven decisions to prioritize and close gaps in supported vehicle data. Be proactive in tracking vehicle market share trends in our operating geos and in customer fleets
• Drive vehicle data insights that can be surfaced both internally and to customers, including support for predictive maintenance models and other use cases that combine vehicle data and machine learning
• Collaborate with Engineering to drive the team’s quarterly release plans and long-term roadmap
• Communicate across product line leadership to share your roadmap, evangelize your priorities, and seek out areas of joint innovation
• Partner with customer-facing teams to close strategic accounts, resolve escalations, and maintain relationships with top customers
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Total funding: $930m

Samsara supports the transportation, logistics, construction, food production, energy and manufacturing industries with its internet-connected sensor systems. This helps businesses collect data and derive insights to improve the efficiency of physical operations.