Product Owner, Platform Science
$109.2-143.5k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
Telematics & trucking fleet management platform
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Telematics & trucking fleet management platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$109.2-143.5k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To modernize enterprise trucking fleets to meet changing regulatory and consumer demands.
Role
Who you are
- Strong written and verbal communication that is clear, concise, and objective; able to write specs and stories that don't require a follow-up meeting to interpret
- Ability to lead and facilitate technical discussions with engineering teams in an agile development environment
- Comfortable engaging stakeholders across functions and directly with customers to gather and synthesize feedback
- Proven ability to prioritize effectively under changing conditions and competing demands
- Confident contributor willing to voice ideas, ask hard questions, and push back constructively
- Familiarity with AI and automation tools to improve personal productivity and output quality, with a willingness to experiment with how modern tooling can advance the PO role
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in a SaaS or technology environment
- Demonstrated experience working within agile software development methodologies
- Proficiency with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) and Google Suite
- Experience collaborating with distributed engineering teams across time zones or regions
- Background in telematics, fleet technology, or transportation tech is a plus but not required
What the job involves
- As a Product Owner at Platform Science, you'll be embedded with engineering teams to turn product strategy into shipped software, fast and with precision
- You'll be the connective tissue between customers, stakeholders, and developers, ensuring the "why" behind every requirement is as clear as the "what."
- You'll work in a dynamic environment where AI tools and evolving development practices are reshaping how product teams operate. If you're energized by that, and by writing specs that engineering teams can actually build from, we want to talk to you
- This position reports to Sr. Manager, Product
- Define scope and business specifications for the technology team from concept to launch, with clarity and precision that reduces ambiguity before engineering begins
- Own backlog management: prioritize stories and features, manage deadlines and deliverables, and communicate tradeoffs clearly to the team
- Write and refine requirement specifications including user stories and feature acceptance criteria to a standard that engineering teams can build from confidently
- Attend and lead Scrum ceremonies including refinement, planning, review, retrospective, and daily standups
- Engage with customers, customer experience teams, and subject matter experts to understand workflows and translate them into actionable requirements
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product colleagues to align on future enhancements and contribute to roadmap formation
- Partner closely with the QA/Testing team to ensure usability and quality of tools developed
- Work across teams and product areas to identify backlog synergies and foster collaborative development with local and global teams
- Leverage AI and automation tools to accelerate documentation, story writing, discovery, and backlog grooming, and actively contribute to how our team evolves its development practices as new tooling matures
- Support product launch activities and generate launch materials as needed i.e. Demos, User Guides, release notes and webinars
Our take
The American commercial fleet industry is experiencing some innovative changes, with tech startups aiming to resolve historic inefficiencies in route setting and capacity loading. Trucks of the future will require additional solutions for software management, driver displays, and network connectivity.
Platform Science develops trucking connectivity solutions that unify many modern improvements into a single platform. While the company develops its own tools, its unique selling point is its customisable dashboard, which unifies existing software stacks to bring everything together as an all-in-one logistics freight control centre.
Platform Science's product is highly regarded for improving the driving experience and is in use by major fleets including Schneider, Western Express and Velocity. It has raised significant growth capital which will accelerate its product development, and in 2025 acquired Trimble's global transportation telematics business units to expand its connected vehicle application platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2024
$125m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$115m
SERIES C
Total funding: $359.9m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits (some plans for employees are 100% covered by Platform Science)
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- 401k matching
- Investment in your professional growth in the company
- Wellness programs
- Life and disability insurance
- Six weeks of paid parental leave
Company HQ
University City, San Diego, CA
Leadership
Jack Kennedy
(CEO & Co-Founder)Jack served in the US Navy for 5 years before working at the Department of Defense and working in Management Consulting for HighPoint Associates. After roles at Fox Networks, News Corp, and Qualcomm, they founded Platform Science as CEO in January 2016.
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