Director of Product Management

Accountabilities: As the Director of Product Management, you will own the execution and evolution of the product capability roadmap while building scalable product practices across a growing organization. You will partner with executive leadership, engineering teams, mission operators, and external stakeholders to ensure products deliver meaningful outcomes.

Build and scale the product management organization by establishing team structures, operating rhythms, processes, and standards that enable ownership across product capabilities.

Translate strategic objectives into prioritized product plans, ensuring alignment between business goals, technical execution, customer needs, and operational impact.

Own and maintain the product roadmap across multiple technology domains, balancing engineering capacity, customer priorities, and long-term capability development.

Establish product development standards, including requirements documentation, product specifications, acceptance criteria, release processes, and feedback loops.

Engage directly with customers, operators, and mission stakeholders to capture real-world needs and ensure solutions address operational challenges.

Drive collaboration between engineering, operations, and go-to-market teams while serving as a key communication point for product priorities and delivery progress.

Evaluate emerging technologies and support build, buy, or partner decisions to maintain a competitive technology advantage.

Define portfolio-level objectives, metrics, and success indicators while holding teams accountable for measurable product outcomes.

Guide product decisions involving complex hardware, software, AI, and autonomous system integrations.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced product leader with a strong technical background and a proven ability to manage complex products in fast-moving environments. You should be comfortable operating strategically while remaining close to execution, customers, and engineering teams.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field with 10+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience.

Proven experience leading product management, systems engineering, or technical product teams.

Demonstrated success developing product strategies and roadmaps for complex technical solutions, preferably in defense, aerospace, autonomy, or dual-use technology.

Strong experience managing products that combine hardware, software, sensors, payloads, or integrated technology systems.

Ability to define and manage requirements at both product capability and portfolio levels.

Experience applying AI/ML concepts, modern product development practices, and testing methodologies.

Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence executives, technical teams, customers, and external partners.

Experience managing supplier relationships and strategic technology partnerships.

Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments, establish structure, and drive teams toward measurable results.

Preferred qualifications include:

Experience with autonomous systems, command and control platforms, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies.

Knowledge of communication systems and advanced technologies across air, land, and maritime domains.

Experience building product organizations within a startup or high-growth technology company.

Familiarity with defense acquisition processes and mission-focused technology development.

Benefits:

100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families.

Employer-paid life insurance coverage.

401(k) program with company matching contributions.

Unlimited paid time off policy with a two-week minimum encouraged.

Equity package participation.

Work-from-home and office setup stipend.

Global Entry support.

16 weeks of paid parental leave.

Monthly health and wellness stipend.

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