Director of Product, Growth

Mudflap serves the $800B trucking industry, the backbone of the U.S. economy. Our market-leading payment products help truckers save thousands of dollars on fuel (their #1 business expense), while providing our fuel stop partners with access to new, hard-to-reach customers. We’re a fast-growing marketplace business looking for a new customer-obsessed teammate to join us on this exciting journey.

As the Director of Product Management, you will step into a critical and first-of-its-kind product leadership role at Mudflap. You will report directly to our Co-Founder and Head of Product, serving as a key thought partner in defining the future of our product strategy and team. As the most senior product hire to date, you’ll be instrumental in shaping our roadmap, building foundational systems and processes, and scaling the product function from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to have outsized impact at a fast-growing startup serving a vital and underserved industry.

WORK LOCATION:

This role is based in Palo Alto and involves a hybrid work approach, balancing in-office collaboration with the ability to work remotely.

To support our team, we offer:

- Commuter benefits to ease your travel

- Lunches and snacks to keep you fueled

- A collaborative, high-growth environment where you’ll work closely with talented teammates across the company

EXPECTATIONS (IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL):

- Lead discovery, definition, and delivery of new product lines in payments and fuel acquisition

- Develop and own product roadmaps, streamlining complex trade‑offs and focusing on business impact

- Champion customer empathy: directly engage with truckers and fleet operators to inform product decisions

- Drive cross‑functional alignment with engineering, data science, operations, marketing, and business partnerships

- Establish and monitor KPIs for product adoption, retention, and revenue

- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of product managers

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