Lead Product Manager

Lytx, Inc

Job Summary

Lytx is seeking a Lead Device Product Manager to join their team in San Diego, CA. This role involves defining and evolving Lytx's safety offering by analyzing market segments, customer needs, and competition. The manager will guide the product roadmap, propose new capabilities, develop business cases, and work with R&D and marketing teams to launch impactful safety solutions, focusing on new software features to identify and act on risk.

Must Have

  • Analyze market segments, customer needs, competition and key industry trends.
  • Define and create a safety solution strategy and longer-term product roadmap.
  • Propose and define key new capabilities and functionality.
  • Develop business cases and market requirements.
  • Work with product development teams to develop new functionality.
  • Set the strategy and roadmap for your assigned product area.
  • Work together with the product marketing team to ensure impactful market launches.
  • 7+ years of Product Management work experience.
  • Proven success using AI tools.
  • Project Management Experience.
  • Familiarity working in an Agile/SCRUM development environment.
  • Proven track record of working with engineering teams.
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills in English.
  • Team player with strong collaboration skills.
  • Strong customer focus and market analysis skills.

Good to Have

  • Experience with Telematics products is an advantage
  • MBA degree preferred

Perks & Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Telehealth
  • 401(k) and 401(k) match
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • FTO or PTO
  • Employee Well-Being program
  • 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Employee Referral program
  • Education Reimbursement Program
  • Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
  • Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Job Description

Lytx has an immediate opportunity for a Lead Device Product Manager, reporting to the Sr. Director of Product Management. The safety product manager will be responsible for the new software features in the Lytx system to identify new sources of risk and make it actionable. This product manager will apply a deep understanding of markets, customers and competition to guide the evolution of our safety offering - working in conjunction with Lytx R&D, client services staff and the product marketing team.

You’ll Get To:

  • Analyze market segments, customer needs, competition and key industry trends. Seek out and incorporate input from customers, client services and other customer-facing teams.
  • Work with strategic leaders to define and create a safety solution strategy and longer-term product roadmap for your assigned product area.
  • Propose and define key new capabilities and functionality which provide strong customer value, competitive advantage and long-term profitability.
  • Develop business cases and market requirements for key new capabilities, including business objectives, “how we win” and competitive differentiators, product positioning, performance expectations, financials and timeline.
  • Work with product development teams to develop new functionality, ensuring throughout the development cycle that the product provides strong value for target customers, generates competitive advantage and offers revenue and profit growth opportunities for the company.
  • Set the strategy and roadmap for your assigned product area, including a product vision for the investments you are advocating.
  • Work together with the product marketing team to ensure impactful market launches.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Need:

  • 7+ years of Product Management work experience, spanning both new product development and management of in-market products
  • Proven success using AI tools to increase impact and reduce time to market
  • Project Management Experience
  • Familiarity working in an Agile/SCRUM development environment.
  • Proven track record of working with engineering teams to develop successful product offerings.
  • Experience with Telematics products is an advantage
  • Independency and ‘can do’ approach
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills in English
  • Team player with strong collaboration skills
  • Winning mindset with ability to rally teams toward a goal
  • Strong customer focus and market analysis skills
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience, MBA degree preferred
  • Ability to travel 10-20%

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Telehealth
  • 401(k) and 401(k) match
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • FTO or PTO
  • Employee Well-Being program
  • 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Employee Referral program
  • Education Reimbursement Program
  • Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
  • Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for an incentive compensation plan. The expected hiring salary for this position is:

$162,250.00 - $204,750.00

Innovation Lives Here

You go all in no matter what you do, and so do we. At Lytx, we’re powered by cutting-edge technology and Happy People. You want your work to make a positive impact in the world, and that’s what we do. Join our diverse team of hungry, humble and capable people united to make a difference.

Together, we help save lives on our roadways!

Lytx, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, genetic information, uniformed service, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other status protected by federal or state law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email TA@lytx.com. Lytx conducts background checks on applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable local, state, federal and regional laws. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered. Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment and will be made in accordance with all applicable local, state, federal and regional laws.

About Us

Lytx® is a leading provider of video telematics, analytics, safety and productivity solutions for commercial and public sector fleets. Our unrivaled Driver Safety Program, powered by our best-in-class DriveCam® Event Recorder, is proven to help save lives and reduce risk. We harness the power of video to help clients see what happened in the past, manage their operations more efficiently in the present and improve driver behavior to change the future. Our customizable services and programs span driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking, compliance and fuel management. Using the world’s largest driving database of its kind, along with proprietary machine vision and artificial intelligence technology, we help protect and connect thousands of fleets and more than one million drivers worldwide. For more information, visit www.lytx.com, @lytx on X, LinkedIn, our Facebook page or YouTube channel.

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