Technnical Director (Physical AI/Robotics)
Cyient
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Key Responsibilities
Product Definition & Requirements:
- Define product vision, requirements, use cases, features, and expected deliverables.
- Translate customer/business needs into clear Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), user stories, acceptance criteria, and product roadmaps.
- Prioritize features based on customer value, business impact, technical feasibility, and timelines.
- Work closely with engineering, AI/ML, robotics, and software teams to convert product requirements into executable plans.
- Define success criteria and KPIs for products and releases.
Customer & Sales Interface:
- Act as the primary product interface between customers, sales, business teams, and engineering.
- Participate in customer discussions to understand pain points, requirements, use cases, and product opportunities.
- Support sales and business development teams with product positioning, technical discussions, proposals, and RFP/RFI responses.
- Convert customer feedback into actionable product improvements and roadmap priorities.
- Conduct product demonstrations and communicate product capabilities to customers and leadership.
- Agile / Scrum & PI Planning:
- Drive product planning in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Participate in and lead PI (Program Increment) Planning, defining priorities, objectives, features, and release commitments.
- Maintain and prioritize product backlog in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and ensure alignment with product objectives.
- Track progress against PI objectives, milestones, and commitments.
Release & Delivery Management:
- Own the product release lifecycle, from requirement definition through validation, demonstration, and delivery.
- Act as Release Manager, coordinating engineering, QA, integration, customer readiness, and release milestones.
- Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies, scope changes, and escalations.
- Ensure releases meet agreed product requirements, quality expectations, and customer commitments.
- Product Demonstrations & Stakeholder Communication:
- Own and coordinate product demos, customer demonstrations, executive reviews, and technology showcases.
- Define demo objectives, scenarios, success criteria, and required deliverables.
- Create and present project/product dashboards covering schedule, milestones, KPIs, risks, dependencies, and overall project health.
- Provide regular status updates to senior management and key stakeholders.
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, requirements engineering, roadmap planning, and prioritization.
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum and PI Planning.
- Proven experience working directly with customers and sales/business development teams.
- Experience managing product releases and cross-functional delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience creating and presenting executive/project dashboards.
- Strong presentation and product demonstration skills.
- Ability to work effectively with technical teams and understand complex engineering concepts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related field
- 10–15 years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, Program Management, or a closely related role.
- Experience managing technology products, preferably AI/ML, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, industrial automation, or other advanced engineering products.
- Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers
Job Location
- Bangalore