Senior Product Manager, Hardware

Overview

Location: San Francisco, CA

Hybrid: 3-4 days in person (SF) per week

Salary:$140-$185k / year end-of-year performance based bonus

Additional Benefits: Healthcare Package, Generous PTO, and Paternity Leave

Vacation: 4 weeks paid time off

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, loves to get their hands dirty with technical details and customer needs, and wants to take ownership of a product that can make a difference in outdoor adventures.

About Us

Rocky Talkie launched in 2019 with its signature product, a backcountry radio made for climbers and skiers. Since then, we have launched multiple best-in-class products in the adventure sports industry. We are committed to making easy-to-use, high-performance products for the backcountry. Rocky Talkie has a rapidly growing base of happy customers in the USA and Canada. We design our products to help people in extreme conditions, and our radios have been adopted for use in a wide variety of outdoor activities and commercial applications. We have a small, passionate, and highly motivated team with a deep understanding of our customers. With more products in the works, we would love your help in making the next generation of Rocky Talkie products a reality.

At Rocky Talkie, we’re driven by the belief that better communication in the backcountry can save lives. As part of this mission, we donate $2 per radio sold to search and rescue teams around the country, supporting those who help keep outdoor communities safe. Learn more about our company at https://rockytalkie.com/pages/about-us.

The Role

We are seeking an entrepreneurial-minded, highly creative product leader who likes to wear multiple hats. In this role, you will own the product strategy, product roadmap, product design, and full life cycle of products at Rocky Talkie. Additionally, this role will help drive technical programs and product execution. We are excited to bring our simple, rugged, and user-focused design principles to a variety of new products to improve safety in adventure sports markets and inject new ideas into an old and outdated 2-way radio industry. We are seeking a leader who can guide our company by identifying market opportunities, setting strategy, and executing on a next generation of products. We are looking for someone eager to take our team to the next level by leading product development, establishing go-to-market processes, running program management, and working with all departments to bring the product vision to customers. The role is in-person most days in the San Francisco office, with Asia travel expected.

In this role, you will work directly with the co-founders, other leaders, suppliers, and customers to bring the product vision to life. This role is most suitable for a passionate and experienced product leader who has brought major consumer outdoor electronics from idea to mass production. As a small company, this role is multi-disciplinary with a focus on product management combined with other program management needs. We are looking for someone who loves working with a small team and building structure along the way. Opportunity for growth is abundant, and excellence is recognized and rewarded.

What You’ll Do

• Market Analysis & Product Ideation: Identify market trends, gather consumer insights, and generate product ideas to stay ahead of the competition and deliver real value to customers.

• Product Strategy & Documentation: Lead the definition of product strategy, product requirements, and roadmaps. Document key features and ensure they’re delivered on schedule.

• Testing & Performance Standards: Define and manage product performance and reliability testing standards to ensure the highest quality.

• Product Packaging: Lead the design and execution of product packaging, ensuring it aligns with the Rocky Talkie brand and regulatory standards.

• Collaborate with Engineering: Work closely with the engineering team to ensure seamless product development, approvals, and testing at all stages. Track technical execution milestones to ensure fast development timelines are maintained.

• Supplier & Design Partner Management: Build and maintain relationships with trusted suppliers and design partners in Asia. You’ll need flexibility to coordinate with partners across different time zones.

• Go-to-Market & Education Planning: Work cross-functionally to build product education materials and go-to-market plans. Be the product advocate throughout the go-to-market process.

Required

• Intuitive ability to translate user needs and technical limitations into compelling hardware solutions

• 7 experience in hardware product management or consumer electronics

• BS/MS/PhD in Engineering or equivalent professional experience

• Strong communication skills across a wide range of audiences (company leadership, technical engineers, internal cross-functional groups, partners in Asia)

• Experience with industrial design, validation requirements, and reliability requirements

• Flexibility to coordinate with partners across different time zones. (Asia, etc.)

• Experience with international manufacturing (ODM, JDM, and CM)

• Self-motivated, organized, process-oriented, and strong work ethic

Desired:

• 4 years of experience with outdoor industry devices

• Experience with RF devices (VHF, UHF, Bluetooth)

• Outdoor sports enthusiast

• Start-up or small company experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills. The ability to work closely with engineering, design, operations, and business teams

• Acoustic device experience

Join us and be part of a team that’s changing the game in outdoor communication. We believe in delivering for our customers in all aspects of our business: great products that just work, honest and educational marketing, and best-in-class customer support. We’re not just building products—we’re building a community of outdoor enthusiasts and professionals who rely on Rocky Talkies for critical communication. We believe better communication in the backcountry can save lives and would love your help in bringing our vision to adventurers all over the world.