Senior Product Manager, Defeat

Axon•Sterling, VA

16d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact As Senior PM for Mitigation & Threat Management, you will own the C2 workflows that turn drone detections into coordinated responses. You'll partner with engineering, design, and field teams to ship the tools operators use to neutralize threats — kinetic and non-kinetic — at stadiums, bases, borders, and critical facilities worldwide. This is one of the highest-leverage PM seats at Dedrone, sitting at the intersection of real-time software, defense workflows, and customer mission outcomes.

Requirements

7+ years of product management experience, with 3+ in defense, security, real-time operations, or comparable mission-critical domains
A passion for understanding customers’ challenges and objectives and a proven track record shipping operator-facing products used under stress
The ability to translate ambiguous customer problems into well-defined product requirements and technical specifications
A talent for collaborating with agile software development teams to turn complex technical processes into intuitive and effective user workflows
The ability to combine speed of execution with an uncompromising commitment to quality
Strong analytical skills with experience defining and tracking product metrics to drive decisions
Excellent communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences
Working knowledge of counter-UAS, kinetic/non-kinetic response, ITAR, and rules-of-engagement concepts
US person (ITAR and U.S. security clearance eligibility required)

Responsibilities

Own the Mitigation & Threat Management product surface end-to-end: vision, roadmap, requirements, launch
Work closely with Software Engineering, Data Science, UX / Design, and QA teams to ship response workflows that hold up under real-world operator pressure
Partner with the Kinetic & Novel Defeat team on integrated response options
Drive customer validation through direct engagement with law enforcement, military, and critical-infrastructure operators
Implement AI agents to reinvent how you ship products and 10x your product team’s effectiveness