Director, Core Platform Product Strategy

Slingshot Aerospace; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Slingshot Aerospace is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the strategy, development, and execution of the company’s core platform capabilities. You will oversee the Product Management team, drive roadmap priorities, and partner with Research, Engineering, Design, and Leadership to deliver scalable platform features that support current execution and future growth.

The role emphasizes strong cross-functional collaboration, strategic judgment, and rigorous execution while aligning

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in product management, platform product management, or related leadership roles.
• Experience leading product teams and managing product managers in a technical environment.
• Proven success defining and delivering platform roadmaps balancing customer value, technical scalability, reliability, and business priorities.
• Strong execution discipline coordinating dependencies, planning, delivery rhythms, and stakeholder alignment.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills influencing cross-functional teams.
• Previously held Senior Manager or Director-level role.
• Eligibility to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance; TS clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, development, and execution of core platform capabilities to support growth.
• Define and maintain the core platform roadmap balancing customer needs, scalability, and business value.
• Act as product program lead coordinating cross-functional dependencies and delivery planning.
• Develop the Product Management team, set priorities, operating rhythms, and accountability.
• Collaborate with Research, Product Strategy & Innovation, Engineering, Design, and Leadership to align platform investments.

Skills

Product leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Leadership

Job description

Meet Slingshot

At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.

Meet Slingshot

At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.

We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place.

What You’ll Be Launching

The Director of Product Management leads the strategy, development, and execution of the company’s core platform capabilities, ensuring the foundation of the product is scalable, reliable, and aligned to business and customer needs. This role oversees the Product Management team, drives core roadmap priorities, and partners closely with Research, Product Strategy & Innovation, Engineering, Design, and Leadership to deliver the platform capabilities that support current execution and future growth.

In addition to product leadership, this role serves as the product program lead for the core platform - driving cross-functional planning, delivery coordination with development, prioritization, and execution discipline across teams. We are looking for a leader who can balance strategic product judgment with strong execution rigor and deep cross-functional partnership.

Slingshot Aerospace cares deeply about our commitment to company values, mission, and purpose. The core competencies we will be looking to identify include: intellectual agility, ability to develop innovative solutions, leadership, performance-orientation, and industry expertise.

Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it)

Core Platform Strategy & Roadmap

• Lead product strategy and execution for the core platform, ensuring foundational capabilities support company goals, customer needs, and product growth.
• Define and maintain the core platform roadmap, balancing customer needs, technical priorities, scalability, reliability, and business value.
• Ensure the core platform is robust, scalable, and positioned to support both existing product needs and future innovation.
  
  

Product Program Leadership & Execution

• Act as the product program lead for the core platform, coordinating cross-functional dependencies, delivery planning, execution rhythms, and alignment across teams.
• Drive cross-functional decision-making to prioritize platform enhancements, improve execution, and strengthen product quality.
• Establish a clear and repeatable approach for roadmap planning, product delivery, and ongoing platform evolution.
  
  

Team Leadership & Product Operating Model

• Manage and develop the Product Management team, setting priorities, operating rhythms, and accountability across the core product organization.
• Coach product managers on roadmap ownership, customer discovery, requirements definition, stakeholder alignment, and delivery discipline.
• Create clear mechanisms for prioritization, product reviews, roadmap communication, and platform performance readouts.
  
  

Cross-functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner closely with Research, Product Strategy & Innovation, Engineering, Design, and Leadership to align platform investment with broader product and company strategy.
• Translate technical tradeoffs and platform investments into clear customer, business, and operational outcomes.
• Provide monthly readouts of platform success, performance, delivery progress, and key roadmap risks.
  
  

Pre-flight Checklist

• 4+ years of experience in product management, platform product management, product operations, technical program leadership, or related leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading product teams and managing product managers in a technical product environment.
• Proven success defining and delivering platform roadmaps that balance customer value, technical scalability, reliability, and business priorities.
• Strong execution discipline, including experience coordinating cross-functional dependencies, development planning, delivery rhythms, and stakeholder alignment.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills, with the ability to influence engineering, design, research, leadership, and customer-facing teams.
• Has previously held a Senior Manager or Director-level role.
• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance; preference given for active TS Clearance.
  
  

Bonus Cargo

• Experience with B2B SaaS, data platforms, AI-enabled products, geospatial products, defense technology, or mission-critical software.
• Experience serving as a product program lead or operating in a hybrid product management and program execution capacity.
• Familiarity with platform architecture concepts, APIs, data pipelines, analytics, infrastructure, or enterprise-grade product capabilities.
• Prior exposure to government, defense, intelligence, aerospace, or other highly regulated customer environments.
  
  

Location: Remote

US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.

Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.

US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.

Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.