Product Manager

Being a Product Manager at Defense Unicorns is more than just being part of the sparkliest Product team in defense tech. It means taking radical ownership over real products that make a real impact on real people. At Defense Unicorns, our mission is to make software a strategic deterrent, and our Product Management team clears the path.

In this role, you'll report to the Director of Product and work with teams who deliver outcomes that are critical business enablers and directly support both our missions and other internal teams. This team's primary responsibility is the creation and maintenance of tooling and pipelines that support UDS application packaging, as well as maintenance of several packages which comprise our core software deliverables.

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

• Passion for the intersection of business, open-source software, and national security
• Participate in and foster open source communities around Defense Unicorns' open source projects
• Comfortable owning a product vision end-to-end and being accountable for delivering to several customer segments, including both paid and OSS
• Managing the expectations and delivery of outcomes of unicorns engineers entrusted to you
• Establishing and clearly communicating vision and objectives at all levels of the company - from engineers to executives
• Continuously balance customer, business, and technical priorities with limited resources
• Synthesizing external customer requests into an internal product roadmap
• Discipline required to work in a fast-paced, remote environment
• Keep our Growth and Delivery teams aligned on roadmap and value proposition in order to support product pricing, customer segmentation, and customer needs
• Experience managing, updating and using task, information and code management tools like Git Hub, Notion, Hubspot, Google Workspace, etc.
• Continuous learning is a must. Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in Product Management, Dev Ops, regulated IT, and the CNCF community
• Experience working with and continuously delivering software under Agile software development principles
• Understand business strategy and adapt product strategy and roadmap to accomplish company objectives
• Comfortable presenting information in customer facing engagements
• Comfortable having technical conversations which engineering and design to trade off roadmap versus engineering effort needed

• A deep understanding of how Dev Sec Ops  pipelines operate and the tools which make them work
• An understanding of core Kubernetes concepts, specifically images, Helm charts, and related technologies.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and metrics for informed decision-making
• Experience establishing a clear product roadmap and value proposition to prospective customers
• Knowledge of and experience with monetization models for open source software

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Remote - USA

$170,850 — $231,150 USD

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without…