Product Manager

The role

You will own the product roadmap for your area, turning customer needs and engineering reality into clear requirements. You will work closely with engineering, business development and executives on Loft's satellite and in-orbit services.

What you will do

• Work with engineering to understand architectures, constraints and what is realistically doable.
• Translate strategic direction into clear requirements and use cases, down to Jira tickets.
• Define success criteria for each capability and verify they are met.
• Run customer discovery interviews alongside business development.
• Engage with partners building on the onboard AI application ecosystem.
• Track market trends and competitor moves.
• Own the roadmap for your perimeter.
• Build the analysis behind recommendations, such as sizing, business cases and operational data.
• Keep internal teams and executives aligned on technical reality.
• Prepare recommendations and presentations for top-executive audiences.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience, including hands-on product management.
• Domain experience in at least one of: earth observation, embedded systems, aerospace systems, security & defense.
• Understanding of both the market and the technology.
• Structured and data-driven, able to show the analysis behind recommendations.
• Working knowledge of both hardware and software development lifecycles.
• Proficient with Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence).
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel to other Loft offices and to customers.

Nice to have

• Fluency in French.
• Experience with AI/ML products, edge computing, or developer and partner platforms and ecosystems.
• Experience with satellite operations, constellation services, or ground segment products.
• Exposure to institutional and defense customers and their procurement cycles.
• Experience in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial NewSpace company or venture-backed deep-tech startup.
• Experience working with international teams across time zones.

Benefits

• Equity.
• Up to 35 days of paid time off (vacations and RTT).
• Flexible working hours.
• Health and life insurance.
• Lunch vouchers.
• Cross-office travel between San Francisco, Colorado and Toulouse.
• Company and team off-sites and events.
• Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable.

Before you apply

• Attach a copy of your resume in English, as it will be reviewed across offices.
• Loft encourages applicants to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.

About the company

Loft provides governments, companies and research institutions with a fast way to deploy missions in orbit, offering end-to-end missions as a service. The company was founded in 2017 and has flown more than 30 missions.