VP, Product Management

Avathon•Pleasanton, CA

4h•$200,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Avathon is seeking a VP of Product Management / Head of Product to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for its Autonomy Platform and portfolio of industry-specific applications. The role leads the Product Management organization and reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer. It partners closely with Product Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, Applied Science, Sales, Marketing, and executive leadership. This strategic, hands-on leadership role translates frontier AI innovation, customer needs, and market opportunities into differentiated product strategy, cross-functional alignment, enterprise adoption, measurable customer value, and revenue growth. The product portfolio spans the Autonomy Platform and applications for industries including energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace and defense, supply chain, logistics, and transportation.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in enterprise software, AI platforms, or deep technology, with a track record of leading high-performing Product Management organizations and scaling differentiated, commercially successful enterprise platforms and applications.
Ability to anticipate technology and market shifts, define product strategies, and translate complex AI innovations into executable roadmaps, scalable products, and sustainable competitive advantage.
Strong understanding of AI/ML, agentic systems, LLMs, knowledge graphs, multimodal AI, advanced analytics, and enterprise data platforms, with the technical credibility to engage with AI researchers, architects, and engineering leaders.
Strong architectural understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, APIs, and enterprise integrations, and sound judgment balancing platform investments, industry applications, and customer-specific requirements.
Demonstrated ability to drive alignment and execution across Product Engineering, AI Research, Forward Deployed Engineering, Sales, and executive leadership through technical credibility, judgment, and influence without direct authority.
Success engaging Fortune 500 executives, translating enterprise challenges into differentiated product capabilities, and driving measurable customer value, enterprise adoption, and revenue growth.
Hands-on leadership, product intuition, customer empathy, and a track record of defining, launching, and scaling sophisticated technologies into intuitive enterprise products.
Urgency, intellectual rigor, decisiveness, and accountability, with the ability to balance long-term strategy and pragmatic execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience or strong familiarity with industrial IoT, predictive analytics, optimization, simulation, digital twins, and mission-critical operational systems, preferably in energy, manufacturing, aerospace and defense, or supply chain.
Advanced technical degree.
MBA.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision, strategy, and multiyear roadmap for the Autonomy Platform and industry-specific applications, positioning it as an AI-native intelligence and autonomy layer for the physical economy.
Translate advances in agentic AI, multimodal intelligence, knowledge graphs, digital twins, predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive AI, and optimization into scalable enterprise capabilities.
Partner with Product Engineering, Applied Science, and Forward Deployed Engineering to turn product strategy into actionable roadmaps, clear requirements, high-quality releases, and measurable customer outcomes.
Make product investment decisions, set roadmap priorities, and manage strategic trade-offs based on customer needs, market opportunities, technical feasibility, competitive differentiation, and commercial impact.
Advance the application portfolio across energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace and defense, supply chain, logistics, and transportation, addressing operational challenges with measurable business outcomes.
Build relationships with strategic enterprise customers and work with Forward Deployed Engineering to turn deployment insights into repeatable, configurable, commercially scalable platform capabilities and applications.
Establish product differentiation and partner with Sales and Marketing on executive-level product narratives, demonstrations, and go-to-market strategies.
Champion intuitive user experiences and enterprise standards for scalability, reliability, security, explainability, governance, and interoperability.
Drive product adoption, strategic account expansion, and revenue growth by aligning product innovation with customer value, competitive advantage, and measurable outcomes.
Build and lead the Product Management organization, fostering product judgment, technical depth, customer focus, and execution discipline.
Partner with the CEO on product investments, competitive positioning, and long-term platform direction.