Sanctuary Cognitive Systems builds humanoid, general-purpose robots designed to perform human tasks in work settings, improving safety and efficiency. It develops an AI control system called Carbon that combines advanced robotics hardware with machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning, to enable human-like intelligence and motor skills. Sanctuary operates as a robotics and AI company (B2B) targeting industrial and commercial work applications and deployments. The team includes founders and leaders with prior experience at D-Wave and Kindred, reflecting expertise in quantum computing, reinforcement learning, and applied robotics.
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems builds humanoid, general-purpose robots designed to perform human tasks in work settings, improving safety and efficiency. It develops an AI control system called Carbon that combines advanced robotics hardware with machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning, to enable human-like intelligence and motor skills. Sanctuary operates as a robotics and AI company (B2B) targeting industrial and commercial work applications and deployments. The team includes founders and leaders with prior experience at D-Wave and Kindred, reflecting expertise in quantum computing, reinforcement learning, and applied robotics.
Sanctuary AI, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is looking for a Director of Product Management to join our team. This role will lead the product management organization and help shape how our products evolve from early concept to real-world deployment. We are looking for a leader who understands the realities of advanced robotics, automation, and intelligent systems, and who can bring clarity, structure, and direction to a fast-moving engineering environment.
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Partner with leadership to define and execute a long term product strategy and roadmap
Lead, mentor, and support our product organization, building a high performance and accountable culture
Bring structure to ambiguity and create clear processes that help cross functional teams move quickly
Work closely with engineering, research, and operations to translate requirements into actionable plans
Communicate product vision, priorities, and progress to senior stakeholders
Oversee the end to end product lifecycle, ensuring alignment between product decisions and engineering feasibility
Collaborate deeply with development teams to understand constraints, tradeoffs, and technical direction
Ensure products meet performance expectations across software, controls, mechanical systems, and user experience
Define and track key metrics that measure product success and guide iteration
Drive continuous improvement through data, market insight, and customer feedback
Work cross functionally with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and customer success teams to bring products to market
The role involves international travel, including to U.S. customer locations, and candidates must be able to fulfill these travel obligations without limitation.
Experience and Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience in technology development
A minimum of 7 plus years leading cross functional teams building intelligent hardware systems such as humanoid robots, industrial automation systems, automated machinery, or sensor driven platforms
Must have strong exposure to embedded machine learning, real time AI systems, or intelligent control software
Solid understanding of product development processes and the ability to collaborate closely with engineering development teams
Direct industry experience in robotics, industrial automation, or automated machinery is required
Hands on knowledge of manufacturing considerations, including build readiness, production constraints, and scaling challenges
Strong leadership ability with experience guiding teams toward clear strategic goals
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to work with technical and non technical partners
Strategic mindset with strong analytical problem solving capabilities
Skills
Deep understanding of how complex mechatronic or robotic systems are developed, validated, and scaled
Ability to partner closely with engineering teams across software, AI, controls, and hardware
Strong technical fluency and the ability to translate between engineering detail and business direction
Ability to define product strategy in environments with high ambiguity and rapid iteration
Innovative mindset with an applied research orientation
Strong collaboration abilities, influencing without authority, and aligning diverse stakeholders
Traits
Positive attitude and willingness to do whatever is required to move the mission forward
Empathetic listener who can navigate conflict with clarity
Bias for action, communication, and proactive leadership
Self driven and comfortable solving problems independently
Mission oriented and passionate about bringing human like intelligence to machines
Working at Sanctuary AI
Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. In 2023, Sanctuary AI moved into a state-of-the-art office facility and has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Startup company.
Compensation and Benefits
Sanctuary offers a market-leading compensation package that includes competitive salaries, equity stakes, and a full suite of benefits for permanent employees, encompassing health coverage, paid time off, cutting-edge work facilities, and worksite flexibility by role. Our commitment to fairness ensures that our total compensation consistently surpasses market standards.
About Sanctuary AI
Founded in 2018, Sanctuary builds humanoid robots and a novel control system for them that integrates symbolic logic and reasoning with data-driven robot foundation models. We use our robots to collect vision, audio, touch, and proprioception data from the perspective of the robot while they perform real-world work tasks. We use that data to train multimodal robot foundation models. Because our systems are vertically integrated, we can design, deploy, and refine at scale. Our mission is to create the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots.
Recruiting and Employment Agency Notice:
Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary AI. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary AI career site or directly to any Sanctuary AI employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary AI the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary AI's sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.
