Senior Staff Product Manager - Spot

What the role actually is

Boston Dynamics is hiring a senior staff product manager for Spot in Waltham. The role focuses on next-generation markets for quadruped manipulation, including business planning, customer discovery, proof-of-concept work, and roadmap shaping.

This is a product role at the edge of what mobile robots can do commercially, especially where manipulation changes Spot from inspection platform to work platform.

What you would work on

• Build a strategic business plan for Spot manipulation in emerging markets
• Lead cross-functional proof-of-concept projects with prospects and engineering
• Gather customer and market evidence to shape product roadmap decisions
• Analyze gaps, competitors, usage data, and market feasibility for new applications

What they are asking for

• Senior product management or relevant industry experience
• Strong market research, sizing, competitive analysis, and business-case skills
• Comfort working with customers from operational teams through executives
• Robotics, manipulation, new technology introduction, or early product experience

Why this one is worth a look

Spot is already one of the best-known deployed robots in the market. This role is interesting because it asks a product leader to decide where manipulation can create a real business, not just a compelling demo.