Motivo

Product Director

Rancho Dominguez, CA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$160kDetected 14 days ago

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About the role

As a member of the leadership team, you will also champion continuous improvement across Motivo's people, processes, and tools.
If you are a builder who thrives in ambiguity and can translate a big-picture vision into concrete, client-ready solutions, we want you on our team.

We manage our projects to build long-term relationships, not short-term wins.
Business Capture: Collaborate with Business Development to onboard new clients, and lead negotiations to close major follow-on contracts.
Team Guidance & Mentorship: Structure, support, and mentor a team of 3-6 project and product managers, making key resource and project assignments.
Personnel Management: Define staffing needs, set clear performance expectations, identify skill gaps, support development plans, and proactively resolve performance shortfalls.
Process Optimization: Identify, document, and scale core PM processes and cross-functional tools to ensure continuous operational improvement.
As the team lead, the Product Director is responsible for oversight, approvals and continuous improvement of the team's project and product management functions.
Planning & Execution: Oversee project planning complexities, approve PM estimates, and develop recovery strategies for major deviations or overruns.
Quality & Reporting: Support reporting workflows to maintain high stakeholder satisfaction, tracking how reporting impacts client engagement.
Collaborate with Business Development to onboard new clients, and lead negotiations to close major follow-on contracts.
Structure, support, and mentor a team of 3-6 project and product managers, making key resource and project assignments.

Client Focus: Proven history managing senior stakeholder relationships, handling executive escalations, and delivering excellent CX.
Systems Builder: Ability to formalize and scale operating systems, processes, and cross-functional governance frameworks.

Ability to travel domestically up to 20% of the time.
Preferred Experience in complex hardware sectors (automotive, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, energy).
Strong familiarity with engineering workflows, product lifecycles, and NPI complexities.
PMP Certification or an MBA (or equivalent exposure to business cases and startup economics).
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (due to export-controlled industries).
Who you are Maybe you're a startup product leader who has shipped complex hardware, but now you're ready to turn your hard-won insights into more stable, repeatable success across new and interesting industries.
Maybe you're an engineering or operations leader at a traditional company or technology giant, feeling weighed down by slow-moving bureaucracy and a lack of creative imagination.
Maybe you're an empathetic consultant who is looking for a healthier, more sustainable environment than the cutthroat "up-or-out" grind.

Strong written and verbal skills capable of bridging technical teams, corporate management, and client executives.

$140,000 - $160,000 Salary is dependent on experience, knowledge, and interview performance.

We are passionate about solving complex engineering challenges, striving for excellence within every unique project constraint, and believe in having fun while we do it!

Corporate Citizenship: Cultivate an internal culture of collaboration while expanding Motivo's external footprint through community and non-profit connections

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