About Our Company
Built on over four decades of pioneering research at Princeton University, our platform represents the leading edge of innovation in freight and transportation planning. We help customers unlock double-digit revenue gains and drive smarter, data-driven operations at scale.
With the recent close of our Series C funding round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, we’re entering an exciting new phase of growth. Today, Optimal Dynamics is a high-growth company of ~70 employees, backed by top-tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, Activate Capital, and Koch.
We're on a mission to redefine the way logistics decisions are made—and we’re just getting started.
About Our Team
We are a team of bright, kind, and solution-oriented people focused on creating value for our customers. We can solve problems individually, but understand that the best solutions are found when the team brainstorms ideas together. We are excited about balancing the need to deploy new solutions quickly and designing solutions that are secured, reliable, maintainable, and scalable for the long run.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager with an AI focus who brings a solid engineering or data science background and has transitioned into product management. This high-impact role will shape the vision, strategy, and execution of AI-powered analytics products that enhance the effectiveness of our internal teams, deliver greater value to our customers, and unlock new market opportunities.
As a core member of our Analytics Team, you will:- Manage AI Project Execution from concept to launch. Managing our AI roadmap, prioritizing and strategizing with engineers, data scientists, and customer-facing teams.
- Ideate & Validate New Product Concepts by balancing technical feasibility, customer needs, and business impact.
- Lead Market Research in the transportation and logistics sector, identifying customer pain points, inefficiencies, and new opportunities for Agentic AI applications.
- Enhance Customer Stickiness by building capabilities that deepen platform usage and integration into customer workflows.
- Translate Complex AI Capabilities into clear, actionable product requirements and roadmaps.
- Monitor & Measure Product Performance reporting on metrics that will guide iteration and continuous improvement objectives.
- A former Engineer or Data Scientist who understands the AI development lifecycle and communicates effectively with technical teams at every level. You can read code with an eye for UI.
- A Product Manager with proven experience in analytics, enterprise Saas, and preferably in AI.
- Nimble & Strategic: Comfortable navigating ambiguity, balancing competing priorities, and driving execution in a fast-moving environment. You’re excited by a role that requires you to balance the big picture with the details.
- Curious & Data-Driven: Skilled in customer discovery and market analysis; uncovering actionable insights leading to precise outcomes.
- Translator: Adept at translating AI capabilities into compelling product value propositions.
- Tenacious & Energized: Working at the intersection of AI innovation and supply chain optimization motivates you.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 4+ years of experience working as an engineer or data scientist.
- 4+ years of experience in technical product management or technical program management.
- Demonstrated success delivering complex products from conception to launch.
- Proven track record of creating products that drive measurable customer adoption and retention.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in the transportation, logistics, or broader supply chain industry.
- Knowledge of Agentic AI or large language model (LLM)-based systems.
At Optimal Dynamics, you’ll work with a world-class AI team and industry experts to tackle some of the most complex and impactful challenges in logistics. You’ll have the autonomy to shape product direction and the support to make bold ideas a reality. If you’re passionate about building AI products that solve real-world problems, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including Series C level equity
- Health / Dental / Vision 100% covered for employee and 50% for dependents
- Life Insurance, with optional supplemental insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- 401(k) with match
- Unlimited PTO (vacation, personal days, sick days, jury duty, military leave, bereavement)
- 11 Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave for all employees
- Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurances, and AD&D Insurance
- Fitness membership reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
Optimal Dynamics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex (including pregnancy), age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Optimal Dynamics is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected] once you've begun the interview process. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.
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