Director of Product Management

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Product Management based in the United States.** This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a rapidly growing technology organization focused on advanced autonomous systems. You will lead product execution across multiple domains, including air, land, and maritime capabilities, translating strategic vision into impactful solutions. Working at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customer needs, you will define how complex products are built, delivered, and scaled. You will establish product management practices, roadmap frameworks, and operating standards that enable teams to move faster and deliver mission-critical capabilities. This position requires a strategic leader who can navigate ambiguity, influence cross-functional teams, and drive innovation in a highly technical environment. You will play a key role in developing products that improve operational effectiveness while reducing risk in challenging environments ### 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 p…