Director of Product Management

Role Description

This role reports to the CTO and leads a team of five: three Product Managers — for Modeling, Simulation & Optimization, and Distributed Computing — plus nTop's two-person UX design and research team. It's a foundational leadership seat: this person sets the operating cadence for three technical PM teams and owns the product point of view that ties their work together.

• Turn vision into a working system.
• Translate nTop's 2–5 year direction into concrete objectives, a resourcing plan, and a cadence the three teams follow.
• Coach product management as a craft, in the room.
• Participate directly in roadmap and tradeoff decisions with your three PMs.
• Set the criteria for when nTop builds, partners, or leaves a capability to the broader ecosystem.
• Own the seams between teams — the handoffs where geometry becomes a simulation mesh.
• Meet with customers and stay connected to the broader industry to pressure-test direction.
• Manage the UX design and research team directly.
• Represent Product Platform on nTop's leadership team and help set company strategy.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in product management, several of them spent coaching or managing other PMs directly.
• A track record of turning a leadership-defined, multi-year vision into concrete objectives and a working system.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field — or hands-on experience in relevant areas.
• Experience managing managers or leading a product organization spanning multiple teams.
• Demonstrated use of data and structured frameworks to guide build-vs-partner investment decisions.
• Strong communication across technical and executive audiences.

Requirements

• Experience in aerospace, maritime, propulsion, industrial energy, or motorsports.
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a relevant engineering discipline, or an MBA.