T
Product Manager – Traffic (Flow, Jams, Speed Profiles & Moderation)
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 5+ years
Job description
Product Manager owning TomTom's Traffic Flow, Traffic Jams, and Speed Profiles products, setting the multi-year roadmap and quality bar, and also owning the traffic moderation tool used by ride-hailing companies to submit event reports.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Own and deliver against Traffic Flow, Traffic Jams, and Speed Profiles — setting the roadmap, OKRs, and quality bar, and taking a leading role in product quality
- Own and operate TomTom's traffic moderation tool, enabling ride-hailing companies to submit event reports such as closures; run user operations and prioritize the tool's feature backlog
- Bring a deep understanding of real-time traffic processing and jam detection, and use it to manage tradeoffs effectively
- Track metrics such as ETT accuracy, jam detection quality, traffic coverage, and speed profile coverage
- Lead brainstorms and drive product exploration through prototypes and wireframes
- Gather deep customer insights from automotive OEMs, government agencies, and enterprise clients, separating high-value initiatives from nice-to-haves
- Analyze data from multiple sources, such as GPS traces, probes, STOs, camera observations, and traffic authorities, to drive decisions and assess tradeoffs
- Build strong cross-functional relationships and steer the product team by removing blockers and escalating appropriately
- Communicate to internal teams (automotive, navigation, delivery) and external stakeholders using customer problem statements and business logic; deliver concise presentations and lead meetings from standups to stakeholder reviews
- Maintain product strategy and vision, and contribute to broader Traffic discussions; formulate compelling value propositions tied to articulated problems and product metrics
- Establish yourself as the subject-matter expert and go-to person for live and historical traffic data products
What we're looking for
- A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Product Manager, preferably in traffic, geospatial, mobility, or automotive domains
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field
- Experience or technical training in data science, analytics, or related disciplines
- Strong ability to understand, articulate, and represent customer needs and requirements
- Proven ability to coordinate people and technical resources across multiple teams
- Effective time management and strong interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including with senior technical and executive audiences
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving skills and creative, structured thinking
Nice to have
- Familiarity with real-time data processing, GPS/probe data, or traffic and mobility analytics
Your team
Traffic
Team responsible for live and historical traffic products — flow, jams, and speed profiles — powering navigation, ADAS, and mobility decisions.
Apply
About TomTom
TomTom's live and historical traffic products — flow, jams, and speed profiles — power navigation, ADAS, and mobility decisions for the world's leading automotive OEMs, enterprises, and ride-hailing companies.
Mission
To engineer the smartest, most useful map on the planet.
Key facts
- Real-time traffic products power navigation, ADAS, and mobility decisions for automotive OEMs, enterprises, and ride-hailing companies