Senior Product Development Manager (UAV/USV)

Location: Fully remote; corporate location in Salt Lake City, Utah. ITAR/EAR-restricted work requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residence, and candidates must not require sponsorship.

Company

hirify.global is a parent company unifying and scaling product development across subsidiaries including Teal Drones, FlightWave, Blue Ops, and Apium, focused on unmanned air and maritime systems.

What you will do

• Advise subsidiary Product Managers on defining and executing product roadmaps aligned with the broader Red Cat vision.
• Create, maintain, and promote standardized product development practices, processes, templates, and tools across the company.
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules consolidating milestones, risks, and dependencies across subsidiaries.
• Identify opportunities to share tools and platforms to reduce redundancy and accelerate time-to-market for air and maritime systems.
• Lead product development onboarding and workflow integration for newly acquired companies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, product, or project management field, including Business Administration, Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, or Operations; 11+ years of directly related experience may substitute for the degree.
• 7+ years in product development or program management, with a heavy focus on hardware-software integration in a holding company or multi-subsidiary environment.
• Proven experience building and scaling standardized product development lifecycles such as Phase-Gate or Agile-Hardware across disparate teams.
• Expert-level proficiency creating Integrated Master Schedules and managing complex, multi-layered timelines.
• Ability to apply a servant-leader approach and influence Product Managers across different business units.
• Familiarity with unmanned systems including UAVs and USVs, defense compliance, hardware-software integration, and aerospace manufacturing.
• Ability to walk, stand, navigate large indoor and outdoor facilities, and regularly lift, carry, and move materials or equipment weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to use required PPE and perform occasional climbing, crouching, inspections, maintenance walk-throughs, emergency response, and off-hours or weekend work.
• Successful completion of a post-offer background check is required.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating product development cultures and toolsets during M&A.
• Advanced proficiency with portfolio management tools such as Jira Align, Smartsheet, or Microsoft Project.
• Deep understanding of Red Cat’s Family of Systems and its role in all-domain defense.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote workplace type with frequent computer-based documentation, communication, and coordination.
• Base pay plus a generous annual equity package and potential bonuses.
• Equal employment opportunity and consideration of qualified candidates with criminal histories consistent with federal and state law.
• Employment is subject to ITAR/EAR export-control compliance and E-Verify/right-to-work requirements.