SVP of Product
Role Overview
The SVP of Product at Cubic is a senior leadership role focused on driving the product portfolio strategy and market-led innovation. This position involves owning the product roadmap for connectivity platforms and leading cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment with corporate growth objectives. The hire will have a significant impact on transforming technology capabilities into commercially successful products for automotive, agriculture, and transportation sectors.
Perks & Benefits
Cubic offers a flexible work arrangement after a six-month onsite probation period, allowing up to eight work-from-home days per month based on business needs. The company emphasizes career growth and development, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. As an equal opportunities employer, Cubic supports empowerment and responsibility among its team members.
Full Job Description
The Company
Cubic³ provides advanced software-defined vehicle solutions to over 200 countries around the world. Our powerfully smart connectivity enables leading automotive, agriculture, and transportation OEMs to deliver innovative new services and fully compliant in-vehicle experiences that customers desire, regardless of local market requirements.
We believe in leadership that supports empowerment and responsibility, while recognising and developing leadership qualities across Our Team. Together we bring out the best in each other. So, whether you’re interested in joining us as an individual contributor, manager, senior leader – or someone who aspires to growing into a leadership role – we look for people who are results focused, empathetic, visionary, empowering, and who ‘champion’ our cultures and values.
Role Overview
Reporting to the Chief Corporate Officer (CCO), the SVP of Product is the primary driver of Cubic’s product portfolio strategy and market-led innovation. This role is responsible for transforming the company’s technology capabilities into commercially successful, customer-centric products that position Cubic as a leader in global connectivity solutions.
The SVP of Product will define the "what" and the "why" of our roadmap, ensuring our platforms scale from 25M to 100M+ assets by delivering autonomous, intelligent, and secure services that meet the specific needs of automotive, agricultural, and transportation customers worldwide.
Strategic Mandate
Market Vision: Define a bold product vision that anticipates industry shifts in IoT, autonomous driving, and AI-driven services.
Commercial Alignment: Partner with the CCO to ensure the product roadmap aligns with corporate growth objectives, revenue targets, and market expansion.
Portfolio Strategy: Translate complex industry shifts (autonomous, V2X, embedded AI) into a coherent, prioritized strategic roadmap.
Customer Value: Embed AI/ML and advanced analytics into products to unlock new revenue streams and deliver superior customer experiences.
Product Evangelism: Represent Cubic as a product thought leader in industry forums, shaping how OEMs perceive the future of connected mobility.
Key Responsibilities
Roadmap Ownership: Own the end-to-end product roadmap for connectivity platforms and software-defined vehicle services.
Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full product lifecycle from initial concept and proof-of-concept in innovation labs to global commercialization.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the CTO and technical teams to ensure architectural innovations in cloud and edge computing meet market requirements.
Reporting & Governance: Provide regular strategic updates to the CCO and executive team regarding investment priorities and product performance.
M&A Support: Conduct product due diligence for potential partnerships and M&A activities to ensure alignment with the existing ecosystem.
Financial Stewardship: Manage product-related budgets and optimize pricing and cost structures for global scale.
Team Leadership: Build and mentor a high-performing product management organization characterized by curiosity and strategic clarity.
Skills & Competencies
Strategic Intuition: Ability to anticipate future market trends and translate them into actionable product strategies.
Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of IoT ecosystems, SaaS platforms, and how AI/ML can be productized for the automotive sector.
Commercial Acumen: Exceptional ability to link product decisions to business outcomes, ROI, and customer value.
Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to inspire internal teams and engage global OEM stakeholders.
Experience Profile
Senior Leadership: 15+ years in product or technology leadership, with 5+ years at the SVP or C-suite level.
Scale: Proven success in managing products that have scaled from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of users or assets.
Industry Background: Deep experience in connected services, automotive ecosystems, and IoT.
Product-Tech Integration: Demonstrated ability to lead integrated product functions in high-growth, global environments, working in tandem with engineering and corporate strategy.
New hires at Cubic³ are required to work onsite five days a week during their six-month probation period to get to know the company, their team, and our ways of working. After probation, we offer a flexible arrangement of up to eight work-from-home days per month, provided it aligns with business needs and performance standards. This arrangement is not a given for all roles.
Cubic³ is an equal opportunities employer and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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