Product Manager

Defense Unicorns; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Unicorns seeks a Product Manager to own the roadmap for tooling and pipelines that power UDS packaging and core software. You will work with engineers, designers, and executives to translate strategy into measurable outcomes across paid and OSS customers.

The role requires DevSecOps mindset, data-driven decisions, and the ability to engage OSS communities while navigating a fast-paced, remote environment. You will influence pricing, segmentation, and product value.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management with an emphasis on tooling and platforms.
• Proven ability to foster open source communities and collaborate across orgs.
• Comfort with end-to-end product ownership and delivering to multiple customer segments (paid and OSS).
• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines and Kubernetes concepts (images, Helm charts).
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision and roadmap for tooling and pipelines supporting packaging and core software deliverables.
• Foster open source communities and engage with external contributors and customers.
• Communicate objectives clearly from engineers to executives and balance business, technical, and customer priorities.
• Coordinate with Growth and Delivery teams to align roadmap, pricing, and customer needs.
• Manage stakeholders' expectations and drive delivery with engineering leadership.

Skills

Product management

Open source

Agile methodologies

DevOps

Kubernetes basics

Communication

Tools

GitHub

Notion

Hubspot

Google Workspace

Job description

Being a Product Manager at Defense Unicorns is more than just being part of the sparkliest Product team in defense tech. It means taking radical ownership over real products that make a real impact on real people. At Defense Unicorns, our mission is to make software a strategic deterrent, and our Product Management team clears the path. In this role, you'll report to the Director of Product and work with teams who deliver outcomes that are critical business enablers and directly support both our missions and other internal teams. This team's primary responsibility is the creation and maintenance of tooling and pipelines that support UDS application packaging, as well as maintenance of several packages which comprise our core software deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• * Passion for the intersection of business, open-source software, and national security
• * Participate in and foster open source communities around Defense Unicorns' open source projects
• * Comfortable owning a product vision end-to-end and being accountable for delivering to several customer segments, including both paid and OSS
• * Managing the expectations and delivery of outcomes of unicorns engineers entrusted to you
• * Establishing and clearly communicating vision and objectives at all levels of the company - from engineers to executives
• * Continuously balance customer, business, and technical priorities with limited resources
• * Synthesizing external customer requests into an internal product roadmap
• * Discipline required to work in a fast-paced, remote environment
• * Keep our Growth and Delivery teams aligned on roadmap and value proposition in order to support product pricing, customer segmentation, and customer needs
• * Experience managing, updating and using task, information and code management tools like GitHub, Notion, Hubspot, Google Workspace, etc.
• * Continuous learning is a must. Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in Product Management, DevOps, regulated IT, and the CNCF community
• * Experience working with and continuously delivering software under Agile software development principles
• * Understand business strategy and adapt product strategy and roadmap to accomplish company objectives
• * Comfortable presenting information in customer facing engagements
• * Comfortable having technical conversations which engineering and design to trade off roadmap versus engineering effort needed

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• * A deep understanding of how DevSecOps pipelines operate and the tools which make them work
• * An understanding of core Kubernetes concepts, specifically images, Helm charts, and related technologies.
• * Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and metrics for informed decision-making
• * Experience establishing a clear product roadmap and value proposition to prospective customers
• * Knowledge of and experience with monetization models for open source software