Product Manager

Katalyst Space Technologies • Broomfield, CO

3d

About The Position

Katalyst is an American technology company focused on dynamic space operations. It is developing multipurpose robotic space vehicles to enable routine maneuvering, upgrading, refueling, resupply, and exploration in space, supporting space exploration and national security. The Product Manager will define and maintain product roadmaps, manage the backlog, translate customer and stakeholder needs into requirements, and guide cross-functional execution. The role also owns customer and partner demonstrations and briefings, communicates product progress and tradeoffs to executives, and manages external stakeholder relationships. The position calls for approximately 25% travel and may require extended hours and weekends as needed.

Katalyst describes its culture as intense, hands-on, and rewarding, with meaningful ownership and close collaboration in solving challenging problems. It values humility, craftsmanship, and doing things the right way. The company is dog friendly.

Requirements

• Ability to understand complex technical products, engage credibly with engineering teams, and learn unfamiliar domains quickly.
• Ability to uncover customer needs and deliver compelling demonstrations and briefings to technical, operational, and executive audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with evolving requirements, shifting priorities, and incomplete information.
• Strategic thinking and ability to prioritize for impact with constrained resources and explain product decisions.
• Ownership and execution skills, including turning broad goals into actionable plans, aligning teams, and driving work to completion.
• Willingness to travel approximately 25% to maintain stakeholder relationships, support demonstrations, and gather product feedback.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of product management experience with technical products.
• Experience taking products or major capabilities from discovery and requirements definition through development, launch, and iteration.
• Ability to learn complex technical domains and translate customer needs into actionable product requirements.
• Experience in a startup or fast-paced environment, including working across functions and navigating ambiguity independently.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and product management tools such as Linear, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to technical and executive audiences.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• For positions requiring access to ITAR-controlled information, non-U.S. persons must be authorized to access that information before employment begins.

Nice To Haves

• Product management experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, software, or another complex engineering environment.
• Experience working with government or DoD customers, including familiarity with acquisition processes and operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain product roadmaps aligned with company strategy, customer needs, and market opportunities.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring features are clearly defined and ready for engineering execution.
• Provide executives with visibility into product progress, milestones, risks, and key decisions.
• Translate customer feedback, stakeholder needs, and business opportunities into clear requirements and user stories.
• Balance customer commitments, technical constraints, competing priorities, and mission requirements to maximize value.
• Own and deliver technically detailed product demonstrations for customers, government stakeholders, and partners.
• Prepare and present product briefings that explain complex capabilities in terms of customer and mission value.
• Serve as a primary product contact for external stakeholders and ensure communications accurately represent product capabilities.
• Coordinate with engineering and contribute to demonstrations tailored to stakeholder priorities.
• Lead biweekly product reviews and demonstrations to make development progress visible and aligned with strategic goals.
• Communicate product priorities, progress, and tradeoffs to executives and maintain alignment between engineering and company strategy.
• Lead biannual product strategy workshops to align teams on roadmap priorities, strategic direction, and execution.
• Partner with engineering, business development, and program teams to define scope, resolve dependencies, and deliver products.
• Manage external subcontractor relationships as needed, tracking milestones and ensuring deliverables meet schedule and technical requirements.
• Define and track product success metrics and use customer feedback and performance data to inform future priorities.
• Build and manage relationships with customers, government stakeholders, and partners as a primary product representative.
• Gather customer feedback and validate product needs through conversations, demonstrations, and discovery sessions.
• Partner with business development to evaluate opportunities and align product capabilities with customer needs.
• Adapt roadmaps and priorities as opportunities, market conditions, and customer requirements evolve.

Benefits

• Stock options and equity, including eligibility for the Employee Stock Option and Equity Plan.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• 401(k).
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Catered lunches.
• Relocation bonus.
• Other discretionary bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level