Sr. Product Manager

Job Title: Sr. Product Manager

Team: Product

Location: Onsite - Sawtelle (Between Santa Monica & West LA)

Employment Type: Fulltime, Salary, Exempt

Reports To: SVP of Product & Technology

Plug is an automotive fintech startup building the marketplace for electric vehicles. Consumers, dealers, and commercial partners trade in, sell, and auction used EVs through a platform built exclusively for electric, with nothing adapted from legacy automotive.

Consumers can get an instant cash offer in minutes, backed by data-driven pricing, battery state-of-health analysis, with pickup, payment, and title transfer handled end-to-end. Franchise and independent dealers across the United States bid in real time on inventory sourced directly from these consumers, dealers, and commercial partners. The result is a single platform that gives sellers a fast, fair exit and gives dealers a dedicated channel for sourcing used EV inventory.

Founded in 2023 and led by former Tesla executives, Plug has facilitated $100M in EV sales since launch and is backed by a $20M Series A from Lightspeed Venture Partners. We're building the most AI-native startup team in Los Angeles, full of operators, engineers, and ML researchers laying the transaction rails for the used EV market's exponential growth.

• You'll own a piece of the biggest infrastructure opportunity in automotive.

• You'll work on a platform built exclusively for EVs, with nothing adapted from legacy automotive.

• You'll be part of an AI-native company. We're rethinking how work gets done at a fundamental level.

• You'll work directly with operators who have scaled multi-billion dollar businesses in automotive, EV, and marketplaces.

• You'll have real ownership, high autonomy, and a direct line to company outcomes.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own a core surface of Plug's platform end-to-end. You will report to the SVP of Product and Technology.

This is a senior individual contributor role. You will own your surface end-to-end, paired closely with an engineer, operating with high agency. You form a hypothesis, run the test, and come back with a result. You will not wait on a committee or a process. Most of the value you create will come from how fast and how rigorously you learn.

You will be stepping into a small, talented team with real momentum and a platform built exclusively for EVs. This is a foundational role - you'll have real latitude to shape how the product works.

• Own an end-to-end product surface, from user-facing experience through to the metrics that define success, and continuously drive improvement.

• Design and run A/B tests and post-hoc analysis independently - using session replays, customer discovery, and data - without needing to pull in engineering for every experiment.

• Partner closely with engineering, translating complex requirements into clear specs and a clean user experience.

• Partner across functions (marketing, ML, sales, operations, finance, as relevant to the surface) so the product reflects real user needs and business goals.

• Build reliable, scalable systems that internal and external stakeholders can trust.

• Define and own the metrics that matter for your surface, and report on them clearly.

• 5+ years in product management, with a track record of owning and measurably improving a product surface or conversion funnel.

• Deep fluency in experimentation: you design tests, own the analysis, and ship decisions fast, with the data to back them.

• Comfortable operating at the intersection of product, engineering, design and other functions, with a keen eye for user experience.

• Hands-on, shipped experience building with AI tools. As part of the process, we will ask you to show us something you have built.

• Builder mentality: you act, you do not just plan, and you are energized by broad ownership in an environment where roles are fluid and the lines between product, engineering, and design are blurring.

• Strong communication skills, able to write clearly and influence cross-functionally.

• Authorized to work in the US for any employer.

• Prior experience in automotive, EV, marketplace, or fintech systems is a plus.

• Experience with two-sided marketplaces or high-volume transactional funnels, owning both supply and demand sides.

• You use AI daily in your product craft and are expanding your capabilities with AI tools.

• Strong track record in B2B SaaS working directly with enterprise or OEM partners, where the customer relationship drove the value you created.

• Platform and API product fluency, including designing and exposing internal APIs to external partners.

Annual salary: $180,000 - $200,000

Salary ranges reflect independent, third-party benchmarking against national compensation data. Where an individual's actual offer falls within that range depends on a combination of factors, including relevant experience, specialized skills, training and qualifications, current business needs, and prevailing market conditions. Ranges are reviewed periodically and may be adjusted to reflect changing market conditions.

Benefits & Perks:

• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Daily lunch stipend

• Equity (based on role and performance)

• Unlimited PTO

• Fully stocked kitchen

• Dog-friendly office

• 30-day remote work from anywhere policy

• Ongoing opportunities for growth and development

This full-time position is based in Sawtelle (between Santa Monica and West Los Angeles) and is an in-person role. We welcome candidates from all locations to apply, provided they are willing to relocate for the role. Relocation assistance will not be provided for successful candidates. Sponsorship not available at this time.

Acknowledgments

Plug is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe diverse teams build better products - full stop.