Technical Product Manager

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 critical connectivity solutions to our war fighters across the battle space. 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 capture user needs and customer requests from various domains. You will then translate them into a consolidated set of product requirements and a roadmap to guide the engineering teams in product development.


The day-to-day

The TPdM role involves collaborating with business product and program managers, engineering leads, and customers to understand the product strategy and business roadmap/s and market requirements. The TPdM will also collaborate alongside engineering groups to complete the vision by defining the technical product specifications and timeline. This requires an affinity for thinking about users, use cases, and value propositions. It also demands a solid grasp of the underlying infrastructure, including data, backend services, cloud architectures, and networking to support the product. An innate ability to adapt quickly to changing needs and market environments is also crucial.


What you'll need

• 5-8 years of product manager experience in a highly technical environment (telecom, SATCOM, etc)
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Background in technical product development, preferably related to data platforms, cloud-based application development, satellite communications or networking
• Basic understanding of full-stack development frameworks
• 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 collaborators with access to product status 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
• US citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance
• This role requires 25% mostly domestic travel
• This is a remote role for applicants in the US or can work our of our office in Carlsbad, CA

What will help you on the job

• Understanding of agile software development processes
• Some understanding of DoW CONOPs, users, and operating environments
• Familiarity with user experience analysis and standard methodologies and willingness to perform user experience studies
• Familiarity with data science, data processing, or AI/ML
• Understanding and representing the 'voice of the customer' on the engineering team
• Facilitate discussions with engineering and business teams on build tradeoffs
• Work with business counterparts to determine and de-conflict backlog priorities.

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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.