Product Lead

Buspas, Inc.

$90K — $120K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Lead in smart city, transportation tech, or related fields.
  • Strong systems engineering background with integration experience of hardware and software systems.
  • Proven passion for public transit and sustainable urban solutions.
  • Experience in startup environments with a focus on driving outcomes under ambiguity.
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging with diverse stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and data-driven product decision-making.
  • Bonus: Experience with AI/ML applications or public sector project deployments.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for BusPas's ecosystem.
  • Collaborate with engineering, hardware, and design teams to prioritize feature integration.
  • Lead user research to ensure solutions meet real-world transit challenges.
  • Drive product launches based on data insights and market trends.
  • Align product initiatives with business goals through cross-functional collaboration.
  • Own KPIs related to user adoption, system performance, and sustainability metrics.
  • Analyze market trends in edge AI and urban digital transformation.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape high-impact products in a fast-growing startup.
  • Engage in innovative work at the intersection of technology and urban mobility.
  • Drive solutions that contribute to smarter, greener cities.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Impact on improving urban life and public transit experiences.
Full Job Description
The Role

We are seeking a passionate Product Lead to lead the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for BusPas's core offerings. You will drive the development and evolution of our smart urban infrastructure solutions, focusing on integrating edge AI, IoT sensors, and multimodal transit applications. This is a high-impact leadership role in a fast-growing startup, where you'll shape products that directly contribute to smarter, greener, and more equitable cities worldwide.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for BusPas's ecosystem, including smart bus stops, edge AI applications, data platforms, and MaaS (Mobility as a Service) tools.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, hardware, and design teams to prioritize features that integrate system engineering principles for seamless hardware-software-system interoperability.
  • Lead user research, gather requirements from transit agencies, municipalities, and stakeholders to ensure solutions address real-world challenges like reducing bus delays, enhancing safety, optimizing multimodal flows, and supporting future automated vehicles.
  • Drive product launches, iterations, and scaling based on data insights, pilot feedback (e.g., from deployments in cities like Barcelona and New York), and market trends in smart cities.
  • Work cross-functionally to align product initiatives with business goals, including partnerships and solution with third party applications , and sustainable AI adoption.
  • Own KPIs around user adoption, system performance, data accuracy, and impact on transit ridership/sustainability metrics.
  • Stay ahead of the industry by analyzing market requirements and emerging trends in edge AI, IoT, and urban digital transformation.


Requirements
  • Drive, Passion and mission focused
  • 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Lead, ideally in smart city, transportation tech, IoT, edge AI, or related fields.
  • Strong systems engineering background with proven experience in integrating hardware (sensors, cameras, edge devices), software, and large-scale infrastructure systems.
  • Passion for public transit, multimodal mobility, sustainability, and building solutions that improve urban life.
  • Experience working in startup environments, with the ability to thrive in ambiguity and drive outcomes with limited resources.
  • Excellent communication skills to engage with technical teams, city officials, transit operators, and executives.
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies, user-centered design, and data-driven product decisions.
  • Bonus: Experience with AI/ML applications, computer vision, or deployments in public sector/municipal projects.


If you're excited about driving innovation at the intersection of edge AI, IoT sensors, smart infrastructure, and public transit-and have the systems engineering expertise to make complex integrations seamless-apply now!

How to Apply

Send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you're passionate about transforming urban furniture into smart city cornerstones to [redacted] (or apply via LinkedIn/Indeed link when posted).

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