Senior R&D Product Manager

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

As a Senior R&D Product Manager at Advanced Navigation, you hold end-to-end accountability for the success of your product line. You are responsible for the commercial success and technical integrity of our INS family. This role requires a rare blend of high-level strategic thinking and the ability to "deep dive" into the daily engineering grind. You will bridge the gap between market requirements and technical execution, leading trade-off discussions across Hardware, Firmware, and Software to deliver world-class PNT (Positioning, Navigation, and Timing) solutions.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Product ownership & strategy

Drive commercial success: own the end-to-end P&L, revenue growth, and market penetration strategy for the INS product family.

Market requirement definition: define and document high-fidelity market requirements based on rigorous technical discovery with key customers and industry trends in Advanced Navigation’s strategic industries.

Roadmap leadership: architect and manage the INS product roadmap, balancing New Product Introduction (NPI) with essential sustaining engineering.

Portfolio optimization: analyze sales mix and competitive positioning to optimize product family pricing and profitability.

Engineering leadership & execution

Lead Technical Trade-offs: actively lead daily technical trade-off discussions between Hardware, Firmware, and Software teams. You must be able to debate technical constraints with engineers to ensure the best product outcome.

Stage-gate management: oversee the product lifecycle from initial concept through development, verification, launch, and end-of-life.

Technical discovery: lead deep-dive technical discovery sessions with key customers and strategic partners to validate complex software features and HW variants.

Lifecycle oversight: work closely with Engineering and support to prioritize bug fixes and product improvements based on data-driven customer impact.

Organizational Integration

Marketing partnership: collaborate with Marketing to provide the "technical core" for collateral, while delegating final production and distribution to the Marketing team.

Growth & values: evolve with the organization by taking on strategic tasks as the product line expands and embody the company’s values through quantifiable performance targets.

KEY MEASURABLES

• Product profitability: Support growth in revenue & margin for the INS product family by developing comprehensive platform strategies that deliver on Advanced Navigation’s strategic goals. 
• Requirement fidelity: quality and clarity of market requirements, ensuring minimal "scope creep" during development phases.
• Engineering alignment: success in resolving technical bottlenecks and making timely trade-off decisions that keep R&D on schedule.
• Roadmap execution: timely delivery of Product deliverables as part of the Product Realization Process.
• Commercial feedback: satisfaction from key strategic customers regarding technical solution alignment.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering (Aeronautical, Mechatronics, Electrical, or similar technical field).
• Technical authority: proven ability to deep-dive into complex technical topics and build rapport/authority with highly specialized engineering teams.
• Strategic conflict resolution: skilled at negotiating constraints between different engineering disciplines (e.g., SW vs. HW limitations).
• Commercial acumen: strong understanding of market dynamics, pricing strategies, and P&L management.
• Communication: ability to translate complex technical trade-offs into clear business impact for executive stakeholders.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in technical & commercial leadership role
• Engineering background: broad experience across Hardware, Embedded Firmware, and Software development cycles.
• Domain expertise: proven experience working with Inertial Navigation (GNSS/INS) technologies.
• Industry context: experience in the defense industry using Assured PNT (Positioning, Navigation, and Timing) is highly desirable.