Director of Product Management, Software
Apptronik · Mountain View, CA
$287,000–$320,000from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior leadership role responsible for all software product management at a humanoid robotics company, covering on-robot and off-robot software including autonomy, simulation, cloud tools, and fleet management platforms. The position involves building and managing a team of product managers, setting the software roadmap and commercial strategy, and owning products across their full lifecycle — from early definition through field deployment and ongoing fleet operations. Best suited to someone with deep experience in complex autonomous systems and a background leading PM teams.
Principal level · 10+ years · Austin, TX · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $180,882 (middle half $145,991–$225,298). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title 'Head of Product Management, Software' carries no standard seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the role's scope — org-wide software product vision, building and leading a PM team, executive-level accountability — supports Principal-level classification.
11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is the primary code given this is explicitly a people-management and org-leadership role (hiring, coaching, setting standards for a PM team). The alt code 15-1299 reflects that the role is deeply technical and could be read as a senior individual-contributor product leader.
The JD requires a Bachelor's degree 'or equivalent,' so the degree requirement is set to None. An advanced degree or MBA is noted as only 'helpful,' making it preferred.
The 10-year total experience requirement comes from 'at least 10 years of experience in product management or engineering'; the 5+ years leading PMs is a sub-requirement within that gate.
Location is inferred as Austin, TX based on Apptronik's known headquarters; the JD does not explicitly state a city.
Skills are intentionally limited to concrete, named domains and technologies called out in the requirements section. Broad responsibilities (roadmap governance, build-vs-buy judgment, metrics discipline) are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): product management, software product lifecycle management, cloud-to-edge architecture.
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