Boston Dynamics

Senior Staff Product Manager-Spot

Boston Dynamics$154K — $212K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in product management or relevant industry.
  • Strong market research skills including segmentation and competitive analysis.
  • Ability to identify market gaps and customer needs.
  • Proficient in analyzing market data and KPIs for ROI assessment.
  • Expertise in synthesizing data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

  • Develop strategic business plans for quadruped manipulation in emerging markets.
  • Lead collaboration between prospects and engineering for proof-of-concept projects.
  • Engage with prospects to identify needs and potential uses of products.
  • Conduct gap and competitor analysis on existing and upcoming solutions.
  • Compile market data into clear artifacts to guide design discussions.
  • Shape product development roadmap based on market needs and technology trends.
  • Evaluate customer data to validate hypotheses and assess feature performance.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off
  • Annual bonus structure
Full Job Description
As a Product Manager for Spot, you help design, build, and ship Boston Dynamics' end-to-end robotic solutions, including software and hardware features, service offerings, and go-to-market plans. In this role, you will focus on next-generation Spot markets; identifying, quantifying, and analyzing key industries, focusing on the feasibility for quadrupeds in emerging applications. The successful PM in this role will build consensus and a clear business plan, by quickly and thoughtfully identifying the key requirements and experiments that can deliver manipulation applications for Spot that both drive revenue in the short term and unlock new market opportunities in the long term. This role sits at the intersection of many teams, balancing the realities of internal and external stakeholders to deliver the best results for our customers. As this role will focus on robotic manipulation, domain expertise in manipulation is highly valued.

Day to day activities:
  • Develop a strategic business plan critical to landing our quadruped manipulation solution in emerging markets.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration between prospects and engineering to design, build, and deploy innovative proof-of-concept projects for Spot in emerging markets.
  • Work with prospects remotely and on-site to understand their needs, how they could use our products, and how we can help them succeed.
  • Conduct gap and competitor analysis of our current and next gen solutions.
  • Document and distill market information into high-quality artifacts to inform internal discussions and start the design process.
  • Assess market needs in conjunction with the technological frontier to shape a cohesive and realistic product development roadmap
  • Review customer data and metrics to validate hypotheses, identify usage patterns, and assess performance of existing features.


Desired skills:
  • Minimum 7 years of experience as a product manager or in a relevant industry
  • Proven ability to conduct comprehensive market research, including segmentation, sizing, and competitive landscape assessments
  • Experience identifying market gaps, unmet customer needs, and high-potential entry points
  • Proficiency in interpreting market data, KPIs, and financial models to assess market attractiveness and ROI potential
  • Exceptional ability to synthesize data into clear, actionable market insights and recommendations
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments typical of early-stage market exploration
  • High level of drive and autonomy
  • Excellent skills in stakeholder management, documentation, and communication
  • Experience with engaging counterparties from the loading dock to the C-Suite
  • Product management experience for an early-stage product or scaling technology in an emerging market is a plus
  • Advanced degree in a relevant field is a plus.
  • Experience working within the robotics industry is a plus.
  • Experience working with new technology introduction is a plus.
  • Fluency in multiple languages is also a plus.


Travel:
  • Occasional travel to customer sites and regions of interest
  • This is an onsite role


The base pay range for this position is between $154,310 to $212,176 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.

About Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military. Boston Dynamics has also developed a number of other robots, including Spot, a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation, and Atlas, a humanoid robot designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks. In 2013, the company was acquired by Google X, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. In 2020, the company was acquired by Hyundai Motor Group. Boston Dynamics is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Size
300 employees
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Founded
1992

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