Senior Manager, Product Management LEO

Who We Are

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.

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 hold strategic ownership of the LEO products and services portfolio within SES Space & Defense's (SES SD) in support of end‑to‑end mission capabilities. 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. This role manages strategic partnerships with leading LEO constellation providers including Amazon LEO, Telesat Lightspeed, One Web, and SpaceX Starshield/Starlink services and owns all product management responsibilities for LEO products from partnership development through market launch and operational support.

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

You may also 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.

• Define the market strategy for the portfolio: which markets to serve, which problems to solve, and where the company has (or can build) a right to win
• Establish and govern the market discovery cadence for the portfolio: structured win/loss programs, competitive intelligence collection, buyer/user persona development, and market problem validation
• Represent the product portfolio in executive customer engagements and industry forums; bring market insights back to inform portfolio decisions

• Define and own the multi‑year product portfolio strategy and roadmap aligned to corporate strategy and vertical market priorities.
• Make portfolio‑level investment recommendations to the Head of Product: which products to…