RTI International

Senior Product Manager – Aerospace & Defense

RTI International

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the A&D product direction
  • Build a deep view of UAS, autonomy, maritime, C-UAS, and JADC2/MOSA requirements
  • Translate customer/mission requirements into clear product requirements, use cases, and roadmap proposals.
  • Conduct product discovery: pain points, operational workflows, constraints, integration patterns.
  • Validate roadmap direction with key customers and convert insights into actionable product decisions.
  • Identify capability gaps and growth opportunities across key defense applications.
  • Work with other Product and Engineering stakeholders to prioritize capabilities required for A&D adoption.
  • Collaborate with Sales and BD to optimize pricing, licensing, and the overall product strategy.
  • Develop product positioning that help Sales and BD teams win new business in the top DoD priorities.
  • Build and maintain deep insight into the competitive landscape, customer missions, and government modernization trends.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field (or equivalent military/industry experience).
  • 4+ years of experience in Product Management within Aerospace & Defense domains.
  • Strong understanding of UAS and/or Maritime systems, including autonomy, edge computing, mission control, and data distribution.
  • Ability to connect technical features (e.g., data-centric middleware, security, interoperability) to mission outcomes and business value.
  • Ability to collaborate across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Professional Services to align on strategy and execution.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills - clear, concise, and strategic.
  • Travel about 25% to customer sites and corporate/market events.
  • US Citizenship required*
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Hard Skills & Tools
Product ManagementUAS systemsMaritime systemsAutonomyEdge computingMission controlData distributionData-centric middlewareSecurityInteroperability
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationStrategic thinkingProblem-solvingCustomer insight
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer Science