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Lead Product Manager
Instrumental Inc
Palo AltoHybrid10mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Lead
About the role
- Deeply experienced with hardware manufacturing and NPI, having worked directly with CMs.
- Relentlessly about getting hands-on with customers and data.
- A self-starter who drives projects fast, ships, and iterates quickly.
- Skilled in software product management methodology and confident driving best practices with the team.
- AI-forward, spotting and executing opportunities to apply AI to accelerate daily workflows.
- Drive strategic thinking and execution for complex software products that serve manufacturing customers.
- Build strong relationships with manufacturing stakeholders - from factory floor engineers to executives - to uncover insights and drive product-market fit.
- Own the roadmap and execution for a core product area while coaching PMs on best practices in product discovery, delivery, and iteration.
- Partner with engineering, design, and leadership to prioritize initiatives, manage tradeoffs, and deliver high-velocity impact.
- Instill strong product management rituals (backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, KPI tracking) and coach the team to execute them effectively.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement: ensure we measure success post-launch, iterate to deliver value, and avoid the “ship and move on” trap.
- Advocate for and implement AI and automation where it can accelerate discovery, decision-making, and delivery.
- Hardware background (mechanical, electrical, etc), with deep experience on programs that have successfully gone through NPI.
- 5+ years of software product management experience, with a strong foundation of product management best practices
- Proven ability to take initiative and drive impactful projects to completion quickly with minimal oversight.
- Comfort with ambiguity, pace, and frequent pivots inherent in a startup environment, with a track record of creating clarity for teams.
- Experience introducing and integrating AI tools/processes into product workflows.
- Demonstrated skill in setting, iterating on, and measuring KPIs to ensure ongoing product value.
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