About the Role
Lead our Platform pod and drive our biggest commercial product bet of 2026. Platform is the layer underneath everything our customers touch, serving as horizontal services and shared capabilities for other pods. This role is a player-coach position, initially as an IC PM owning the platform roadmap end-to-end through launch, and later building and leading a Platform PM team. You will report directly to the Head of Product.
Responsibilities
- Own the work end-to-end, defining the product, ICP, GTM motion, and success metrics.
- Take new initiatives from concept through to live customer.
- Build the team when the work calls for it, starting as the IC PM and hiring additional PMs as needed.
- Manage performance conversations, create development plans, and hire high-caliber PMs.
- Ensure horizontal platform services ship on a predictable cadence with clear commitments to dependent pods.
- Set the operating rhythm for Platform planning, reviews, and shipping.
- Produce strong documentation (PRDs, strategy docs, retros) to enable team scalability.
- Present product strategy directly to senior Ryder leadership.
Requirements
- 8+ years in product management.
- At least 3 years actively managing PMs.
- Shipped a horizontal or platform product to enterprise customers through a full 0→1→scale arc.
- Experience as the first or second PM at a startup.
- Comfortable presenting strategy directly to senior enterprise leadership.
- High tolerance for ambiguity, resolving it by writing things down.
- Logistics, supply chain, transportation, or fleet domain experience (preferred).
- Shipped AI features inside a product (preferred).
- Experience in a Fortune-500-meets-startup environment, selling enterprise from a small team (preferred).
- Hired PMs who have become better than you (preferred).
Skills
- Product roadmap ownership
- Pricing strategy
- Customer scoping
- Team leadership
- Performance management
- Product strategy development
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Technical documentation
- Executive presentation
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years in product
- 3+ years managing PMs
Salary/Compensations
- $224,000 - $298,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and welfare benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance)
- Paid time off (vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave)
- Tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan
About the Company
- At Ryder, you’re trusted to make an impact—while enjoying room to grow and having a voice that’s heard.
- Our culture is built on respect, collaboration, and shared pride in doing great work rooted in innovation and safety.
- Your Voice. Your Success. The Future We Build Together.
Equal Opportunity
- Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
