Software Product Manager

The role

You will lead the development, commercialization, and growth of the SDA software product. This role involves defining product strategy, roadmap, and requirements to help customers understand orbital activity.

What you will do

• Own the product and business strategy for the SDA software product
• Develop understanding of customers, users, missions, and workflows
• Work with commercial and government customers to identify unmet needs
• Identify and prioritize market segments and use cases
• Translate requirements into product capabilities and user experiences
• Partner with Engineering throughout the product lifecycle
• Make product investment decisions based on value and feasibility
• Define product packaging and positioning
• Partner with Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and Customer Success
• Maintain and communicate a clear product roadmap

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience
• Professional experience working in the space industry, or in a closely related aerospace, defense, or national-security environment
• Demonstrated experience owning products from market discovery through development, launch, and iteration
• Strong business judgment
• Strong customer orientation and experience engaging directly with customers
• Ability to translate complex technical, operational, or customer problems into clear product direction
• Experience working closely with software engineering teams
• Ability to make informed prioritization decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally

Nice to have

• Experience building and commercializing products for government, aerospace, defense, intelligence, or other highly technical markets
• Direct experience with Space Domain Awareness, Space Situational Awareness, Space Traffic Management, satellite operations, orbital analysis, command and control, or related space missions
• Experience working with satellite operators, space mission operators, U.S. government space organizations, allied defense organizations, or commercial space companies
• Familiarity with orbital mechanics, tracking data, conjunction assessment, maneuver detection, satellite behaviors, or other space-domain concepts
• Experience supporting government acquisition processes, strategic pursuits, proposals, demonstrations, pilots, or customer evaluations
• Experience working with data-intensive products, APIs, analytics platforms, event detection, visualization tools, or operational decision-support systems
• Experience defining product packaging, pricing, positioning, or go-to-market strategy
• Experience working directly with government and commercial customers in complex enterprise sales environments
• Technical background or demonstrated experience working closely with highly technical engineering, data science, scientific, or aerospace teams
• Experience working in markets where customer requirements may be ambiguous

Benefits

• 100 USD monthly wellness benefit
• $300 USD home office setup stipend
• $75 USD monthly home internet allowance
• Individual Development Fund
• Employee Recognition Program
• Employee Referral Program

Before you apply

• Position is contingent upon final approval
• Anticipated hiring timeline beginning as early as January 2027
• Must be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform to ITAR

About the company

LeoLabs builds a living map of activity in space using a proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform. The company provides intelligence for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and national security missions.