Product Manager / Senior Product Manager

Product Manager / Senior Product Manager - Apricity Robotics

About Apricity Robotics: Apricity Robotics is a Series A medical robotics company developing the next generation of FDA-cleared robotic ultrasound devices. We are a growing team operating at the intersection of hardware engineering, AI, and clinical medicine — moving quickly through R&D, usability engineering, and regulatory preparation. This is a pivotal moment in the company's growth and a unique opportunity to be part of building something from the ground up.

The Role: The Product Manager is the connective tissue between clinical reality, engineering execution, and regulatory compliance at Apricity. You will own the product requirements process, drive our Human Factors Engineering (HFE) documentation, and manage our third-party UX/UI consultancy — all while keeping a clear line of sight to what it takes to get this product through an FDA submission. This is not a backlog-management role. You will need to develop the product vision, defend it, and evolve it based on what you learn from sonographers and clinical partners in the field. You report directly to the CEO and work closely with the VP of Engineering, Director of Clinical Affairs, and SVP of Strategy and Partnerships.

What You'll Own

Product Requirements & Roadmap

•      Develop and maintain the product requirements document (PRD) and feature roadmap, translating clinical user needs and engineering constraints into clear, prioritized specifications

•      Lead structured requirements-gathering sessions with clinical and strategic partners.

•      Own the product backlog in coordination with the VP of Engineering, ensuring alignment between roadmap priorities and sprint execution

•      Serve as the primary internal point of contact for all product definition questions across engineering, clinical, and commercial teams

Human Factors Engineering (HFE)

•      Own the HFE file end-to-end — the core regulatory artifact connecting all UI and interaction design decisions to FDA submission readiness

•      Document the rationale for all significant design decisions with full traceability back to user needs and use error analysis

•      Coordinate with the Director of Clinical Affairs to plan and execute formative usability studies, and ensure findings are properly integrated into the design record

•      Maintain alignment with IEC 62366-1 and FDA Human Factors guidance throughout the development cycle

•      Prepare and maintain the use error analysis, task analysis, and summative study planning documentation required for submission

Consultancy Management

•      Serve as the day-to-day owner and internal point of contact for our third-party UX/UI and industrial design consultancies

•      Define design briefs, review deliverables, and ensure that consultancy output aligns with clinical workflow realities and regulatory requirements

•      Drive the internal and external user speed parity milestones and own the design milestones on the product roadmap

•      Ensure all design decisions made by the consultancy are documented in the HFE file with appropriate traceability

Clinical & Commercial Alignment

•      Partner with the Director of Clinical Affairs to ensure product decisions reflect real sonographer and clinical workflow needs

•      Synthesize feedback from live site deployments into actionable, prioritized product insights

•      Support the SVP of Strategy and Partnerships with product positioning for OEM and strategic partner discussions

•      Represent the product clearly and credibly in investor and partner conversations as needed

What We're Looking For

•      3–7 years of experience in a product management or clinical product role at an FDA-regulated medical device company

•      Direct familiarity with IEC 62366 and FDA Human Factors guidance; has owned or contributed to an HFE file before

•      Clinical environment exposure — has spent meaningful time in clinical settings and understands how sonographers, radiologists, or imaging technicians actually work

•      Technical fluency sufficient to hold substantive conversations with software and robotics engineers without translation — can read a spec, a system diagram, or a requirements matrix

•      Early-stage company experience — comfortable operating without fully formed processes and able to build product infrastructure from scratch

•      Regulatory awareness — understands how product decisions create or resolve regulatory risk and has worked alongside QRA teams on design controls or a QMS

•      Strong written communication skills — the HFE file, the PRD, and partner-facing product materials all flow through this role

•      Experience managing an external UX or design consultancy is a plus

•      Ultrasound, radiology, or medical imaging background — either clinical or product-side — is a strong differentiator

What Success Looks Like in Year One

•      A complete, traceable HFE file is in place and audit-ready, covering use error analysis, formative study findings, and design rationale — with no gaps that would delay submission

•      Product requirements are documented, maintained, and understood across engineering, clinical, and commercial teams; no one is building to ambiguous specs

•      The UX/UI consultancy is operating effectively with clear briefs and design decisions that are documented and tied back to clinical user needs

•      Internal and external user speed parity milestones are hit on schedule, supported by structured feedback from clinical site deployments

•      The leadership team describes you as someone who has meaningfully accelerated their ability to execute — not just someone who coordinates

Compensation

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, full benefits, and equity participation. This role has a genuine growth path — as Apricity scales through clearance and into commercialization, so does your scope and seniority.

Benefits

•      Equity / Company stock options

•      Medical, dental, and vision insurance available.

•      Time Off: Flexible, unlimited PTO; 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown

•      Relocation assistance is available to move you near our Dublin, Ohio office.

Apricity Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Apricity Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apricity Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.