Senior Product Manager, Complex Defense Systems

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentrycs in the United States seeks a hands-on Senior Product Manager to lead product management for U.S. customers and partners.

You will translate customer needs and operational use cases into clear requirements and a prioritized roadmap for complex hardware/software integrated systems. The role values customer-facing skills, strong communication, and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced defense and public safety environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience.
• Strong background in complex systems and hardware/software integrated solutions.
• Experience in defense, homeland security, law enforcement, public safety, or critical infrastructure preferred.
• Experience with Counter-UAS, RF systems, radar, EO/IR, C2 systems, drones, or tactical communications is a plus.
• Strong customer-facing skills: requirements gathering, demos, workshops, and executive discussions.
• Ability to translate technical, operational, and business needs into clear product plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Based in or near Huntsville, Alabama.

Responsibilities

• Own product management activities for Sentrycs’ U.S. customers and partners.
• Collect, analyze, and prioritize customer requirements, operational feedback, and U.S. market needs.
• Translate complex use cases into clear product requirements and roadmap recommendations.
• Work closely with Engineering/R&D, system engineering, sales, Business Development, customer success, and leadership teams.
• Support customer meetings, demos, field trials, pilots, and operational deployments.
• Define requirements for complex hardware/software integrated systems and full solution offerings.
• Support go-to-market activities, including product positioning, competitive analysis, and sales enablement.
• Understand U.S. market needs, bring structured input to the Product and Engineering/R&D teams, and ensure these needs are reflected in the overall company roadmap.

Skills

PM experience

Complex systems

HW/SW integration

Defense domain

Customer facing

RF systems

Job description

Sentrycs in the United States seeks a hands-on Senior Product Manager to lead product management for U.S. customers and partners.

You will translate customer needs and operational use cases into clear requirements and a prioritized roadmap for complex hardware/software integrated systems. The role values customer-facing skills, strong communication, and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced defense and public safety environment.