Senior Director Of Product Management - Remote Eligible

Senior Director of Product Management

goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company, providing off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices, as well as augmenting traditional communications networks. This technology enables mobile, long-range connectivity without cell, Wi-Fi, or satellite connectivity. goTenna's products are currently in use by law enforcement, military, and public safety agencies worldwide. goTenna is a subsidiary of Forterra, a leading provider of ground autonomy solutions for the US Department of Defense and other organizations.

The goTenna Product team is seeking a highly professional and experienced Product Manager to strategically develop, grow, and manage our portfolio of professional situational awareness products, with a specific focus on mission-critical communication solutions for military, public safety and critical communication vertical markets.

This role requires a proven leader with 6+ years of experience in managing the full lifecycle of complex products or product portfolios. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record in translating a product vision into tangible customer value within highly technical environments.

Reporting directly to the VP of Product, the Senior Director of Product Management will have significant responsibility for aligning, communicating and execution on the vision, strategy, and go-to-market activities for current and next-generation products within our mesh communications product portfolio. This includes serving as the unified voice for critical user personas, defining robust business cases, collaborating on high-level product marketing collateral, assisting in product positioning and market messaging and taking P&L accountability for the portfolio's commercial success.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Strategic Product Leadership: The Senior Director of Product Management is the key owner of an assigned product or product portfolio.
• Market & Competitive Analysis: Conduct deep market research, including regular interaction with current lighthouse customers, target market customers, industry experts, and sales channels.
• Business Case Development: Develop and maintain robust business cases for new product investments.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Business Development to define and execute effective go-to-market plans for product launches.

Product Lifecycle Management & Execution: The Senior Director of Product Management is responsible for end-to-end management of the product lifecycle in their assigned portfolio of products.

• Customer & Stakeholder Empathy: Serve as the primary voice of the customer.
• Roadmap Management: Own, prioritize, and maintain the product roadmap.
• Requirements Definition: Create clear, concise, and prioritized Product Requirements Documents.
• Feature Prioritization: Use data-driven decisions to make tough, objective decisions on feature trade-offs and backlog prioritization.
• Work Closely with adjacent portfolio Product Managers, Product Architects and Product Owners to align product vision and high-level product requirements into feature definitions.
• Lifecycle Management: Manage products across their entire lifecycle.

Collaboration & Communication: The Senior Director of Product Management is a central hub for their assigned product or product portfolio, requiring superior communication and collaboration skills across all organizational levels.

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive alignment among Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance teams.
• Sales Enablement: Develop and deliver high-quality sales training materials.
• Executive Reporting: Provide regular updates to executive leadership.
• Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key customers.

Financial & Performance Accountability: The Senior Director of Product Management is directly accountable for the commercial success of the product portfolio.

• P&L Ownership: Manage the product portfolio's financial performance.
• Performance Tracking: Define, track, and report on key product metrics.
• Contract & Bid Support: Provide expert product knowledge and support for major proposals, tenders, and contracts.

Required experience includes:

• 6+ years of experience working as Director of Product Management, Product Lifecycle Manager or Product Portfolio Manager in a technical product field.
• 4+ years of experience with Agile methodologies for Software Development and 3+ years of experience with Waterfall/Stage-Gate methodologies for Hardware Development processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing business initiatives involving a portfolio of products in various lifecycle stages.
• Experience conducting market research, technical research and competitive analysis.
• Professional Communication skills: project specifications, documentation and presentations.
• Experience directly managing Product Managers and/or Product Owners.

Preferred experience includes:

• Bachelor's Degree with a business focus or software / hardware engineering.
• Agile Scrum A-CSPO, PSPO or SAFe POPM Certification.
• Experience with products targeted to Public-Sector, Government, or Military.
• Experience with various radio system topologies such as MANET, LMR or radio mesh networking.
• Military, Public Safety, or First Responder Experience.

ITAR: U.S. Citizen or Green Card Required.