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Zoox

Manager, Technical Product Management – Autonomy Integration

$231K–$281K

Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026

Experience
8+ years of technical product management experience, including 3+ years directly managing a team of 4 or more technical product managers.
Education
Degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Leads a team of Technical Product Managers and oversees readiness, strategy, and performance across autonomy driving behavior clusters for Zoox’s commercial robotaxi service.

What you'll do

  • Hire, manage, mentor, and develop a team of 4–5 Technical Product Managers.
  • Set portfolio strategy and prioritization, and oversee cluster roadmaps, readiness criteria, safety, and performance metrics.
  • Translate operational feedback, risks, and cross-functional trade-offs into roadmaps and executive updates.

What they ask for

  • 8+ years of technical product management experience, including 3+ years directly managing a team of 4 or more technical product managers.
  • Demonstrated ability to hire, coach, and manage performance, including developing individual contributors into more senior roles.
  • Technical field degree or equivalent practical experience, with depth to engage in architecture and trade-off discussions across perception, planning/controls, or comparable domains.
  • Proven strategy, leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to turn ambiguity into product visions and team frameworks.

Nice to have

  • Experience developing robotics products or autonomous vehicle software; background in computer vision, perception, or ML-driven systems.
  • Experience scaling product management through a research-to-commercial-launch transition, or in another regulated or safety-critical industry.

Pay

USD 231,000–281,000 per-year-salary (base salary)

Tools

autonomy software, robotics, computer vision, perception, planning/controls, ML-driven systems

AI focus

The role oversees autonomy software and may involve ML-driven systems; it does not specify direct AI development responsibilities.

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First seen Oct 20, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)