About this opportunity
Viasat lists this Technical Product Manager - Viasat Government opportunity in carlsbad, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About us
One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.
What you'll do
Viasat's Government business is poised for significant growth in the coming years, bringing mission-critical connectivity solutions to our warfighters across the battlespace. Our solutions serve user groups and market segments across all services as well as within the intelligence and international government communities. As a Technical Product Manager (TPdM), you will be responsible for aggregating user needs and customer requests across domains, translating them into a consolidated set of product requirements and roadmap to guide the engineering teams in product development.
The day-to-day
The TPdM role involves interfacing with stakeholders to include business product and program managers, engineering leads, and customers to understand the product vision and business roadmap/s and market requirements. The TPdM must also work with engineering teams to execute the vision by establishing the technical product requirements and timeline. This requires an affinity for thinking about users, use cases, and value propositions as well as a technical understanding of the underlying infrastructure (primarily cloud architectures and networking) required to support the product. An innate ability to adapt quickly to changing needs and market environments is also essential.
What you'll need
8+ years of experience in product development of networking products and applications
Ability to understand and develop technical product requirements including those related to performance, security, and customer experience
Understand the needs of the end users and work with engineering teams to ensure that the implementations meet the spirit of the requirement
Develop and pursue a perspective on what makes the most sense for the technical implementation
Own the hardware and software product and platform success from early definition through the entire product lifecycle, including through maturity and ultimately End-of-Life.
Bring together the engineering product team of all essential functions (e.g. business, engineering, operations) and ensure a shared product vision and group work for product success.
Prepare presentation materials to educate others on the technical approach and timelines
Provide product status visibility to stakeholders through regular product reviews
Develop and maintain product roadmaps, working across engineering teams and the business to prioritize and scope new features, tech debt, efficiency improvements, technology alignment with adjacent products, sustainment efforts, etc
Must be able to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Clearance.
What will help you on the job
Understanding of agile software development processes
Understanding of DoW CONOPs, users, and operating environments
Familiarity with user experience research and design best practices and willingness to perform user experience research
Understanding and representing the 'voice of the customer' on the engineering team
Facilitate discussions with engineering and business teams on design tradeoffs
Work with business counterparts to determine and deconflict backlog priorities
Salary range
$120,500.00 - $190,000.00 / annually.
For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $149,500.00- $224,500.00/ annually
At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at
EEO Statement
Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.
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Worksite address
carlsbad, CA, 92002, US
Who can apply
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