VP Product & Design

Serve Robotics

$175K — $210K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in product management or technology leadership roles.
  • 5+ years leading and developing product teams, including senior leaders.
  • Experience managing product strategies from concept to scale.
  • Proven ability to connect strategy, customer needs, and technical capabilities in products.
  • Excellent communicator with experience engaging with executive leadership.
  • Strong leadership skills in recruiting and retaining high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a high-performing product management and design team.
  • Set standards for product and design quality and maintain communication of business opportunities.
  • Serve as a leadership team member, contributing to overall company strategy.
  • Define clear roles and accountability within the organization.
  • Translate corporate goals and customer needs into product priorities.
  • Champion data-driven decision-making in product strategy and investment.
  • Establish and maintain a product roadmap reflecting company objectives and customer requirements.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with innovative technology in robotics and logistics.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Emphasis on user-centered design and customer insights.
  • Focus on scalable product capabilities and operational performance.
  • Involvement in public safety-focused design initiatives.
Full Job Description
Lead a high-performing Product and Design team to build what the future looks like with robots by our side, starting with sidewalk logistics. This role is accountable for raising the bar, identifying high-impact opportunities and big bets, and clearly articulating the rationale behind where we're going and why.

This role partners closely with Engineering, Operations, Data, Business Development , Program Management, Safety, Policy, and other leaders to align priorities, navigate tradeoffs, and turn company strategy into clear, coordinated execution.

JOB DUTIES

Lead a High Performing Team
  • Develop and uplevel a strong product management and design team and foster a culture for intellectual curiosity, measurable experimentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Set a high bar for product and design quality and craft and evolve how business opportunities, requirements, and validation are built, communicated, and maintained.
  • Serve as a key member of the leadership team and contribute beyond the Product organization to company-wide strategy and execution.
  • Establish clear roles, expectations, decision rights, and accountability across the organization.
Product Vision and Narrative
  • Deliver delight to customers and the public while expanding the sidewalk delivery business.
  • Translate corporate strategy and customer needs into clear product priorities and investment decisions for both product and design.
  • Develop a strong understanding of customers, users, competitors, and market dynamics to inform product direction and design principles..
  • Champion data-driven product decision making, using quantitative and qualitative insights to prioritize opportunities, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide product strategy and investment.
  • Balance near-term customer and operational needs with investments in scalable, long-term product capabilities.
  • Ensure product development is grounded in real-world customer and user needs rather than technology development alone.
  • Develop and maintain a clear product roadmap that translates company strategy and customer needs into prioritized product initiatives, milestones, and outcomes.
Design & User Experience
  • Lead the Design function and establish a cohesive design vision across the company's products and experiences.
  • Champion user-centered design and ensure customer and end-user insights are incorporated throughout the development process.
  • Build scalable design practices, systems, and standards that create intuitive and consistent experiences.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Commercial teams to simplify complex technical capabilities into effective user experiences.
  • Ensure design is treated as a strategic product capability and incorporated early in product development.
  • Deliver on public safety-focused design from Industrial Design to Operational Tools


Note: The list of responsibilities is intended to capture essential duties and responsibilities for incumbents in the job. An incumbent may perform additional duties as assigned

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, & SKILLS

Required Experience, Qualifications, and Skills
  • 12+ years of progressive experience in product management, product strategy, design, or related technology leadership roles.
  • 5+ years of experience leading and developing product teams, including experience managing senior product leaders and/or multidisciplinary organizations.
  • Demonstrated experience owning product strategy and roadmaps for complex technology products from concept through commercialization and scale.
  • Proven track record of translating company strategy, customer needs, and technical capabilities into clear product priorities and measurable business outcomes.
  • Master communicator with experience partnering with executive leadership and communicating product, design and technical strategy to senior internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong people leadership capabilities with demonstrated success recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.


Preferred Experience, Qualifications, and Skills
  • Experience developing products involving robotics, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, mobility, logistics, or other complex hardware and software systems.
  • Experience with products that operate in the physical world where safety, reliability, hardware constraints, operational performance, and user experience must be considered together.
  • Experience leading or directly overseeing both Product Management and Product Design organizations.
  • Experience developing B2B or B2B2C products involving enterprise customers, strategic partners, operators, and end consumers.
  • Experience building products that integrate hardware, software, data, operational tooling, and customer-facing experiences.
  • Experience developing products or platforms that support fleet operations, marketplaces, logistics, last-mile delivery, or other high-volume operational environments.
  • Experience scaling product organizations through periods of rapid company growth and changing business priorities.
  • Experience commercializing emerging technology and translating technically sophisticated capabilities into clear customer value.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, design, business, or a related field. Advanced degree or equivalent experience is a plus.

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