Head of Product & Deployment

Matter Intelligence; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental & vision

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Matter Intelligence in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Head of Product and Deployment to translate customer needs into a clear product roadmap and reliable deployments. This role connects customers, commercial teams, product, engineering, and operations as Matter moves from pilots to repeatable intelligence products, requiring strong leadership in an early-stage environment.

The position emphasizes ownership of product strategy, deployment readiness, and cross-functional coordination to deliver

Qualifications

• Experience leading product development for technically complex products or services.
• Ability to translate customer workflows into clear requirements, priorities, and execution plans.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Comfort operating in an early-stage environment with evolving products and incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy and maintain a roadmap that reflects customer priorities, technical readiness, and company objectives.
• Turn customer problems and field feedback into clear product requirements and prioritization decisions.
• Define deployment plans, readiness criteria, and operating handoffs for customer pilots and production programs.
• Coordinate across commercial, engineering, data, and operations teams to resolve tradeoffs and keep delivery on track.
• Create a disciplined feedback loop that measures product performance and informs the next iteration.

Skills

Product leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Requirements translation

Early-stage execution

Job description

About Matter Intelligence

Welcome to Matter, where we are building the future of vision AI: pairing a world-first sensor that sees molecular chemistry, temperature, and 3D shape with a Large World Model that will be the most powerful intelligence engine for the physical world. This system doesn't just see what something looks like; it understands everything from a single pixel. We call this Superintelligent Vision.

Our team has delivered technologies to Mars for NASA/JPL, designed advanced sensors for U.S. Defense, and frontier artificial intelligence systems. We are now building the next generation of space- and airborne-based sensing systems.

About the Role

Matter is hiring a Head of Product and Deployment to translate customer needs and company strategy into a clear product roadmap and reliable deployments. This leader will connect customers, commercial teams, product, engineering, and operations as Matter moves from pilots to repeatable intelligence products.

Key Responsibilities

• Own product strategy and maintain a roadmap that reflects customer priorities, technical readiness, and company objectives.

• Turn customer problems and field feedback into clear product requirements and prioritization decisions.

• Define deployment plans, readiness criteria, and operating handoffs for customer pilots and production programs.

• Coordinate across commercial, engineering, data, and operations teams to resolve tradeoffs and keep delivery on track.

• Create a disciplined feedback loop that measures product performance and informs the next iteration.

Qualifications

Required

• Experience leading product development and delivery for technically complex products or services.

• Ability to translate customer workflows into clear requirements, priorities, and execution plans.

• Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

• Comfort operating in an early-stage environment with evolving products and incomplete information.

Preferred

• Experience with enterprise, industrial, geospatial, aerospace, or data products.

• Experience taking pilot programs into repeatable operational deployments.

• Familiarity with products that combine hardware, data pipelines, analytics, and software interfaces.

What Success Looks Like

• The company has a clear, prioritized roadmap tied to customer outcomes and technical milestones.

• Deployments move from planning to operation with explicit owners, readiness criteria, and feedback loops.

• Customer learning is captured consistently and translated into product decisions.

Location

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires onsite work.

ITAR Requirements

To comply with U.S. export regulations, applicants must be one of the following:

• A U.S. citizen or national

• A lawful permanent resident (green card holder)

• Eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Employee Offerings and Benefits

At Matter, we believe in rewarding high performance and providing the support you need to thrive. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

• Competitive compensation based on experience

• Early-stage equity package

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage

• Opportunity to work on novel sensing, data, and AI systems with real-world deployment paths to the largest industries in the world

Matter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who can raise the ambition and performance of the team.