Principal Product Manager, Hardware

Lime is the largest global shared micromobility business, operating in close to 30 countries across five continents. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered more than one billion rides in cities around the world. Named a 2025 Time 100 Most Influential Company, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership.

Lime is hiring a Principal Product Manager to join our Vehicle PM team! In this role, you will report into the Senior Director of Product Management for our Hardware and Firmware.

As a Principal Product Manager, you define the strategic vision, own the long-term roadmap, and drive teams to execute on that vision. You are responsible for the end-to-end customer experience, working across a cross-functional team in support of our global customer base.

This is a remote position with a requirement for candidates residing in U.S. to maintain effective collaboration across teams.

What You'll Do:

• Define and own the product vision and roadmap, aligning with business objectives and customer needs.

• Lead cross-functional teams to bring new products to market, working closely with engineering, design, research, operations, finance, and policy teams.

• Use data and customer insights to define requirements, prioritize features, and drive decision-making.

• Write detailed product requirements and gain consensus among stakeholders.

• Oversee execution and delivery, ensuring high-quality implementation and successful product launches.

• Continuously improve products in the field, addressing key challenges for customers and internal teams.

• Engage in technical discussions, understanding trade-offs across hardware, software, firmware, and power systems.

• Identify broader business and organizational challenges and create durable solutions that drive efficiency and scalability.

• Location: This is a remote role, but the candidate is expected to travel at least 6 times per year to San Francisco or other US locations.

About You:

• 10+ years experience as a technical leader and/or Product Manager with experience dealing directly with hardware or firmware product development. (e.g. consumer electronics, vehicles, IoT devices, OS development, etc…)

• Passionate. Not only about Lime's mission and micromobility, but passionately focused on the vehicles and solutions that we build in our space

• Empathetic. Demonstrated ability to understand your customer, their experiences, and have a process for doing soIntellectually honest. You recognize that you can only solve problems you’re willing to call out

• Owner’s mindset. You're a self-starter and get things across the finish line. You identify the most important challenges and tackle them.

• Insight-led, and data optimized. You recognize great insights come from customer empathy. They’re then optimized and refined by looking at data. You’re comfortable with using data as a way of looking at a problem, and you’re confident in your ability to pull your own data to analyze a problem

• Drives Clarity. You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to bring Clarity and drive decisions. You are able to set direction, when we may not even know what the problem is before starting. You look around corners and address challenges before they arise

• Operate at all levels. You are able to drive decision making with our C-suite at one moment, and then dive deep with technical teams in the next to understand a root cause, or review a test plan.

U.S. Based Position - What We Offer:

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans. We also provide company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.

• Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.

• Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.

• Paid Time Off: Unlimited vacation, paid leaves, and 10 company holidays.

• Unique Lime Perks: Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities, a monthly phone allowance, dedicated learning and development days, and access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.
  

The salary range listed reflects what Lime reasonably expects to offer for this role, with the final base salary determined by factors such as the candidate’s location and relevant skills and experience. Depending on the position, the total compensation package may also include discretionary annual performance bonus opportunities and equity, subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Lime considers all qualified applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to building and developing a team that reflects a wider range of backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please email [email protected] for assistance.