Product Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the Release: Define what a supported baseline means, what's in it, and when it ships. Establish and enforce the criteria for inclusion — stability, value, resourcing, and risk.
• Shepherd the "In/Out" Call: Evaluate every candidate product and revision against the inclusion criteria. Guide the decision, document the tradeoffs, and communicate under pressure from programs, engineering, and…
• Drive Alignment: Create the artifacts — compatibility matrices, diagrams, decision records — that let programs, engineering, and leadership act on the same picture without you in the room.
• Set the Bar: Make mole-hills out of mountains. Keep teams focused, in sync, and focused on the same customer outcomes through calm indirect leadership.
• Communicate Proactively: Keep engineering, product leadership, growth, and other stakeholders informed. Share progress, flag issues, and raise tradeoffs early.
• Measure Release Health: Define the metrics that tell us whether the baseline is actually stable — in the lab and in the field — and use them to drive the next release.
• Own the Baseline of Record: Maintain the configuration documentation — versions, compatibility, release notes, and dependencies — across hardware, firmware, and software, including COTS components we buy rather than…
• Escalate When Needed: Raise scope, timeline, and resourcing risks to Product Leadership early enough to act on.

Job requirements

• 5–8+ years of product management experience, ideally on defense products.
• You’re comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels—able to align with business goals and get specific with technical teams.
• Strong product instincts—able to connect field needs and platform constraints to tactical engineering priorities.
• Experience owning a release, baseline, or integrated product across multiple engineering teams, where you made the call on what shipped.
• You’re technical enough to earn the trust of engineers, hold your own in brainstorming sessions, and ensure feasibility.
• Deep familiarity with product development in systems with high performance, safety, and robustness requirements.
• You communicate clearly across roles—from engineers to executives—and thrive in cross-functional environments.
• You are rigorous about execution and care deeply that what is being built works for the user in the real world.