Who We Are
Baton is Ryder ’s in-house product development group focused on harnessing emerging technologies to redefine transportation and logistics. With $10B in freight under management, our technology reaches every part of the U.S. economy.
We design and ship category-defining software that enables Ryder and its 50,000+ customers—including some of the world’s most well-known brands—to plan and execute freight intelligently, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Our work includes everything from customer-facing software to the data platform that will power the next era of innovation at Ryder.
Baton’s mission : enable supply chain on autopilot.
Ryder acquired Baton in 2022 to power its next wave of digital products. We operate at startup speed, with Fortune 500 reach. If you have a passion for solving complex problems and creating impact for the engine of the American economy, you’ll love it here.
Role Senior Product Manager
Basic Job Details
Job Type: Full Time
Work Model: Hybrid
Remote Days: Monday & Friday
Office Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Job Description
We’re looking for a visionary Senior Product Manager to join our team. In this role, you'll help expand our customer visibility platform into a new $1 billion vertical — owning the 0-1 product definition from early research through launch. As an early product manager at Baton, you’ll have an opportunity to make a huge impact through owning numerous mission-critical product initiatives. You’ll collaborate with engineers, designers, operators, customers, and leadership in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment. We’re looking for people who are scrappy, determined, and driven to make complex and inefficient systems work better.
Responsibilities
- Lead the full product development life cycle, from need-finding to product vision and execution
- Own the 0-1 definition and launch of a new product line, expanding our customer visibility platform into a new $1 billion vertical
- Partner closely with internal Ryder operations and IT stakeholders to align the product vision with a major platform transformation already underway
- Work with design to drive prototyping and early ideation of new product features and capabilities across various logistics workflows
- Navigate relationships to execute cross-department projects touching every inch of the organization
- Always keep a mind towards future products and initiatives to help shape our tech vision for 1, 5, and 10 years down the line
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience building 0-1 products and delivering exceptional user experiences
- Experience shipping web applications or user-facing applications
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization
- Ability to execute with minimal guidance
- Strong data-driven analytical skills to back up assumptions and recommendations
- Comfort working alongside complex enterprise systems and integrations
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years experience
- 4+ years experience in product management
- Comfortable in ambiguous situations and dynamic environments and understand what fast-growing startups entail for PMs
- Experience in a B2B SaaS environment, ideally within freight, logistics, manufacturing, or another operationally complex industry
The Perks
- Competitive Base Salary + Cash Bonus Structure
- Annual Company Bonus + Long-Term Incentive Plan
- 401k with Matching
- Hybrid Work Schedule
- Hyper-Stable, publicly traded Enterprise
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Coverage
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount to market value)
- Collaborative, Fun, and Tech-Forward office in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA
Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $190,000 - $240,000*. Compensation will vary based on factors including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Baton's full-time employees are eligible for an annual performance bonus.
Why You Should Join
- Have an immediate impact:
- With Ryder’s existing customer base of 50,000+ companies and an internal headcount of 43,000, the scale and impact of our products will be large and far-reaching, from day one.
- Opportunity to grow and lead in a Fortune 500 company:
- You’ll get to work in a rapidly growing, startup-like environment while having the stability and backing of Ryder and its full executive team.
- Creative, fast-paced environment to solve impactful problems in Supply Chain:
- We’re going to design completely new tools for an industry that hasn’t been rethought in decades. And to do this, we need people who think differently.