Director, Product Management

Your New Role and Team

Sanctuary AI, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is looking for a Director of Product Management to join our team. This role will lead the product management organization and help shape how our products evolve from early concept to real-world deployment. We are looking for a leader who understands the realities of advanced robotics, automation, and intelligent systems, and who can bring clarity, structure, and direction to a fast-moving engineering environment.

• Partner with leadership to define and execute a long term product strategy and roadmap
• Lead, mentor, and support our product management organization, building a high performance and accountable culture
• Bring structure to ambiguity and create clear processes that help cross functional teams move quickly
• Work closely with engineering, research, and operations to translate requirements into actionable plans
• Communicate product vision, priorities, and progress to senior stakeholders
• Oversee the end to end product lifecycle, ensuring alignment between product decisions and engineering feasibility
• Collaborate deeply with development teams to understand constraints, tradeoffs, and technical direction
• Ensure products meet performance expectations across software, controls, mechanical systems, and user experience
• Define and track key metrics that measure product success and guide iteration
• Drive continuous improvement through data, market insight, and customer feedback
• Work cross functionally with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and customer success teams to bring products to market
• The role involves international travel, including to U.S. customer locations, and candidates must be able to fulfill these travel obligations without limitation.

• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience in technology development
• A minimum of 7 plus years leading cross functional teams building intelligent hardware systems such as humanoid robots, industrial automation systems, automated machinery, or sensor driven platforms
• Must have strong exposure to embedded machine learning, real time AI systems, or intelligent control software
• Solid understanding of product development processes and the ability to collaborate closely with engineering development teams
• Direct industry experience in robotics, industrial automation, or automated machinery is required
• Hands on knowledge of manufacturing considerations, including build readiness, production constraints, and scaling challenges
• Strong leadership ability with experience guiding teams toward clear strategic goals
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to work with technical and non technical partners
• Strategic mindset with strong analytical problem solving capabilities

• Deep understanding of how complex mechatronic or robotic systems are developed, validated, and scaled
• Ability to partner closely with engineering teams across software, AI, controls, and hardware
• Strong technical fluency and the ability to translate between engineering detail and business direction
• Ability to define product strategy in environments with high ambiguity and rapid iteration
• Innovative mindset with an applied research orientation
• Strong collaboration abilities, influencing without authority, and aligning diverse stakeholders

• Positive attitude and willingness to do whatever is required to move the mission forward
• Empathetic listener who can navigate conflict with clarity
• Bias for action, communication, and proactive leadership
• Self driven and comfortable solving problems independently
• Mission oriented and passionate about bringing human like intelligence to machines

Working at Sanctuary AI

Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or…