VP of Product

Location, Type, and Compensation

City/State: Colorado Front Range or near a key customer site (e.g., National Capital Region, Tampa, San Diego).

Type and

Schedule:

Full‑Time, Salary/Exempt, On‑Site, 50% travel.

Annualized Salary Range: $183,248 - $257,088 (commensurate with experience).

About Us: Caliola is a woman‑owned small business that is improving and protecting our Nation's way of life through secure collaboration and resilient communications. Our engineers, subject matter experts, and veterans are developing and delivering trusted solutions for mission‑critical communications. We seek teammates who share our core values: I3 for C3 – Insight, Innovation, and Integrity for Command, Control, and Communications.

Caliola’s headquarters are in Colorado Springs, CO, consistently ranked as one of the United States' top ten places to live. We have been recognized by Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) as a key contributor to the growth of the Colorado Springs defense industry. We offer a flexible, collaborative, and open culture that is unusual in the defense industry.

Our benefits include subsidized health insurance, 401(k) matching, and a scalable, competitive pay structure.

As part of our selection process, all applicants complete a short 10‑12‑minute Culture Index survey (no test).  to complete.

The VP of Product will lead the development, execution, and management of Caliola’s product portfolio for radically reprogrammable radios and associated electronic payloads. The role requires identifying and capturing DoD opportunities, building strong customer relationships, and guiding products from concept through regulatory approval and manufacturing scale‑up. The VP will represent Caliola to clients, partners, and the broader defense community, ensuring product strategy aligns with market demand and operational needs.

• Develop and execute go‑to‑market strategy for radically reprogrammable radios.
• Generate, identify, and capture DoD opportunities for low‑cost, expendable communications and electronic attack payloads.
• Develop product roadmap for radio products based on quantified demand signals from potential customers in the Navy, Army, Air Force, SOCOM, and DHS.
• Develop regulatory and manufacturing scale‑up plans for those radio products.
• Represent Caliola to our clients, partners, competitors, and the interested public.

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in a senior‑level technical sales role working with DoD customers.
• Experience developing go‑to‑market strategies for DoD‑facing products.
• Demonstrated understanding of DoD contracting, requirements generation, and budgeting for the purposes of transitioning prototype capabilities to products.
• Ability to network and build strong customer relationships across the DoD.
• Ability to communicate and interact with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Self‑driven and relentlessly proactive with a just‑get‑it‑done mindset.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) theory.
• Ability to travel 50% of the time, with a home base in the Colorado Front Range or near a key customer site (e.g., National Capital Region, Tampa, San Diego).
• Current US Secret level clearance and ability to obtain a US Top Secret security clearance.

• Experience working with the Special Operations and/or Navy EW communities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the EW domain.
• Active US Top Secret security clearance.

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and transition between the two as required.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, and navigate stairs or uneven surfaces during site visits.
• Dexterity to grasp, handle, and manipulate small items such as laptops, cellphones, USB drives, business cards, and documents.
• Ability to travel frequently, including by car or airplane, for customer meetings and site visits.
• Ability to maintain focus and attention…