Product Marketing Manager, Defense Autonomy & Messaging

Forterra; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

20 days PTO per year

7 weeks parental leave

$9k tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match up to 4%

Job summary

Forterra is seeking a Product Marketing Manager to own positioning and messaging across its Autonomous Mission Systems portfolio, translating complex tech into clear, differentiated market narratives. The role sits at the intersection of marketing, growth, and engineering, partnering with product and sales to win programs.

You’ll distill technical milestones into market-facing proof points, enable the growth team with strategic messaging, and drive product launches across channels.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in product marketing, ideally within defense technology, robotics, autonomy, or another deeply technical B2B domain.
• Proven ability to distill complex technical systems into clear, compelling messaging for non-engineering audiences
• Experience planning and executing product launches
• Exceptional writing skills across formats, from messaging frameworks to sales collateral
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and marketing teams

Responsibilities

• Own product positioning across the four pillars of the Autonomous Mission Systems portfolio, ensuring each offering is clearly differentiated, and the full-stack story holds together
• Lead product launch planning and execution, coordinating with brand, communications, and growth on timing, content, and channels
• Develop core product content(one-pagers, capability briefs, messaging frameworks, and demo narratives)
• Arm growth and business development teams with the positioning, proof points, and competitive context they need to win programs
• Maintain customer and competitive intelligence on the defense autonomy landscape to inform positioning and product strategy
• Partner withengineeringteams to turn technical milestones and roadmap developments into market-facing proof points
• Support events, demos, and campaigns with product messaging and subject-matter input

Skills

Product marketing

Messaging

Launch planning

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Forterra is seeking a Product Marketing Manager to own positioning and messaging across its Autonomous Mission Systems portfolio, translating complex tech into clear, differentiated market narratives. The role sits at the intersection of marketing, growth, and engineering, partnering with product and sales to win programs.

You’ll distill technical milestones into market-facing proof points, enable the growth team with strategic messaging, and drive product launches across channels.