Principal Product Manager, Customs & Border Authorities

Altana is the network for trusted trade. Our AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy while keeping trade flowing. The Opportunity The rules of global trade are being rewritten in real time. Supply chain transparency requirements, forced labor enforcement, fentanyl and precursor interdiction, tariff volatility, revenue leakage, and the pressure to facilitate ever-growing trade volumes with flat resources — customs and border authorities around the world are being asked to do something they’ve never been equipped to do: understand, monitor, and act on the full depth of global commerce, not just the edge of it. The manifest at the dock. The entry summary at the border. The invoice that says one thing while the supply chain says another. The tools haven’t kept pace with the mandate. Border agencies still rely on paper-based trusted-trader audits, rule-matching targeting systems that can’t see the network, and data infrastructure designed for a simpler era of trade. The result is a widening gap between what authorities need to know and what they can actually see — a gap that bad actors exploit, that allied agencies can’t easily close together, and that legitimate traders pay for in delays, uncertainty, and compliance overhead. Altana exists to close that gap. As Principal Product Manager for Customs & Border Authorities , you will lead the team defining how customs, border, and revenue agencies — in many developed and emerging countries — harness the power of the Altana network to build safer, more efficient, and more collaborative trade workflows. You will own the product vision across Altana’s core customs offerings: the Altana Passport Manager , which lets authorities pre-clear goods before they ever arrive; the Altana Entry Processing System , which brings sophisticated AI to entry review at the speed and scale of live trade; and the Altana Trade Enforcement Suite , which powers enforcement and revenue protection from counternarcotics to undervaluation. You’ve worked at the intersection of trade, customs enforcement, and government operations. You understand how targeting and clearance decisions get made, how border agencies operate, and why the data authorities actually need almost never arrives in the format they need it. Now you’re ready to build the system that changes that — for agencies operating under very different mandates, legal regimes, and levels of digital maturity. This role sits at the center of one of the most consequential technology problems in the world. The team you lead will define how Altana becomes the operating infrastructure for trusted trade at the border — the platform authorities reach for when they need to know not just what crossed a border, but why it matters. What You’ll Do Own the Customs & Border Product Vision Own the product vision for how Altana is deployed to customs, border, and revenue authorities — meeting each agency where it is across varied geographies, legal regimes, sovereignty requirements, and levels of digital maturity. Unify our platform and architecture so a single core capability set can serve many governments while honoring each authority’s sovereign control over its own data and business logic. Shape how authorities collaborate — within an agency, across agencies, and with trusted trading partners abroad — to build safer, more efficient, and more collaborative trade workflows. Partner closely with Altana’s enterprise product areas so that what traders submit and what authorities receive tells one coherent, trusted story. Pre-Clear Goods Before They Arrive — Altana Passport Manager Own the product vision for the Altana Passport Manager , which lets border authorities review product passports and apply their own sovereign business logic — powered by Altana’s robust data, ML models, and AI — to pre-clear goods before they ever reach the border. Move authorities beyond paper-based trusted-trader programs…