code-metal - Senior Product Manager (Modeling & Simulation)
Requirements
• Experience owning software products from discovery through launch in a technical B2B, enterprise, or platform environment. • Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new industries, technologies, and customer domains, becoming an effective product leader without requiring deep prior subject matter expertise. • Strong customer discovery and user research skills, with experience translating customer insights into product strategy and roadmap decisions. • Excellent product judgment and prioritization skills, with the ability to make smart tradeoffs under uncertainty. • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering and Design as equal partners throughout the product development lifecycle. • Strong systems thinking and the ability to simplify complex technical concepts into intuitive product experiences. • Experience defining product strategy using customer insights, business goals, and technical constraints. • Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across executive, technical, and customer audiences. • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where priorities evolve as new information emerges. • Strong written communication skills for product requirements, strategy documents, and decision-making artifacts. • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance. • 5+ years of Product Management experience building technical software products. • Experience working on complex technical products, developer or expert tools, AI platforms, simulation software, geospatial systems, defense technology, aerospace, or other technically sophisticated products. • Experience working directly with highly technical customers, engineers, and domain experts. • Familiarity with modern product discovery practices, experimentation, and user-centered product development. • Experience bringing new products from concept through launch in early-stage or high-growth environments. • Technical background or ability to engage confidently in engineering discussions around architecture, APIs, AI/ML, or distributed systems.
Responsibilities
• Own product strategy and execution for one or more mission-critical software products, from discovery through delivery and iteration. • Develop deep empathy for users by conducting customer interviews, observing workflows, and partnering closely with domain experts to understand complex operational challenges. • Quickly ramp into unfamiliar technical domains and synthesize complex concepts into clear product direction. • Define product vision, strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics aligned with customer outcomes and company objectives. • Translate user needs, technical capabilities, and business priorities into clear product requirements and well-defined initiatives. • Partner closely with Design to lead user-centered discovery, validate concepts, and ensure solutions solve meaningful customer problems before development begins. • Work side-by-side with Engineering to understand technical tradeoffs, shape implementation approaches, and make informed prioritization decisions throughout development. • Make thoughtful tradeoffs between customer value, technical complexity, speed, and long-term platform investments. • Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Design, Leadership, and customers to ensure shared understanding and successful execution. • Use qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate product performance and continuously improve user outcomes. • Clearly communicate product decisions, priorities, and rationale across technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
• Target Salary Range: $180K – $220K • Offers Equity • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • Other (list below) • San Francisco Bay Area • Boston, MA Area • Washington D.C. • Optionally, ad a cover letter or any additional information you'd like to share • Do you presently hold an active U.S. security clearance, or are you eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance? • For more information about U.S. Security Clearances: click here. • Yes, I Hold An Active U.S. Security Clearance • Yes, I am Eligble to obtain an U.S. Security Clearance • We'd love a brief answer about why you'd like to work with us! • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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