Product Manager, Operational World Model

Vantor • Westminster, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Vantor is evolving the TensorGlobe platform with an Operational World Model: a persistent, high-fidelity representation of the physical world that combines One World Terrain-grade geospatial content, simulation, synthetic sensor modeling, and real-time operational context. The goal is practical: give people and AI a shared environment for training, planning, mission rehearsal, and operations. As a Product Manager, you will own the product direction for this capability. You will turn customer and mission needs into a focused roadmap, align the product leads and engineering teams that contribute to it, and guide delivery of the first capabilities customers can use. This is an individual contributor role for someone who can operate comfortably across geospatial data, software platforms, simulation, and mission workflows without needing to be the deepest technical expert in every area.

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management or equivalent product leadership experience, including ownership of complex software, data, or platform capabilities from strategy through delivery and adoption.
• Experience in at least one of these areas: geospatial intelligence, defense technology, modeling and simulation, autonomy, digital twins, ISR, robotics, or AI-enabled mission systems.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous operational or customer problems into product strategy, prioritized roadmaps, requirements, and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Experience leading through influence across Engineering, Business Development or Sales, Program Management, and customer or government stakeholders.
• Technical fluency in modern software platforms, cloud-native architectures, APIs, data models, and data-driven product development; able to engage engineers in meaningful tradeoff discussions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive presentations, customer conversations, and clear product documentation.
• Ability to travel up to approximately 20-30% in support of customers, partners, and industry events.
• Must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with One World Terrain, geospatial production pipelines, 3D visualization, game engines, or modeling and simulation technologies.
• Working knowledge of AI, autonomy, robotics, synthetic sensor modeling, digital engineering, or operational AI workflows.
• Knowledge of interoperability standards and defense simulation ecosystems, including DIS, HLA, OGC standards, or related technologies.
• Experience working with the U.S. Department of Defense, allied or international government organizations, or commercial organizations applying geospatial and operational technologies.
• Experience launching platform capabilities that serve multiple products, markets, or customer segments.

Responsibilities

• Own the product direction for the Operational World Model capability.
• Turn customer and mission needs into a focused roadmap.
• Align product leads and engineering teams that contribute to the roadmap.
• Guide delivery of the first capabilities customers can use.
• Work in a cross-functional model within the Vantor Product organization.
• Have product ownership for the Operational World Model scope, including its vision, priorities, roadmap, requirements, and customer value proposition.
• Align Engineering leaders, who own technical implementation and architecture, and the Go To Market (GTM) organization, which leads opportunity and contract activities.
• Make product decisions within your scope through influence and clear tradeoffs.
• Set and communicate the product vision, strategy, and 12-24 month roadmap for the Operational World Model.
• Choose and sequence the highest-value use cases, balancing customer impact, technical feasibility, delivery capacity, and business priorities.
• Define product requirements for terrain and 3D content, dynamic world state, sensor modeling, simulation fidelity, interoperability, and real-time services.
• Align Raptor, Forge, Operational Terrain, and Living Globe product leads around common requirements, shared platform capabilities, and clear ownership boundaries.
• Represent the product with customers, executive leaders, industry partners, government stakeholders, and GTM.
• Establish a clear product narrative, target outcomes, decision framework, and roadmap.
• Focus on a small number of high-value workflows, such as mission rehearsal, AI development, digital engineering, operational planning, and multi-domain decision making.
• Partner with Engineering to write requirements, define MVP boundaries, resolve tradeoffs, and guide delivery of an initial capability.
• Identify where Raptor, Forge, Operational Terrain, and other product areas can share data, services, interfaces, and customer outcomes while protecting each product's distinct responsibilities.
• Help shape demonstrations, proposals, partner discussions, and product positioning so market commitments remain aligned with the roadmap and delivered capabilities.

Benefits

• Robust 401(k) with company match
• Mental health resources
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Adoption reimbursement
• Pet insurance
• Incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed