Technnical Director (Physical AI/Robotics)

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