<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;">May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 300,000 autonomy-enabled rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.</span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Job Summary</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><br></strong>A Lead Product Manager will lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for key components of our autonomous mobility stack (e.g., perception, prediction, motion planning). In this role, you will translate user and business needs into clear, actionable technical strategies, working closely with engineering and cross-functional teams. You’ll define robust product requirements, synthesize data-driven insights, and guide product development using system metrics, simulations, and real-world performance data. A deep understanding of system architecture, technical trade-offs, and product implications is essential. You will also mentor junior PMs and foster strong collaboration across internal teams and external partners.<strong><br></strong></span></p><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Essential Responsibilities</strong></span></h1><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for critical domains within our autonomous mobility stack. This role is responsible for translating user and business needs into a clear technical strategy for specific, high-impact areas (e.g., perception, prediction, or motion planning).</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Actively gather stakeholder needs and distill them into robust technical product requirements. You will develop clear and comprehensive product artifacts that serve as the single source of truth for our engineering teams. The ability to write a well-defined functional specification for complex behaviors is crucial.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Synthesize technical and analytical insights to inform and prioritize the product roadmap. This includes working with engineering to understand technical dependencies, system performance, and the feasibility of new features. You will use data from vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results to validate assumptions and guide long-term, strategic decisions.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Build a tight feedback loop with internal engineers, operations teams, and external partners. This includes not only gathering feature requests but also deeply understanding the system architecture, performance bottlenecks, and constraints that influence our product capabilities.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Use data, product telemetry, and a deep understanding of our system to measure success and make data-informed recommendations. You will be able to debate technical tradeoffs with engineers and articulate the product implications of technical decisions.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Lead from the front within the product organization, taking a direct role in mentoring more junior PMs on the technical aspects of autonomous systems and the product-engineering partnership.</span></li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Skills and Abilities</strong></span></h1><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:</em></span></p><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Technical Acumen &amp; Expertise</strong>: You must be able to debate technical tradeoffs with engineers and deeply understand system architecture and dependencies. The ability to synthesize insights from complex datasets, including vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results, is essential for informed decision-making.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Strategic Vision &amp; Analytical Rigo</strong>r: You have a proven ability to define a long-term product vision and translate it into a phased, data-driven roadmap. You excel at using market analysis and product metrics to prioritize investments and back your assumptions.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Cross-Functional Leadership</strong>: You can build and maintain a strong product-engineering partnership, acting as a trusted liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders. Your communication skills allow you to effectively articulate complex problems and secure alignment across the organization.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Mentorship &amp; Influence</strong>: As a senior member of the team, you take an active role in mentoring and upskilling junior product managers. You lead through influence, inspiring confidence and trust in your recommendations.</span></li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Qualifications and Experience</strong></span></h1><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><em>Required</em></strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Minimum of 10 years of proven Product Management experience</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Experience leading product development and human-centered design efforts for software, hardware or combined software/hardware products, which includes leading from idea to in-market. </span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Experience developing/launching products/technologies within AI/ML and/or autonomous vehicles, robotics, internet of things (IoT), transportation-as-a-service sectors</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Experience leading cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior members of a Product organization</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Demonstrated ability to craft product strategy amidst ambiguity</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><em>Desirable</em></strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Experience building product roadmap for data driven tools to accelerate development of commercial products based on real-world and simulated data logs</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Experience bringing new, innovative products to the market</span></li></ul><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Physical Requirements</strong></span></h1><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:</span></li><ul><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Prolonged sitting</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Prolonged standing</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Prolonged computer use</span></li></ul></ul><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;">Travel required? -  Frequent: 26%-50%</span></h1><hr><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><strong>Benefits and Perks</strong></p><ul><li>Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate. </li><li>Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.</li><li>Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.</li><li>Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work. </li><li>Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.</li><li>Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing   </li></ul></div><div>Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.</div></div></div></div></div></div><p><em>Want to learn more about our culture &amp; benefits? Check out our <a href="https://maymobility.com/careers/">website</a>!</em></p><p><em>May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis.   Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with May Mobility to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary.  Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. If you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.</em></p><p><strong><em>Note to Recruitment Agencies:</em></strong><em> May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.</em></p><div><div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$150,000</span><span>—</span><span>$220,000 USD</span></div></div></div>

<p>May Mobility is developing autonomous electric vehicles from the chassis up with a focus on system-level safety design. This focus will allow us to be the first to launch a fully driverless autonomous vehicle. The company plans to lead the industry with its system design approach and best in class user experience. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.</p>

Lead Product Manager

<div><p><span>May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span><span>Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces.</span><span> </span><span>Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 300,000 autonomy-enabled rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.</span></span></p></div><p><span><strong>Job Summary</strong></span></p><p><span><strong><br></strong>A Lead Product Manager will lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for key components of our autonomous mobility stack (e.g., perception, prediction, motion planning). In this role, you will translate user and business needs into clear, actionable technical strategies, working closely with engineering and cross-functional teams. You’ll define robust product requirements, synthesize data-driven insights, and guide product development using system metrics, simulations, and real-world performance data. A deep understanding of system architecture, technical trade-offs, and product implications is essential. You will also mentor junior PMs and foster strong collaboration across internal teams and external partners.<strong><br></strong></span></p><h1><span><strong>Essential Responsibilities</strong></span></h1><ul><li><span>Shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for critical domains within our autonomous mobility stack. This role is responsible for translating user and business needs into a clear technical strategy for specific, high-impact areas (e.g., perception, prediction, or motion planning).</span></li><li><span>Actively gather stakeholder needs and distill them into robust technical product requirements. You will develop clear and comprehensive product artifacts that serve as the single source of truth for our engineering teams. The ability to write a well-defined functional specification for complex behaviors is crucial.</span></li><li><span>Synthesize technical and analytical insights to inform and prioritize the product roadmap. This includes working with engineering to understand technical dependencies, system performance, and the feasibility of new features. You will use data from vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results to validate assumptions and guide long-term, strategic decisions.</span></li><li><span>Build a tight feedback loop with internal engineers, operations teams, and external partners. This includes not only gathering feature requests but also deeply understanding the system architecture, performance bottlenecks, and constraints that influence our product capabilities.</span></li><li><span>Use data, product telemetry, and a deep understanding of our system to measure success and make data-informed recommendations. You will be able to debate technical tradeoffs with engineers and articulate the product implications of technical decisions.</span></li><li><span>Lead from the front within the product organization, taking a direct role in mentoring more junior PMs on the technical aspects of autonomous systems and the product-engineering partnership.</span></li></ul><h1><span><strong>Skills and Abilities</strong></span></h1><p><span><em>Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:</em></span></p><ul><li><span><strong>Technical Acumen &amp; Expertise</strong>: You must be able to debate technical tradeoffs with engineers and deeply understand system architecture and dependencies. The ability to synthesize insights from complex datasets, including vehicle logs, system metrics, and simulation results, is essential for informed decision-making.</span></li><li><span><strong>Strategic Vision &amp; Analytical Rigo</strong>r: You have a proven ability to define a long-term product vision and translate it into a phased, data-driven roadmap. You excel at using market analysis and product metrics to prioritize investments and back your assumptions.</span></li><li><span><strong>Cross-Functional Leadership</strong>: You can build and maintain a strong product-engineering partnership, acting as a trusted liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders. Your communication skills allow you to effectively articulate complex problems and secure alignment across the organization.</span></li><li><span><strong>Mentorship &amp; Influence</strong>: As a senior member of the team, you take an active role in mentoring and upskilling junior product managers. You lead through influence, inspiring confidence and trust in your recommendations.</span></li></ul><h1><span><strong>Qualifications and Experience</strong></span></h1><p><span><em>Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:</em></span></p><p><span><strong><em>Required</em></strong></span></p><ul><li><span>Minimum of 10 years of proven Product Management experience</span></li><li><span>Experience leading product development and human-centered design efforts for software, hardware or combined software/hardware products, which includes leading from idea to in-market.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span>Experience developing/launching products/technologies within AI/ML and/or autonomous vehicles, robotics, internet of things (IoT), transportation-as-a-service sectors</span></li><li><span>Experience leading cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior members of a Product organization</span></li><li><span>Demonstrated ability to craft product strategy amidst ambiguity</span></li></ul><p><span><strong><em>Desirable</em></strong></span></p><ul><li><span>Experience building product roadmap for data driven tools to accelerate development of commercial products based on real-world and simulated data logs</span></li><li><span>Experience bringing new, innovative products to the market</span></li></ul><h1><span><strong>Physical Requirements</strong></span></h1><ul><li><span>Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:</span></li><ul><li><span>Prolonged sitting</span></li><li><span>Prolonged standing</span></li><li><span>Prolonged computer use</span></li></ul></ul><h1><span>Travel required? -&nbsp; Frequent: 26%-50%</span></h1><hr><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><strong>Benefits and Perks</strong></p><ul><li>Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate.&nbsp;</li><li>Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.</li><li>Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.</li><li>Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work.&nbsp;</li><li>Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.</li><li>Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul></div><div>Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. At May Mobility, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be the perfect candidate for this or another role at May.</div></div></div></div></div></div><p><em>Want to learn more about our culture &amp; benefits? Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://maymobility.com/careers/">website</a>!</em></p><p><em>May Mobility is an equal opportunity employer.&nbsp; All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis. &nbsp; Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with May Mobility to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary.&nbsp; Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. If you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.</em></p><p><strong><em>Note to Recruitment Agencies:</em></strong><em>&nbsp;May Mobility does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, May Mobility does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.</em></p><div><div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$150,000</span><span>—</span><span>$220,000 USD</span></div></div></div>

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