Product Manager

To support our Company's growth, we are looking for a Senior Product Manager - Payload Focus to join our Growth Team reporting to Argotec's Head of Product Management and take part in the definition of the company's Product roadmap, ensuring the competitiveness of Products under your responsibility and supporting their development cycles.

DUTIES

As a Product Manager, you will contribute to the definition and implementation of the vision, strategy and roadmap of our products, as well as creating and presenting innovative solutions and decision proposals to the management and stakeholders. This is a great fit for you if a technical role becomes too tight for your vision and you want to translate technology into business and make a repeatable process to fly it on multiple missions.

As a Product Manager, you should have a strong interest in small satellites and upstream business in general, technical acumen (ideally with a focus on Earth Observation and/or telecom payloads) and strategic thinking. You should also have excellent communication and presentation skills, as you will be interacting with various internal and external parties, such as customers, partners, analysts and the press. You should be able to translate complex concepts and data into clear and compelling narratives and visuals.

In this role you will:

Contribute for the Earth Observation and telecom payloads' development for delivering missions on time and support company's business goals;

Participate in strategy shaping that drive product development, with particular focus on the payloads;

Plan and execute activities oriented in identifying key users' needs and capture market development opportunities;

Define product requirements, assist the planning of product design and support the whole development cycles;

Contribute to the launch of new products/solutions;

Monitor market trends, track competitors' products and put strategies in place to highlight potential risks;

Review technical documents (Design Description, ICD, Test Procedures, Technical Specifications etc.);

Work closely with other teams to execute company's strategy;

Support Sales and Marketing teams and related activities (e.g support proposal preparation and events participation);

Support R&D in the development of new technologies and Engineering in the execution of product development projects;

Support product-related publications at relevant conferences and events;

Develop long-term relations with partners and potential clients.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Business or related fields;

At least 3-5 years of experience in role related to Systems, Telecom or Aerospace Engineering;

Analytical thinking and proactive problem-solving attitude;

Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams;

Excellent written and oral communication in English.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Previous experience in upstream and satellite sectors, with particular focus on small-sats (70-500 kg);

Willingness to learn product development cycles, from concept definition to market delivery;

Proven track record of launching products in the market, also within academic projects;

Experience in conducting market research, user research, data analysis and testing;

Experience in creating and delivering effective presentations and documents, using various tools and formats, such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc.;

Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;

Ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements;

Ability to establish and maintain long term business relationships with government, civilian and military entities' personnel (e.g., ESA, ASI, NASA, DoD) and key aerospace customers.

ADDITIONAL ASSETS

Ability to translate a strategic vision in technical requirements;

Good knowledge of payloads, including Earth Observation and telecom ones will be considered as a plus;

Experience in applying product management methodologies and tools, (such as Open Product Management Workflow, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.);

Strong business acumen and financial awareness;

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