Lead Vehicle Product Manager

Lime is the world's largest shared electric vehicle company. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered 400+ million rides in 250+ cities on 5 continents, replacing an estimated 100+ million car trips. Named a Time 100 Most Influential Company and Fast Company Brand That Matters, we achieved a fully profitable year in 2022, becoming the first in our industry to reach this milestone.

Lime is hiring a Lead Product Manager to join our Vehicle PM team! In this role, you’ll define the product vision, own the roadmap, and drive teams to execute on that vision.  You are responsible for the end-to-end customer experience, working across a cross-functional team in support of our global customer base.  

We are a remote first company and for many roles, we welcome applications from anywhere we operate. It is preferred that this role is based within 60 minutes of a US city in which Lime operates.

The candidate hired into this role is expected to travel at least 6 times per year to San Francisco or other US locations.  

What you'll do:

• Create and own the roadmap. You set the vision for your product area, guiding teams to execute through persuasion and evaluation. 

• Own the product development process from start to finish to bring new products to life, partnering directly with our engineering, design, and research teams to build consumer-facing features.

• Understand customer needs and pain points, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to gather requirements, prioritize, and make decisions. 

• Work backwards from the customer experiences we want to deliver.  You write product requirements, and drive consensus with business and technical stakeholders.

• Guide continuous improvement of our products in the field, addressing the most pressing obstacles for our customers and internal stakeholders.

• Manage the execution of product development activities, ensuring successful implementation and launch of high quality features. This is done in close collaboration with the various teams in engineering, operations, finance, policy, and product.

• Look broadly to understand our business and organizational challenges and create durable mechanisms to address them, even when they are not directly in your scope. 

About you:

• 7+ years experience as a technical leader and/or Product Manager with experience dealing directly with hardware or firmware product development.  (e.g. consumer electronics, vehicles, IoT devices, OS development, etc.)

• You are comfortable working across multiple technologies, able to discuss architectures and technical tradeoffs.  You are able to work with hardware (e.g. wheels, brakes, batteries), power (e.g. charging, motors), electronics (e.g. GPS, Bluetooth, cameras),  firmware (e.g. lock/unlock algorithms), and in-app experience.   

• Passionate. Not only about Lime's mission and micromobility, but passionately focused on the vehicles and solutions that we build in our space

• Empathetic. Demonstrated ability to understand your customer, their experiences, and have a process for doing so Intellectually honest. You recognize that you can only solve problems you’re willing to call out

• Owner’s mindset. You're a self-starter and get things across the finish line.  You identify the most important challenges and tackle them. 

• Insight-led, and data optimized. You recognize great insights come from customer empathy. They’re then optimized and refined by looking at data. You’re comfortable with using data as a way of looking at a problem, and you’re skilled in pulling your own data to evaluate a problem

• Drives Clarity.  You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to bring clarity and drive decisions. You are able to set direction, when we may not even know what the problem is before starting.  You look around corners and address obstacles before they arise

• Operate at all levels. You are able to drive decision making with our C-suite at one moment, and then dive deep with technical teams in the next to understand a root cause, or review a test plan.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience writing product strategy documents (e.g. 3-year roadmap, PRFAQ).

• Experience managing a customer facing product; ideally a global product.

• PM experience managing at least 3 of the following product types; (a) physical hardware, (b) electronics  products, (c) firmware/middleware, (d) computer vision, (e) Power, battery, or motors (f) Sustainability, (g) software.

 The anticipated salary range for this position is $134,000 - $231,000. Annual performance bonus, equity and benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, depending on the position offered. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the candidate’s location of residence, the successful candidate's skills, experience and other qualifications. In addition to base salary, some roles may be eligible for a variable performance-bonus based on a combination of company performance, employee performance, and management discretion.

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Why Lime? 

When you join Lime, you join a global community of smart, caring, talented individuals working together to deliver world-changing results; striving to create an experience that enables Limers to do their best work. Here are some ways we support and invest in our team: 

• Competitive salaries, performance-based annual bonus and pre-IPO equity

• Health and wellness offerings for all team members starting day one including access to top-tier fitness and mindfulness apps

• Flexible vacation policies with ample paid holidays tailored to country of residence

• Fully-paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child and financial, medical and educational support for Limers pursuing parenthood

• Support for retirement and financial goals with unlimited access to financial advisors

• Unlimited, complimentary use of our vehicles in hundreds of cities around the world

• Professional growth opportunities through quarterly learning days and top-tier tools

• Opportunities to connect across teams and locations to network, socialize and volunteer

• Culture of belonging with Employee Resource Groups that engage and promote cultural awareness and DEI training across all functions

• Consistent recognition of great work through meaningful rewards and career advancements

Benefits and perks vary depending on the nature of your employment and country of residence. Terms and conditions may apply.

If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and globally diverse team – which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email recruiting-operations@li.me for assistance. 

Use of artificial intelligence or an LLM such as ChatGPT during the interview process will be grounds for rejection of your application.

Lime will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, the California Fair Chance Act, and other applicable law.  When reviewing an applicant's criminal history, Lime will consider all of the material duties listed above to determine if there is an adverse and negative relationship between any criminal history and the ability to perform the material duties of the job.