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Sphinx Defense

Product Manager

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Hiring Remotely in USA
133K-160K Annually
Senior level
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Hiring Remotely in USA
133K-160K Annually
Senior level
As a Product Manager, oversee software development to enhance mission planning software, liaise between engineers and stakeholders, and ensure timely product delivery and quality.
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ABOUT SPHINX

Sphinx builds software to solve complex national security problems in Space. Founded by engineers and technologists with deep experience across commercial and defense technology, we were frustrated by the outdated and insecure technology America's service members are forced to rely on. We're here to do better. 

We’re focused on building modern, scalable products with an emphasis on using open source technologies. Expect talented, motivated, and interesting colleagues who emphasize collaboration, transparency, and individual responsibility.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Sphinx is hiring a Product Manager to join our team, building the next generation of mission planning and command and control software for space ground antenna programs. This team is charged with creating modern, resilient services and capabilities to service the US Government for the next decade and beyond.

As a Product Manager, you will play a key role in communicating and building a cutting-edge enterprise ground platform for US government satellites. As a Product Manager, you will be the bridge between stakeholders and engineers. You will significantly contribute to the development of core platform services as well as design technology to support the operations of various US government satellites, having an outsized role in determining what we build and how we work. 

What you will be focusing on:

  • Advocating between customers and engineers for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact on your team and others.
  • Managing projects simultaneously and executing day-to-day tasks to ensure timely delivery.
  • Communicating progress and ensuring alignment with important stakeholders and engineers. 
  • Supporting architecture of backend services as part of the platform ecosystem with an emphasis on automation, testing, and security.
  • Creating high-quality technical documentation for processes and software architecture for Sphinx software. 
  • Owning the product backlogs, significantly contributing to the software roadmap, and aligning engineers on the most important problems to solve and why.
  • Influencing the space ecosystem through software demonstrations, relationships, marketing documentation, etc.
  • Scaling the services and solving interesting Space Communication challenges.

You might be a good fit if you have:

  • 5+ years of working on or leading software development product teams to ship functional software
  • Exceptional communication skills, working with the government and mission partner end-users to design solutions to their needs
  • Demonstrable experience translating between highly technical customer requirements and software development objectives
  • Strong technical writing ability 
  • Strong knowledge in cloud-based systems (AWS, Gitlab, Slack, etc)
  • Have experience with Figma, and or other design tools 
  • Made enough mistakes and booked enough wins to know what not to build and what good looks like.
  • The ability to learn quickly and thrive in a fast-paced ambiguous environment.

LOCATION

While this role is remote, travel is required to support project work. You can expect to travel 25% or one week a month.

COMPENSATION

This role is between $133,000 - $160,000 base salary.

BENEFITS

Compensation includes competitive salary, meaningful equity ownership, profit sharing, employer 401(k) contribution, and 100% employer covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.


At Sphinx Defense, we are devoted to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Sphinx Defense is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
 
CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY - This position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. For more information about U.S. Security Clearances: click here. 
 
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

Top Skills

AWS
Cloud-Based Systems
Figma
Gitlab
Slack

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