Senior Manager, Product Management Multi-orbit

Senior Manager, Product Management Multi-orbit

Location:

Reston, VA, US, 20191 Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

At SES Space & Defense, we are a trusted partner ensuring mission success for customers operating in the most demanding environments. As part of SES S.A., a global leader in satellite-enabled connectivity, we deliver multi-orbit, end-to-end satellite and technology solutions that provide secure, reliable, and high-bandwidth communications across the globe. Our differentiated multi-orbit architecture combines GEO and MEO satellite systems with integrated terrestrial and network infrastructure to deliver resilient, low-latency, high-throughput connectivity at a global scale.

With more than 120 satellites covering nearly the entire world, a global ground network, and thousands of deployed terminals supporting over 5,000 government missions annually, SES Space and Defense is a trusted partner to the U.S. Federal Government and national security community, allied governments, NATO, and agencies including NASA for mission-critical communications.

As Senior Manager, Product Management, you are responsible for the creation and lifecycle of our multi-orbit SATCOM product portfolio. This portfolio is a series of resilient products and associated services to support customer resilient communication solutions. You are responsible for the full product lifecycle including: defining the portfolio strategy, driving productization decisions, and are accountable for the business case and market positioning of your portfolio.

The ideal candidate is an experienced product management leader who has supported a large satellite product portfolio, knows how to grow a product line, and can operate fluidly across engineering, operations, supply chain, and executive stakeholders. As the product manager you are responsible for leading a cross-functional matrixed team to deliver products that deliver on the business case, meet customer expectations, deliver differentiated capabilities, and meet quality, cost, and schedule targets.

You ensure that portfolio investment decisions are grounded in validated market problems, rigorous competitive analysis, and defensible business cases. You operate with significant autonomy, making portfolio-level investment recommendations, chairing productization reviews for your segment, and representing the product organization in executive forums including the Product Review Board (PRB). You are the senior product voice in competitive captures for your portfolio, with authority to confirm or decline product roadmap commitments in proposals.

This is a non-supervisory role. You are the senior individual contributor in the product organization — earning the Director title through scope, complexity, decision authority, and strategic impact rather than headcount. You mentor and elevate fellow PdMs, set standards for product management rigor, and establish the operating rhythm for your portfolio segment. You may direct project management activities across your portfolio, ensuring milestone coordination and dependency management are executed with discipline.

You are expected to model the "three-legged stool" governance at the portfolio level — maintaining peer relationships with Engineering and Service Delivery leaders to drive synchronized product outcomes.

Market Discovery & Validation

Identify, validate, and prioritize customer problems through direct engagement with buyers, users, and stakeholders — distinguishing between the person who authorizes the purchase (buyer persona) and the person who operates the solution (user persona)

Represent the product portfolio in executive customer engagements and industry forums; bring market insights back to inform portfolio decisions

Product Strategy & Roadmap

Own and maintain the product roadmap for assigned product family; define, prioritize, and sequence features and enhancements aligned to corporate and vertical market strategy

Develop and defend the product business case including revenue forecasts (P × Q), cost estimates, and profitability KPIs (ROI, payback period)

Work with Business Development teams to define product positioning: articulate the…