Senior / Staff Product Manager (IoT Connected Devices)

Join Motive, a leading company in the IoT Connected Devices space. As a Senior/Staff Product Manager, you will be responsible for the entire in-field device surface of the Equipment Monitoring line. You will own the hardware and firmware roadmap, drive New Product Introductions, and lead the product side of device partnerships. This role offers direct leverage and the opportunity to shape the credibility of the platform. You will report to the VP of Connected Devices and collaborate closely with various teams across the organization.

• Posséder la feuille de route du matériel et du firmware pour les dispositifs de surveillance des équipements sur le terrain, y compris les passerelles d'actifs, les balises, les capteurs environnementaux et les accessoires.
• Diriger l'exécution de l'introduction de nouveaux produits de bout en bout, de la définition du problème et de l'approvisionnement à la certification, au ramp-up de la production de masse et à la stabilisation post-lancement.
• Définir et prioriser les fonctionnalités du firmware qui étendent la valeur des dispositifs déjà déployés, y compris l'optimisation de l'alimentation, la résilience de la connectivité, la précision du positionnement, la fusion des capteurs, la fiabilité OTA.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Science, Industrial Design, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives and influence roadmaps across engineering, operations, and GTM without direct authority
• Trailblazer mindset — humble, kind, curious, and open to learning, with a strong bias to action and a willingness to commit and disagree productively
• Demonstrated ownership of field reliability — you've been the PM when a deployed product was failing, and you can describe how you found the cause, what you changed, and what the number looked like afterward
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to move fluently between executives, hardware and firmware engineers, cloud engineers, GTM teams, and customers without losing signal
• Direct experience owning firmware roadmaps, including OTA update strategy and staged rollouts, release trains, device provisioning and security, telemetry design, and observability for devices operating in harsh, bandwidth-constrained, power-constrained environments
• Strong technical fluency in battery-powered connected systems — comfortable in conversations about MCUs and SoCs, power management and battery chemistry, multi-year battery life budgeting, RF and antenna design, GNSS, cellular (LTE-M, NB-IoT, 4G, 5G), Bluetooth Low Energy, environmental ratings (IP, shock/vibration, thermal), and firmware architecture
• Customer empathy paired with data fluency — you run discovery in the real world as comfortably as you pull device telemetry and field-performance data, and use both to prioritize
• Proven ownership of at least one full hardware NPI that reached material volume (ideally 100K+ units), including navigating EVT/DVT/PVT/MP gates, regulatory certifications, and supplier / contract-manufacturer relationships. We will ask you to name it
• 6+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time shipping IoT, telematics, tracking, or connected hardware products from concept through mass production — and sustaining them through post-launch iteration
• Experience launching cellular-connected, battery-powered tracking devices with multi-year battery life targets
• Background in telematics, fleet technology, construction technology, industrial IoT, cold chain, supply-chain visibility, or heavy equipment
• Experience running OTA firmware programs at scale — staged rollouts, fleet-health monitoring, rollback strategy, and fleet-level security response
• Familiarity with automotive and off-highway protocols (CAN, OBD-II, J1939) and industrial data standards such as AEMP 2.0
• Experience with third-party or crowd-sourced location networks (BLE mesh, LPWAN networks, or similar) and the product decisions that come with depending on infrastructure you don't own
• Experience working with global contract manufacturers and managing multi-region sourcing, logistics, and compliance