Product Manager - User Interaction

Product Manager, User Interaction

Our client, is seeking a Product Manager to focus on defining and prioritizing the features and systems that shape the interactive nature of their robots.

Reporting to the Director of Product, this role will help ensure that our client’s robots are approachable, effective, and ready to operate in dynamic, real-world environments outside the lab. You’ll work closely with their industrial design, user experience, and engineering teams to identify interaction opportunities, translate user and stakeholder needs into product requirements, and guide the development of features that allow their robots to blend seamlessly into both industrial and public-facing settings.

Responsibilities:

• Drive and maintain product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our client, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and market demands.

• Engage with stakeholders (engineering, training, and customers) to ensure the robots address practical, real-world needs.

• Identify and prioritize enhancements across the entire software stack—from low-level hardware integration to high-level application services.

• Prioritize features that enhance multi-modal communication, conversational interfaces, and safety protocols.

• Collaborate with our client’s industrial design, user experience, and engineering teams to conceptualize and implement interactive features.

• Work with the user experience team to ensure that interactions with the robots are intuitive, context-aware, and adaptable to various user interactions.

• Engage directly with users and stakeholders to uncover needs and expectations, translating those insights into product requirements, workflows, and concepts of operation.

• Develop and maintain detailed training materials and documentation to clearly communicate product features and best practices.

• Leverage OKRs to set clear definitions of “done” and drive accountability across cross-functional teams.

• Translate product features and enhancements into detailed requirements documents, diagrams, and concise verbal communication for engineering teams.

• Support product marketing initiatives and partner relationships to accelerate the adoption and market penetration of our client’s platform.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in product management, operations, or engineering roles.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate technical insights into business impact.

• Ability to make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection.

• Experience with agile methodologies in B2B product environments.

• Background in robotics, automation, AI/ML training, or industrial technologies.

• Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making.

• Strong understanding of user experience design, including conversational interfaces.

• Passion for developing intuitive, engaging, and safe products in cutting-edge technology environments.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with regulatory and safety standards in robotics and interactive systems.

• Experience working with customers in light-duty industrial and public-facing environments.

• Experience with robotics safety and compliance standards.