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Product Director

Menlo Ventures
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/19/2025 CLOSED ON 4/18/2025

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Fox Robotics is at the bleeding edge of warehouse automation, with a focus on autonomous forklifts. As the leader in this space, Fox has clear product market fit and is scaling fast, with plans to rapidly grow from 100 employees to nearly ~160 this year alone. With this growth, employees have a once-in-a-career opportunity to learn, all while working as part of a mission-driven team focused on making robots that work.

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What you’ll do :

  • Ownership of the roadmap for strategic growth initiatives for new products.
  • Track program risks, help drive mitigations, and represent status to the broader leadership team.
  • Own product end to end for products or features with moderate level of complexity and scope, including creating, managing, maintaining, and communicating product vision and strategy including technical vision and capabilities.
  • Develop a good technical understanding of the solutions to proactively identify new opportunities for product application & creative ways to mitigate technical challenges.
  • Stay up to date with industry and business : marketing trends, customer demographics, technical advances, and competition.
  • Collaborate with designers and front-end developers to implement UI / UX best practices and design principles.
  • Collaborate with Merchandising / Manufacturing, Procurement, and Sales teams to understand product features, benefits, and competitive differentiation.
  • Implement product development strategies that are process-oriented and focused on scalability and sustainability.
  • Communicate product updates, milestones, and risks to stakeholders, including executives.
  • Outline product requirements at an L0 level for autonomous electro-mechanical systems, UI / UX, etc.
  • Guide teams to break down L0 complex product requirements into L1 through Component Level Requirements.

What you’ll need :

  • 7 years of experience in product and program management of highly complex products.
  • Understanding of V Cycle of product development.
  • Understanding of Robotics and Warehouse automation.
  • Understanding of execution methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc.) and the ability to tailor them based on program needs.
  • Knowledge of 3D and 2D LIDARs and Sensors.
  • Nice to have :

  • Familiarity with Smartsheets, Jira, and Confluence.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to organize and manage brainstorming sessions, creating clear records of discussions and summarizing clear and concise directions.
  • Benefits and perks :

  • A once in a career opportunity to build, alongside colleagues who deeply care (plus robots that aren’t bad, either!).
  • Competitive salary and stock options.
  • Generous healthcare options.
  • 401k match.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Other perks that connect us, including lunch on Fridays, team building activities, and more!
  • More About Fox Robotics We make robots that work.

    We envision a world where robots serve as a human multiplier for dull and dangerous work. The warehousing industry sees more than 52,000 cases of injuries every year in the US. Our first product is an automated trailer unloader (forklift) that quickly demonstrates measurable value to our customers by both improving efficiency while also increasing safety.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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