Director, Product Management - Defense & Intelligence

Location: US-based remote position; remote or hybrid depending on location. Regular customer, partner, industry, and EarthDaily meetings and travel are required, including periodic international travel. Typical hours are 9:00am–5:30pm Monday to Friday, with occasional evening and weekend work.

Base salary: $215,000–$240,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global develops Earth observation technology, geospatial analytics, and near-real-time change detection systems for commercial and government applications.

What you will do

• Own product strategy, roadmap, investment priorities, and portfolio performance for defense and intelligence offerings.
• Conduct discovery with government users, mission owners, acquisition stakeholders, customers, partners, and industry influencers.
• Translate mission problems and operational workflows into product requirements, priorities, outcomes, and success measures.
• Build scalable, reusable products and configurable workflows from common customer and mission requirements.
• Lead pricing, packaging, licensing, positioning, commercialization, and product proof points with Federal, Growth, Business Development, and Sales teams.
• Define product metrics and communicate strategy, investment choices, risks, and performance to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management, product strategy, or related product leadership experience, including meaningful experience at Senior Product Manager, Group Product Manager, Principal, or Director level.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Business, or a related field.
• Experience taking data-intensive, analytics, geospatial, ISR, AI/ML, or workflow products from discovery through commercialization and adoption.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. Government defense and intelligence mission environments, user workflows, and government buying behavior.
• Experience with customer discovery, problem validation, concept testing, product requirements, pricing, packaging, positioning, and revenue-oriented product decisions.
• Active Secret clearance is preferred; familiarity with U.S. Government defense and intelligence organizations and acquisition pathways is preferred.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with GEOINT, remote sensing, commercial electro-optical imagery, spectral data, SAR, or multisource geospatial analytics.
• Experience with U.S. Government intelligence and defense agencies, military organizations, or federal service.
• Experience leading non-U.S. defense products in Canada, Europe, Australia, or other countries.
• MBA or another advanced degree.
• Experience with product-led capture, market shaping, or customer advocacy for emerging commercial capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Distributed, collaborative, matrixed organization spanning Product, Analytics, Engineering, Federal, Growth, Business Development, and Sales.
• Fast-paced, customer-facing environment focused on urgency, evidence-based decisions, proactive ownership, and leadership through influence.
• Competitive compensation, full benefits, and flexible time off.
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