Product Manager (Mission Planning Operations/Ground Terminal Management)
$190,000–$215,000 year
On-siteChantilly, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Lead product direction and execution across Agile teams for satellite command, telemetry, RF terminal management, and mission planning workflows. Serve as the primary user advocate, translating operator feedback and domain expertise into prioritized feature requirements and sprint-level stories. Own the feature roadmap across Program Increments, managing backlogs and resolving cross-team dependencies while communicating scope, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering and program leadership. Partner with technical leads to validate solutions and support demonstrations that align product capabilities with user needs.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience working on or leading software product development teams delivering functional software
- Demonstrated experience supporting satellite command and control, telemetry, ground systems, RF terminals, or closely related space mission operations
- Experience leading product execution across multiple Agile software development teams or complex, interconnected development efforts
- Strong understanding of operator workflows and mission needs with the ability to translate operational challenges into software capabilities
- Demonstrated experience translating complex technical, mission, and customer requirements into actionable software features and development priorities while collaborating directly with engineering leadership, software architects, and cross-functional test teams throughout the development lifecycle
- Experience owning product backlogs, feature roadmaps, and prioritization across iterative software development cycles
- Ability to effectively represent the user's perspective, including making informed product decisions when direct or complete user feedback is unavailable
- Experience working directly with government, mission partner, or other highly technical end users to define and validate requirements
- Strong technical aptitude and the ability to work effectively with software engineers, systems engineers, architects, and technical leads
- Experience navigating dependencies and priorities across multiple development teams and stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate product decisions, technical tradeoffs, risks, and priorities to technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with cloud-based development environments and tools such as AWS, DOORS, Cameo, GitLab, Jira, Slack, or similar platforms
- Familiarity with reading, understanding, and working with technical models, system requirements, and related engineering documentation
- The ability to learn quickly, exercise sound judgment, and thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous mission environment
- Hold an active Secret clearance
- Be eligible to obtain and maintain TS/SCI access
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Must be able to meet approximately 30% travel requirements
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with cloud-based development environments and tools such as AWS, DOORS, Cameo, GitLab, Jira, Slack, or similar platforms
- Familiarity with reading, understanding, and working with technical models, system requirements, and related engineering documentation
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