Job Description

Lead Product Manager, Charging Infrastructure

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility. Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we're providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

Lucid is seeking a structured, detail-oriented, and strategically minded Product Lead for NA Public Charging to drive end-to-end product ownership for the NA market. This role will serve as the single-threaded owner of Lucid's public charging product, covering both hardware and software domains. The ideal candidate combines strong technical fluency with systems thinking, thrives in matrixed environments, and is motivated to build a best-in-class public charging experience that scales.

Responsibilities:

1. Own and evolve the public charging product roadmap for the NA market, in alignment with Lucid's broader charging and smart energy strategy.
2. Drive product ideation and evolution, informed by customer needs, competitive trends, and performance data. Support in product development, testing, launch, and troubleshooting.
3. Drive business development and strategic partnerships with a wide variety of players in the public EV charging space to unlock and expand Public Charging offerings to Lucid customers. This includes but is not limited to CPOs (charging networks), eMSPs, and roaming hubs.
4. Manage and continuously improve relationships with partners and vendors for Lucid's public charging offerings.
5. Lead the development of comprehensive product requirements (L1 and PDRs), including: technical specifications (hardware + software), commercial viability and pricing logic, customer journey mapping, QA, validation, and compliance testing requirements, clear success and performance metrics.
6. Define KPIs and implement mechanisms to monitor product health and field performance. Triage real-time product issues through structured engagement with customer care, data science, and validation teams. Leverage feedback loops, both quantitative (telemetry, performance data) and qualitative (support tickets, user insights), to drive continuous iteration and excellence.
7. Operate effectively in a highly matrixed environment. Partner with function leads to ensure comprehensive product requirements. Ensure rigorous documentation and close collaboration across several teams, including but not limited to: engineering and powertrain, design, software, QA and testing, data analytics, marketing, and customer care.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years in product management in EV charging, covering both hardware and software integrated domains.
• 4+ years experience in public charging is essential. This includes proven experience leading, negotiating, and closing partnership agreements with or at public EV charging networks related to roaming and Plug & Charge.
• Proven experience with public charging hardware and software, including DC Fast charging products and specs, as well as charging mobile apps, eMSP, CPMS, and roaming software platforms.
• Bachelor's or higher in Engineering, Business, or a quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Industrial Design); Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• Deep understanding of and demonstrated experience in public EV charging ecosystem and protocols, including OCPP, OCPI, ISO 15118, SAE J1772, SAE J3400.
• Deep knowledge of EVSE products, specifically EVSE to mobile app integration, API management, cloud connectivity, and over-the-air (OTA) updates. Familiarity with IoT device management, data telemetry, and cybersecurity principles for connected hardware and software systems.
• Deep expertise in customer public charging commercial offerings, including strategy, marketing, and pricing.
• Demonstrated experience in product ownership and leading product requirements end-to-end, from ideation to execution. Ability to translate complex technical concepts and user needs into clear product requirements and to engage effectively with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Experience working across both hardware and software product life cycles. Skilled at building documentation, workflows, and process improvements from scratch.
• Experience in reconciling B2C & B2B invoicing in the context of supplier engagement.
• Strong collaboration skills and demonstrated experience working in cross-functional organizations with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Comfortable interfacing with external vendors and internal executive stakeholders.
• Exceptional organizational and systems thinking skills.
• Strategic mindset, able to articulate risks, opportunities and trade-offs.
• Data-driven thinking with a bias for measurement and iteration.
• Effective communicator; able to distill technical complexity into actionable tasks.
• Ownership mindset with strong bias toward clarity, accountability, quality, and action.
• High attention to detail without losing sight of broader objectives.
• Track record of delivering complex programs on time and under changing constraints.
• Resilient and solution-oriented under pressure or fast-changing conditions.
• Comfortable managing ambiguity and driving toward measurable outcomes.

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid's equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

Base Pay Range (Annual): $182,000 - $266,860 USD

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