Job description
Build the future of how humanity makes things. Join the Guidewheel team.
Who we are:
Guidewheel is on a mission to empower the world’s ten million factories to reach sustainable peak performance.
We live in a world where you can check the weather of any city or the score of any football game from your phone—so why can’t we get that same instant, automated, and smart visibility into the factory floor?
Guidewheel has the first scalable way to illuminate blind spots and leverage AI to improve efficiency across factory floors at scale. We start with a simple truth: every machine–regardless of make, model, or age–uses power.
We first clip a sensor around the power draw of any machine (like a FitBit™ for Factories) to read the machine’s electrical “heartbeat,” and then layer on additional functionality to empower manufacturers to improve productivity of their existing plants and machines by up to 2X—while simultaneously reducing energy cost and emissions by 15-20%
Founded out of Stanford and backed by top investors including BlackRock and Temasek’s Decarbonization Partners fund, Greycroft, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Guidewheel is scaling fast, already successful with 250+ manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, and Coca-Cola FEMSA, and recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of the top companies globally poised to change business and society. We have strong momentum and alignment around our mission, investor support, and a culture that values diversity, a growth mindset, and results.
Check us out here:
- Series B: Led by BlackRock and Temasek’s Decarbonization Partners
- What do Guidewheel customers have to say?
- From our CEO: Lauren Dunford
What we value:
- Integrity matters: We are honest, straightforward and sincere. With each other. With our investors. With our customers.
- We (actually) care: About each other. About fighting climate change. About making a real impact.
- We use data to make decisions: We possess the courage to accept “hard truths” and confront challenges head-on.
- The power of a growth mindset is real: We strive to be the best we can be. We are committed to embracing change and expanding our capabilities.
- We are thoughtful and fast, results-driven with a bias for action.
- Adaptable and resilient: Guidewheelers have grit. We thrive in fast-paced environments and aren’t afraid to take on hard things or embrace feedback and continuous improvement. We come through for our customers and teammates.
- Extreme teamwork. No one can whistle a symphony.
What you’ll do: To start, you’ll lead Guidewheel’s reporting and analytics capabilities—core to how we help manufacturers drive efficiency. Our data can only create outcomes if it’s accessible, intuitive, and action-oriented. You’ll ensure it is. And as a key member of a small and mighty team, your role will evolve frequently as we grow, to always focus on what’s most impactful for our customers and the business.
As a Staff Product Manager at Guidewheel, you will:
- Be an expert on our end users—operations leaders, plant managers, supervisors, and process engineers—and how they drive performance on the factory floor. You’ll be deeply immersed in the world of manufacturing and bring a sharp product mind to its challenges.
- Set product direction in close alignment with the needs of the factory floor. You’ll define the team’s strategy and ensure it ladders up to Guidewheel’s overall product vision.
- Own your team’s charter, goals, and delivery. You’ll define OKRs, track progress, and hold the team accountable to outcomes.
- Collaborate with design and engineering to set an iterative, high-velocity roadmap, using “metered funding” to double down where momentum builds.
- Drive execution with urgency, building and shipping experiences that empower our users and drive measurable results.
Who we want:
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A product leader and sou r ce of energy. You’re the force that keeps the team aligned and moving quickly. You move with urgency, clarity, and a deep sense of ownership. You’ve read Good PM, Bad PM—and live by it.
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A clarity creator. You thrive in ambiguity, using strong product instincts to synthesize customer feedback, identify opportunities, and bring alignment to the team. You’re an excellent communicator who can set direction and rally teams.
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Obsessed with outcomes. You own your roadmap and its success. You dig into user behavior, sweat the MVP scope, and get the experience details right.
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Deeply customer-centric. You’re excited to visit factories, walk the floor, observe, ask questions, and immerse yourself in the full sensory experience of manufacturing. You’re excited to be on the road 20% of the time, experiencing and understanding our customers’ manufacturing challenges.
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Curious and bold in the age of AI. You’re eager to challenge outdated build cycles and harness AI to research, spec, prototype, and validate faster. You’re interested in how AI enables us to leapfrog how things have been done in the past. You’re passionate about being a PM who masters both how to incorporate AI into your products, and use AI to accelerate and uplevel your own work.
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A culture carrier. You live our values: you care deeply about your teammates, champion a growth mindset, obsess over customer value, and are relentless about winning.
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A seasoned PM. You’ve led multiple product lifecycles and honed your judgment on what makes a product great. You’re confident guiding a team and making strategic bets that move the needle. Typically, this means you bring 10+ years of PM experience.
What’s in it for you? We are a small and mighty product team – we need autonomous players who are capable and willing to be drivers. There are a lot of reasons why you should want to join us, and some of the top reasons are:
- You’ll be a key leader at a key time. A lot will ride on your shoulders, and the impact you’ll have is huge.
- You’ll get to build side-by-side with amazing humans, at a company on a mission to reach a $10B IPO by 2030, and see the positive impact of your work every day on the backbone of the economy and on the planet.
- You’ll get the privilege of joining at the ground level in building the FactoryOps layer for the world’s factories and a company with generational impact.
- You’ll be a significant equity partner in the business. If Guidewheel can reach its potential, success in this role should bring multi-generational wealth.
Additional benefits include:
Fair & equitable pay. Annual on-target earnings for this role are in the range of $190,000 - $210,000 USD depending on many factors, including location, and our internal compensation and role bands.
100% remote culture. Work from wherever, whenever - we hired you to get a job done, and as long as that is happening, you have the autonomy to get it done where and when you feel comfortable.
Flexible PTO policy. We value balance and boundaries. To be the best version of you, you need time away from your screen, so we want you to take it.
Generous equity. Everyone at Guidewheel receives equity in the business. You will be working hard to build something great, and when we reach the finish line, you should be rewarded for your hard work.
Health Benefits. We offer different health benefits to cover your personal needs from day one of employment - you pick the plan that makes the most sense to you.
Additional Perks. Included but not limited to, 401k (match up to 4%), parental leave, company laptop, retirement plan, paid company holidays, and some company travel to spend time with your Guidewheel peers.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
Guidewheel is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Guidewheel makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
