In this role, you will:

Set the Vision: Define a compelling vision for how SDMA's safety case and clearance process will be transformed, reimagining internal workflows as AI-first paradigms rather than simply automating today's steps.

Turn Ambiguity into Action: Bring structure to ambiguous problems and fragmented information, resolve open questions and differences, and keep teams focused on actionable results.

Build and Deliver the Roadmap: Translate the vision into a prioritized roadmap, break large problems into incremental releases that deliver early value, and drive them through implementation and adoption. Prioritize investment where it most accelerates milestones.

Enable the AI Team: Partner with Zoox's AI team as the voice of the SDMA customer. Define clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality gates so they can build the right technical solutions.

Earn Trust in AI Outputs: Ensure AI-generated analyses meet the rigor safety decisions demand, with traceability, validation, and the right level of human oversight built in.

Align Across Zoox: Communicate the roadmap, trade-offs, and progress clearly to stakeholders and leadership. Resolve disagreements and build consensus across organizations.

Measure What Matters: Define and track metrics such as adoption, output accuracy, clearance cycle time, and engineering hours saved, and use them to demonstrate impact and steer strategy.

Qualifications

Technical Foundation: B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, with hands-on engineering experience. Comfortable going deep on system architecture and data with senior engineers.

Proven Product Leadership: 8+ years of hands-on product management experience, with a track record of building and launching complex software products, including AI-integrated products.

AI Fluency: Practical understanding of LLMs and agentic systems and how they map to real-world engineering workflows.

Entrepreneurial Mindset: Thrives in ambiguity, moves from zero to one, and is energized by pioneering new paradigms.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Excellent communicator who resolves disagreements, aligns teams on solutions, and inspires both SDMA engineers and cross-functional partners.

Bonus Qualifications

Organizational Change Leadership: Experience driving organization-level mindset shifts and leading visible, high-impact technical initiatives.

Agentic Workflow Experience: Hands-on experience managing and implementing agentic workflows and products.

Autonomy and Robotics: Experience with autonomous vehicle development or similarly complex robotics systems

About Zoox

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

Accommodations

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.