Product Manager US

Harmattan AI; France; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Harmattan AI, a next‑generation defense company, seeks a Product Manager to lead product specification, roadmap, and industrialisation of integrated systems.

You will manage timelines, resources, and cross‑functional collaboration to ensure market fit and successful delivery, interfacing with R&D, engineering, sales and program teams.

The role requires a strong technical background and proven leadership to drive tenders and projects to completion in a demanding defense environment.

Qualifications

• Industrial experience in defense systems or related fields is highly desirable.
• Capability to lead cross-functional teams through complex product lifecycles.
• Strong communication and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage product delivery timelines and milestones.
• Customer and product orientation with focus on market needs.
• Experience translating requirements into technically feasible design.

Responsabilités

• Product Definition: define specifications from feedback and market analysis.
• Project Management: develop and update timelines across the product lifecycle.
• Technical Coordination: oversee architecture and development across phases.
• Team Leadership: inspire and manage project teams for high performance.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: align efforts between technical, sales, and customers.
• Resource Allocation: manage engineering resources to meet goals.

Connaissances

Defense industry experience

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical depth

Description du poste

About Us

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.

Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

About the Role

As a Product Manager at Harmattan AI, you will be at the heart of company strategy, as you will be in charge of product specification and roadmap based on market and technological analysis, as well as full scale development and industrialisation of the product. You will be responsible for managing timelines, resources, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure market fit and successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Product Definition: Define product specification based on customer feedback, market analysis and technology; iterate and validate for technical, industrial and commercial feasibility.

• Project Management: Develop, maintain, and update project timelines, ensuring all deadlines are met during the whole lifecycle of the product.

• Technical Coordination: Oversee the architecture and the technical development of the system across R&D and industrialisation phases, resolving challenges as they arise.

• Team Leadership: Inspire and manage the project team to maintain a high level of performance and quality.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as the key interface between technical teams, the product team, and other stakeholders (especially customers, sales, marketing and program) to align efforts and ensure tenders and projects success.

• Resource Allocation: Manage the allocation of engineering and other resources to meet project goals effectively.

Candidate Requirements

• Industrial Experience and ecosystem knowledge in one of the following field is highly desirable: defense systems, UAV/UxV/robotics, aerospace, radars/RF/radio, optronics, PNT, AI, or related industries.

• Customer and product-oriented.

• Proven experience managing cross-functional, high-complexity aerospace, defense or robotics projects that have reached industrialisation.

• Strong technical background with the ability to understand and resolve complex engineering challenges.

• Detail-oriented with excellent documentation and organisational skills.

• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide teams toward success.

• Project management involving product delivery.

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.