Product Manager

Virtualitics, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Unlimited PTO

Equity

Job summary

Virtualitics, Inc in Pasadena, CA is seeking a Product Manager for the Iris and Forward Deployed Applications. You will own a product area, collaborate with the engineering and AI teams, and translate user needs into concrete requirements for DoD operators and delivery teams.

You will drive discovery, define success metrics, and ensure day-to-day operational efficiency while shaping platform evolution across data ontology, agent orchestration, and generative interfaces. Remote-friendly role.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to acquire and maintain a US Security Clearance (requires US Citizenship)
• CS degree (or equivalent technical degree)
• 2+ years of product management or software engineering experience shipping software in agile environments
• Comfortable reading code, reviewing architecture, and holding your own in technical discussions
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Own a specific product area: requirements, backlog management, prioritization, scope decisions, releases, and outcomes.
• Partner on technical decisions with engineering: architecture, feasibility, trade-offs.
• Bridge users and engineers: translate operational readiness problems into product requirements through direct user research.
• Contribute to platform evolution: R&D across data ontology management, agent orchestration, generative interfaces.
• Support delivery operations: ensure the product reduces manual effort across contract types and deployment models.
• Communicate clearly: demos, PRDs, cross-functional alignment.

Skills

Product management

Software engineering

Agile

Technical discussion

Communication

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

APIs

SDKs

Job description

Product Manager

Virtualitics Iris and Forward Deployed Applications

Remote (DC area preferred) | Active Security Clearance or Security Clearance Eligibility | HQ: Pasadena, CA

Virtualitics builds AI-native readiness intelligence for the US and allied nations’ defense sector. Our IRO application layer and Virtualitics AI Platform (VAIP) transform how defense organizations act on maintenance, logistics, and global force management data. Our team is actively refining agentic workflows, composable AI agents, and generative interfaces to replace static dashboards with dynamic, conversational intelligence.

The Role

You will work closely with cross-functional peers to own a specific product area, leading discovery and defining success metrics while ensuring day-to-day operational efficiency from the product development team. You will work with the engineering and AI teams to understand architectural tradeoffs, scope upcoming efforts, and pressure-test trade-offs in real time. The product serves two audiences: DoD operators and delivery teams (data scientists, engineers, partner integrators) who configure and maintain deployments of Virtualitics’ product offering.

Responsibilities

• Own a specific product area : requirements, backlog management, prioritization, scope decisions, releases, and outcomes.

• Partner on technical decisions with engineering : architecture, feasibility, trade-offs. Challenge estimates that don’t add up.

• Bridge users and engineers: translate operational readiness problems into product requirements through direct user research. You’ll be hands on with real users.

• Contribute to platform evolution : R&D work across data ontology management, agent orchestration (MCP/A2A), generative interfaces.

• Support delivery operations: ensure the product reduces manual effort across contract types and deployment models.

• Communicate clearly: demos, PRDs, cross-functional alignment. You are the connective tissue.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to acquire and maintain a US Security Clearance (requires US Citizenship)

• CS degree (or equivalent technical degree)

• 2+ years of product management or software engineering experience shipping software in agile environments

• Comfortable reading code, reviewing architecture, and holding your own in technical discussions

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Preferred:

• Experience with AI/ML products, defense/government tech, or classified environments (SIPR/NIPR)

• Startup experience, especially navigating the scalability and automation phase

• Platform product experience: technical interfaces (APIs, SDKs) alongside standard web apps

• 1-2 years of software engineering experience

Compensation

• Competitive salary, equity, and performance bonus

• Medical, dental, vision. Unlimited PTO.

• Growth path to Senior then Staff or Group Product Manager