[Hiring] Principal Technical Program Manager - Computer Vision @Motorola Solutions

Role Description

Reporting to the VP of AI for Motorola Solutions, the Principal Technical Program Manager - Computer Vision will be a critical, high-impact leader who thrives on turning highly ambiguous concepts into enterprise-scale Computer Vision solutions. They will be responsible for defining and driving the strategy, roadmap, and measurable success of our core Computer Vision Platform. This role is pivotal in partnering with internal product leaders to define the platform's requirements and drive the adoption of central AI models and foundational AI infrastructure across Motorola's product portfolio. This includes technical program management for our enterprise-scale cloud and edge AI platforms, ensuring our AI investments translate into quantifiable, improved customer and business outcomes. This role also includes product ownership for select end-to-end computer vision-based products.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define the vision, strategy and roadmap for the Computer Vision Platform, ensuring alignment with Motorola Solutions' overall product portfolio and strategic business goals.
• Internal Partner Management & Alignment: Serve as the primary product leader for the platform, engaging with internal product leaders and teams across Motorola to understand their computer vision needs, define platform requirements (APIs, capabilities, scalability), and drive adoption of platform services.
• Product Definition & Requirements: Author high-quality Market Requirements Documents (MRDs), Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), and user stories for core platform capabilities (e.g., model serving, data pipelines, edge-to-cloud synchronization) and for select end-to-end computer vision products.
• AI Model Lifecycle Ownership: Own the product lifecycle for central, reusable computer vision models and foundational AI infrastructure, from ideation and research collaboration through deployment, adoption, and deprecation.
• Platform Success Metrics: Define, implement, and track key business, customer, and technical metrics (e.g., platform adoption, performance, latency, cost-efficiency, and quantifiable customer outcomes) to measure the success and health of the platform and drive continuous improvement.
• Market & Customer Insights: Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer/partner discovery along with Product Management team to identify new opportunities, validate product concepts, and inform strategic build-versus-buy decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management experience, with a focus on platform products, AI/ML, or complex, cross-functional technical domains.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as an individual contributor building machine learning models, production ML pipelines, computer vision algorithms, or software engineering for ML or data-oriented products.
• Technical Acumen: Deep understanding of computer vision and machine learning, machine learning lifecycle (MLOps), data platforms, and the challenges of building and deploying central, reusable AI infrastructure and models.
• Product Strategy & Metrics: Proven experience defining product vision, strategy, and roadmaps. Expertise in defining and implementing metrics frameworks (KPIs, OKRs) to measure product success (adoption, revenue, customer value) and drive organizational change and accountability.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience working with AI performance metrics (e.g., Precision/Recall), real-time video processing, and inference optimization.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to operate at a Principal level, influence senior leaders across organizations, drive consensus, and communicate complex technical and strategic concepts clearly and concisely.
• Customer-focused with a track record of building strong relationships and conducting early-stage discovery to understand internal and external customer needs.
• Domain Knowledge: Experience in video analytics for security or for retail or manufacturing operations is a plus.
• Pathfinding: Experience bringing initial definition to "highly ambiguous" product concepts and conducting early-stage discovery for emergent initiatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of technical program management experience, with a focus on platform products, AI/ML, or complex, cross-functional technical domains.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as an individual contributor building machine learning models, production ML pipelines, computer vision algorithms, or software engineering for ML or data-oriented products.

Benefits

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

Company Description

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

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