Director, Technical Product Management

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.

You will provide strategic direction and leadership for the planning and definition of Access Edge products - Edge platforms (servers, software, storage, WiFi) and Terminals (Ka-band, L-band, 5G). These platforms are located at the customer venues (aircraft, ships, homes, enterprises), for use on Viasat's networks, delivering connectivity experiences to consumers. You will collaborate with all Viasat markets and with the broad set of engineering teams, on their needs and find the best solution to meet market needs, including schedule, TCO, performance, and reliability.

• Create and deliver OKRs, business cases, roadmaps, and reduction of technical debt working with Business PdMs, engineering teams, and other Tech PdMs across engineering.
• Ensure Access Edge engineering teams have clarity of requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Drive product roadmaps, and lifecycles to increase ROI (technology reuse, platform convergence), and decrease TCO (quality, diagnostics, supportability, EOL, simpler business process).
• Focus on the customer experience, optimizing every detail from installation to reliable operation.
• Use your technical knowledge to make tradeoffs, estimates, and feasibility assessments on your own, and review these with the engineering teams rather than depending on them for every ask.
• Ensure price/performance of the products match the needs of each business.
• Identify and invest in Innovation POCs/efforts that can make a 10-100x difference. Challenge status quo.
• Track and monitor technology advancements in the market, and industry standards.
• Identify potential partnerships, help make Build vs Buy decisions.
• Be hands-on and manage/own Edge products and their lifecycles; manage a Tech PdM who manages/owns Terminals
• Travel up to 20%

• 15+ YoE in relevant areas and a track record of success
• 10+ YoE in technical product management role
• Demonstrated success managing products with a combination of Software and Hardware in Edge platforms at customer locations. Products must have delivered B2C connectivity experiences to consumers (eg., passengers, crew).
• Proven ability to lead global, cross-functional teams to successfully define and manage complex technology products.

• Must have been a hands-on engineer with success building software for edge platforms at customer locations. You will use this knowledge and experience to make the decisions/tradeoffs/assessments in the day-to-day life of a Technical Product Manager.

  Technical expertise in virtualized software (VM, Kubernetes, containers), IP networking, resource optimization in constrained hardware (memory, storage, performance).

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate product performance metrics effectively to inform strategic decisions and future improvements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience conveying complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Preferred - Experience implementing AI-driven solutions to enhance product functionality and user experience, leveraging data analytics to drive innovation and efficiency in platform operations

Please note that this is an on-site role located in one of our campuses in Carlsbad, CA, Germantown, MD, Marlborough, MA, or Duluth, GA.

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.