Senior Manager Product

Leonardo DRS, Inc.Dallas, TX
Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager, Unmanned Systems is equal parts strategic vision and focus on daily execution for a new EOIS family of thermal drone cameras engineered for UAV, UGV, and USV applications. This role owns the end-to-end product lifecycle, from strategy and roadmap through execution, launch, and sustainment. The ideal candidate possesses strong EO/IR and unmanned-systems domain knowledge and serves as a key voice-of-customer leader, aligning cross-functional teams (Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Contracts, and Business Development) to deliver differentiated products that win in OEM and integrator environments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • 7+ years of related experience, and a minimum of 5 years of experience with direct product management responsibility
  • Demonstrated business and technical acumen.
  • Proven ability to establish strategic direction and plan and drive accountability.
  • Thorough understanding of product development and engineering processes.
  • Strong understanding of ISR payload requirements for UAV/UGV/USV, including SWaP-C tradeoffs and integration constraints.
  • Demonstrated success supporting OEM integration environments with long design-in cycles and production ramp dynamics (evaluation → design win → volume).
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing, quality, and engineering processes to support technical product and customer engagements.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation and executive briefing skills.
  • Understanding of Marketing Communications and Product Marketing; ability to collaborate on collateral such as application briefs, integration guides, case studies, and data sheets.
  • Strong customer relationship and interpersonal skills; ability to coordinate cross-functional teams to closure.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product lifecycle for unmanned-systems offerings: roadmap, requirements, business cases, launch plans, forecast and production alignment, and sustainment.
  • Develop product and market strategies using industry knowledge and market research to address current and emerging unmanned mission needs and platform integration constraints.
  • Define and prioritize roadmaps based on voice-of-customer inputs, competitive analysis, and SWaP-C tradeoffs relevant to UAV/UGV/USV payload integration (Group 1-3 UAV emphasis).
  • Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Manufacturing to deliver products on time/on budget, ensuring technical performance, schedule, and cost targets are met.
  • Lead product pricing and cost strategy (e.g., Price to Win and Design to Cost), collaborating with Finance/Cost Accounting and other functions to support profitable growth.
  • Establish and monitor product performance metrics (e.g., bookings, revenue, P&L/cashflow, and operational/marketing KPIs) and drive corrective actions as needed.
  • Enable sales with product training on positioning, competitive differentiators, and field-ready materials that support evaluations through design win and production ramp.
  • Serve as a primary customer interface for business discussions and initial technical questions; support key evaluations, demos, trade shows, and customer visits.
  • Identify and evaluate partner relationships and channel opportunities (platform OEMs, payload integrators, etc.) that strengthen the product line’s right-to-win.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision coverage
  • company contribution to a health savings account
  • telemedicine
  • life and disability insurance
  • legal insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • wellness programs
  • flexible work schedules
  • competitive vacation
  • health/emergency leave
  • paid parental leave
  • community service hours
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