Senior Product Manager – Android OS & Spectralink On-Device Platform
About Spectralink
Spectralink builds purpose-designed mobile devices and on-device platforms that empower frontline workers in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and beyond. Our devices are engineered for reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments where communication, safety, and workflow efficiency matter most.
Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado with offices in the U.K. and Denmark, we are one global company with a common vision and mission to provide the best possible enterprise mobile experience for our customers.
Want to know the best thing about working for our company? The people. Working at Spectralink means innovation with authority and collaboration among industry experts with uncompromising integrity and agility. Our employees have a chance to make powerful contributions every day. We want to hear from you if you possess the following skills and qualifications, and are ready to join our team of positive, authentic, dedicated, and innovative thinkers.
As we evolve toward intelligent, platform-driven devices, Spectralink is investing deeply in our Android OS foundation and on-device platform capabilities—creating durable differentiation through software, intelligence, and ecosystem extensibility.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager – Android OS & On-Device Platform to own the strategy, execution, and lifecycle of Spectralink's Android OS platform and core on-device capabilities.
This role owns the product vision and strategic roadmap for Spectralink's Android platform—defining how our devices evolve to meet emerging customer needs, identifying opportunities for differentiation, and charting the path from today's foundation to tomorrow's intelligent, extensible platform capabilities.
In addition, this role is accountable for Android OS upgrades, security and maintenance releases, and ODM execution, while also partnering closely with internal engineering teams to build Spectralink's on-device platform layer, including platform intelligence, system services, APIs, and extensibility foundations.
This is a hands-on senior role that blends platform product innovation and leadership with vendor program execution. Success requires strong organizational and project management skills alongside product vision. You will work extensively with our ODM partners (based primarily in China), while also serving as a key product partner to Spectralink's internal engineering, hardware, and application product teams.
The role reports into a Group Product Manager and plays a critical role in ensuring Spectralink's devices remain secure, modern, extensible, and competitive over long product lifecycles.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the Android OS and on-device platform strategy, aligned with Spectralink's product portfolio and long-term roadmap
- Define how the platform evolves—balancing innovation, security, lifecycle stability, and maintainability across device generations
- Own end-to-end Android OS lifecycle: major upgrades, security maintenance releases, and sustaining releases
- Navigate GMS/MADA/EDLA certification processes and define upgrade strategies that balance customer impact, engineering effort, and ODM constraints
- Serve as primary owner for ODM-delivered Android OS workstreams—SOWs, requirements, milestone tracking, and delivery accountability
- Manage vendor relationships across multiple time zones, holding partners accountable for quality, security, and outcomes
- Partner with internal engineering to shape on-device platform capabilities, APIs, and system services
- Act as a system-level integrator—managing dependencies across hardware, OS, platform, and applications
- Partner with Hardware, Applications, and Core Platform PMs to ensure cohesive product decisions
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in technical product management, platform product management, or system-level product roles
- Understanding of embedded software and operating systems on custom hardware, with Android/Linux experience preferred
- Proven experience working with third party vendors, with ODM or offshore development partners preferred—writing SOWs, managing vendor execution, coordinating across time zones
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-team dependencies in hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments
- Experience with structured requirements practices—creating clear, testable acceptance criteria across the full requirements lifecycle
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, translating technical concepts into clear product decisions
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
Strongly Preferred Qualifications
- Direct, hands-on experience with Android OS platforms (device-level, not just app-level)
- Experience with GMS/EDLA certification processes and Google compliance requirements
- Experience with ruggedized or enterprise mobile devices in healthcare, retail, or manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with long-lifecycle device platforms and regulated environments (HIPAA, PHI, PII)
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving requirements—discovery-driven mindset
- Exposure to platform services, telemetry, or Edge AI/IoT ecosystems
Location: Anywhere in the US, must be able to join calls with China during some week nights
Why This Role Matters
This role is foundational to Spectralink’s future. The Android OS and on-device platform are the bedrock on which our devices, applications, and customer experiences are built. Success here enables faster innovation, stronger security posture, lower lifecycle cost, and meaningful differentiation in markets where reliability and trust are non-negotiable.
What We Offer: At Spectralink you’ll have an opportunity to work in an established, profitable company on well-respected, globally distributed products.
When you look us up you’ll find that we have been around for a while and have had an amazing ride; an acquisition, now coming full circle with the tremendous opportunity to be back on our own. We are excited about the future. We have an incredibly dedicated and passionate team, empowering executive leadership and a renewed focus to continue to dominate our industry.
We offer medical, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability, 401(k) match and profit sharing potential.
Join us and be part of our next great chapter!
Salary range: $160,000 - $175,000 with profit sharing potential