Posted 11 months ago

Lead Technical Product Manager

San JoseRemoteFull-time

AI Summary

Lead Technical Product Manager for L4 autonomous driving systems, defining product roadmap, PRDs, and prioritizing engineering work for global commercial deployment.

About this role

Established in 2017, WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD) is a leading global commercial-stage company that develops autonomous driving technologies from Level 2 to Level 4. WeRide is the only tech company in the world that holds driverless permits in China, the UAE, Singapore and the US, conducting autonomous driving R&D, tests and operations in over 30 cities of 10 countries around the world. WeRide has operated a self-driving fleet for more than 2,200 days.

WeRide.ai is looking for a lead Technical Product Manager (PMT) for the development of L4 Autonomous Driving (AD) Systems and its global commercial deployment. This role reports directly to the company's senior leadership team. The level depends on the candidate's experience and qualification.

What you will do:

Develop and enact product roadmap to bring fully autonomous driving technologies to market. Understand customer desires, business goals, operational constraints, regulatory requirements and technical feasibility to properly define product features and scope of engineering development, set priorities for AV engineering teams

Develop insights from operation data, real-world performance and simulation to drive work prioritization, continuous improvement, and system robustness

Develop strategies for new ODD expansion and fleet scale-up, balance user experience, operational efficiency and scalability with feature development timing and cost

Develop Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) for system level AV features and behaviors, especially related to new ODD expansion and operation efficiency and scalability

Own end-to-end delivery of AV features from feature design to validation by closely collaborating with engineering and systems teams

Work with engineering tech leads to set up development priorities and quarterly plan for execution

Support product verification & validation, safety case development, and regulatory approval processes

Lead internal reviews and external discussions with customers and regulators, clearly communicate product features, capabilities and system performance boundaries, short to long term roadmaps, and risk management strategies

Function as a lead individual contributor at the beginning, build up the PMT team as business needs grow

Requirements:

5+ years PMT experience, proven ability to break down complex systems into clearly defined, testable, and scalable product requirements

Experience working on AV, Robotics, or products that utilize Machine Learning or AI, with direct involvement in architecture, development, validation, and regulatory compliance

Experience balancing priorities across a complex set of requirements and constraints, structured and systems-level thinking with the ability to translate technical, regulatory, and user requirements into a coherent product roadmap

Exposure to fleet operations and data feedback loops in AV or robotics industries

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to drive alignment across highly technical and non-technical audiences

Bachelor's Degree or above in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Fluent Chinese (Mandarin) is a must

Flexibility to work with teams in different time zones