Lead the development and evolution of RoboShops, an automated robotic solution, working with engineering, robotics, hardware, service teams, and external technology partners to deliver a reliable, scalable, commercially viable product.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze the end-to-end customer and operational journey, including ordering, payment, preparation, pickup, queue management, replenishment, cleaning, maintenance, and service.
- Gather and prioritize requirements, and translate them into product specifications, user stories, functional and non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate development across software, robotics, hardware, payment/POS, coffee equipment, and monitoring systems.
- Manage integrations with payment providers, POS systems, acquiring platforms, and other external services.
- Improve remote monitoring, alerts, diagnostics, inventory monitoring, service workflows, kiosk reliability, availability, throughput, and maintainability.
- Lead product releases from discovery and planning through development, testing, deployment, rollout, and post-release analysis.
- Use product and operational data to identify bottlenecks, failures, and opportunities for improvement and automation.
- Support localization and deployment across markets, accounting for local payment, operational, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Project Manager managing technology products.
- Experience with complex software and hardware products is an advantage; experience with automation, robotics, IoT, self-service, unattended retail, or operational technology is highly desirable.
- Strong process analysis and business requirements skills, including writing user stories, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
- Good understanding of APIs, data flows, system integrations, and payment/POS technologies.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience working with external technology vendors and integration partners; technical education or background in IT, engineering, business, or a related field.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills; able to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, adapt to change, and take hands-on responsibility.