Director, Product Development

The Nuclear Company; Washington; On-site; USD 198,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

Job summary

The Nuclear Company in Washington is seeking a Product Manager to lead the product lifecycle for nuclear services and hardware-integrated software. This role involves defining the product roadmap and ensuring compliance with safety standards across features.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in product management, a strong governance mindset, and the ability to collaborate across teams. Benefits include competitive compensation packages and a generous vacation policy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management or software engineering leadership in high-reliability industries.
• Deep understanding of product development in high-consequence environments.
• Ability to design compliant and governance-friendly products.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product roadmap for technology platforms.
• Oversee product development in regulated environments.
• Build and manage a product development team.

Skills

Product management

Software engineering leadership

Governance and compliance

Agile methodologies

C-suite communication

Job description

About the role

Reporting to the VP, Security, you will lead the product lifecycle for our suite of nuclear services and hardware-integrated software. You are the architect of our digital product roadmap, ensuring that our solutions not only disrupt the energy sector but maintain the unwavering safety standards required by the nuclear industry. You will sit at the intersection of our engineering, operations, and regulatory teams, ensuring that every feature we ship enhances reliability, efficiency, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Strategy: Define and execute the product roadmap for our core technology platforms, ensuring alignment with Project One and our global expansion initiatives.
• Safety-Critical Development: Oversee product development in a highly regulated environment, ensuring that all digital features adhere to safety frameworks and nuclear liability protocols.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Partner with the Head of Services and the Legal/Administrative team to ensure product features seamlessly integrate with field operations and unionized labor workflows.
• Scalable Architecture: Build and manage a product development team capable of supporting hyper-growth, prioritizing the "Operating Blueprint" to maintain consistency across global business units.
• Customer-Centric Innovation: Act as the voice of the nuclear utility client, transforming complex field challenges into intuitive, high-velocity digital solutions.

Experience

• Experience: 10+ years in product management or software engineering leadership, ideally in energy, infrastructure, or other high-reliability industries.
• Strategic & Technical Fluency: A deep understanding of how to manage product development in high-consequence environments where "Move Fast and Break Things" is replaced by "Move Fast and Build Resilient Systems."
• Governance Mindset: Ability to design products that inherently facilitate compliance and governance, making it easy for field teams to do the right thing.
• Hyper-Growth DNA: A proven track record of scaling product teams from early-stage to global deployment, including experience with modern CI/CD, Agile, and product operations frameworks.
• Collaborative Presence: A sincere and authentic communication style; you are as comfortable in a C-suite strategy session as you are conducting a pre-job brief with field technicians.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision plans
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

Estimated Starting Salary Range

The estimated starting salary range for this role is $198,000 - $228,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role.

EEO Statement

The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.

Export Control

Certain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in The Nuclear Company limiting its consideration of certain applicants.

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