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Head of Product, Device

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You will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a device portfolio. You will lead product direction from concept through manufacturing, launch, and field iteration; drive discovery; set requirements and success metrics; align cross-functional stakeholders; and build and mentor product managers.

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term product vision and roadmap for the device portfolio.
  • Translate strategy, customer insights, operational learnings, constraints, manufacturing realities, and business objectives into product strategy.
  • Own product direction across the full hardware lifecycle from concept exploration through in-field iteration.
  • Drive product discovery through user research, field visits, operational data, customer feedback, and market understanding.
  • Define product requirements, success metrics, priorities, and roadmap decisions.
  • Partner with UX Design and Industrial Design to shape integrated user, operator, physical, and digital experiences.
  • Collaborate with engineering, AI, manufacturing, supply chain, privacy, security, market operations, and executive stakeholders on product decisions.
  • Lead product readiness for launches, including quality, field validation, operational readiness, issue prioritization, and post-launch learning.
  • Build, mentor, and grow a team of product managers.
  • Establish product practices and foster a culture of curiosity, rigorous thinking, accountability, and customer focus.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of product management experience, including significant leadership responsibility for complex hardware and software products.
  • Demonstrated success bringing products from early concept through production, launch, and global scale.
  • Experience defining product strategy across hardware, software, AI, manufacturing, operations, and business considerations.
  • Strong product judgment for usability, reliability, quality, and customer trust.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, make principled tradeoffs, and influence senior cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Experience partnering with design and engineering organizations.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Technical fluency in disciplines such as consumer electronics, embedded systems, AI, biometrics, manufacturing, supply chain, reliability engineering, or global hardware deployment.
  • Experience hiring, developing, and leading product teams.
  • Willingness to travel globally.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • Mental health benefits
  • 401(k) plan and match
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible time off
  • Commuter benefits
  • Professional development stipend

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