What You Will Do
- Build products that are central to people’s lives, backed by one of the strongest brands on the planet.
- Create the vision and strategy for software products related to EV motorcycles.
- Lead, mentor, and grow the product management teams.
- Oversee the entire product life cycle from conception to launch to growth.
- Work cross-functionally with leaders of hardware and software teams to create industry defining motorcycle products sold globally.
- Occasional international travel to markets our products are sold in.
What We Are Looking For
- 7+ years of product management experience in Agile environments, with at least 2 years managing teams of PMs.
- Proven experience leading a department or major function in a fast-growing, complex, or global organization.
- Strong track record of building scalable processes, operating models, and teams, including experience working with large strategic partners or joint ventures (e.g., automotive, mobility, platform, or enterprise ecosystems).
- Track record of successfully launching and growing consumer-facing software products.
- Comfortable operating at executive level while staying close enough to execution to drive outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority across organizational and company boundaries.
- Customer-centric, UX-obsessed, and strategic, with a strong product intuition.
- Flexible, entrepreneurial mindset—willing to do what it takes, even when it’s outside usual responsibility areas.
- Native-level Japanese and fluent English, enabling effective communication and cross-functional collaboration.
- Belief that cars and motorcycles can be 1000× better than they are today.
Nice to Have
- Experience delivering software products that interact with hardware.
Top Skills
What We Do
Drivemode enables smarter, safer, connected driving in any vehicle.
Drivemode was founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs from Zipcar and Tesla Motors who set out to fundamentally change the way consumers use technology in the car. Drivemode offers a mobile-based connected car platform through a consumer-facing Android app, driver assistance and analytics for fleet managers, and a bring-your-own-device connected car solution for automakers. The Drivemode app transforms a user’s phone into a car’s central computing device allowing voice-to-text messaging, music player overlay on navigation, “Do Not Disturb” mode, message auto-reply, and personalized travel recommendations. The Drivemode app has an automotive-grade interface designed and developed to adhere to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety guidelines for driving apps. Drivemode has raised $9.2M from industry leaders. Learn more at https://drivemode.com or download Drivemode at bit.ly/getdrivemode.
