Product Manager

Full Time
Herndon, VA 20171
Posted
Job description
Overview:

While Charon Technologies, LLC is wholly owned by CACI, a Fortune 500 company, we function as a boutique LLC comprised of under 100 staff, allowing us to operate like a small business.


This small business culture is important to us, and we work very hard to foster an environment that allows our employees to be very collaborative, roll up their sleeves, and directly contribute to the success of our customers. Our employees are allowed great freedom including where they do their jobs (telecommute or remote work is available), how they get their jobs done (e.g., as many monitors as you want policy), and their choice of work attire (extremely casual atmosphere with frequent flip-flop sightings).

Our culture mirrors that of our customers that are typically the Tip of the Spear – a deep passion for mission success with a sprinkling of craziness, adventure, and dogged determination. With endless snacks, coffee, soda and weekly lunches or breakfasts, we understand the old saying, An Army Marches on Its Stomach. Drop us your resume or give us a call, we are different in just the kind of way you are looking for.

Charon Technologies specializes in designing and building hardware and software to meet our customers' next requirement. The one they do not know they have yet. Our products are used successfully throughout the commercial, military, and Intelligence Communities. We pride ourselves on our self-funded product development driven by our customer demands. We innovate through our long-term trusted customer relationships and operate as a commercial provider while also providing sophisticated solutions to the government. Our expertise allows us to rapidly provide specialized SWaP-optimized electronic/mechanical design, embedded & application software, reverse engineering & protocol analysis, and RF signals exploitation and communications.

Successful candidates must be able to hold and maintain a security clearance. Therefore, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities:

Reporting to the VP of Product Management, the Product Manager is a patriot and champion who is responsible for evaluating and determining the product(s) and features that will be delivered to our customers. The role will align and motivate a cross functional team to develop a common understanding of customers’ challenges, then collaboratively lead the team to develop innovative solutions that solve those challenges. The ideal Product Manager has experience in new product development of electromechanical products. You are an outstanding executor, able to put yourself in the shoes of our customers and have a bias for detail. You are a good partner to Sales, from whom you will receive requirements, and Engineering, to whom you need to document and translate those requirements. The role will lead multiple products and solutions. Additional responsibilities of this role include:

  • Research Market: deeply understand for whom you are building a solution and why.
  • Partner with Sales, Engineering, and cross functional partners to research, discover, and understand what we need to do to unlock value for our end users.
  • Set & communicate product vision & strategy.
  • Maintain and communicate a 12–24-month roadmap of “customer problems to solve” in an ever-evolving environment.
  • Maintain contact with users: ensure product decisions are informed by our users.
  • Define & document requirements: operational scenarios, use cases, business requirements, etc.
  • Prioritize & manage backlog of features.
  • Define product success by setting KPIs.
  • Develop business and financial models, highlighting key financial metrics (NPV, IRR, cash flow) that demonstrates economic viability of new businesses; define pricing strategy.
  • Use metrics to inform your point of view and leverage analytics to measure success.
  • Vendor Management: collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to determine build / buy / partner approach for solutions.
  • Foster a culture of trust, cooperation, learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Be the glue in a diverse cross-functional environment and help drive decisions and consensus.
Qualifications:
  • Has the wisdom to know when to humbly listen & learn and to speak-up and contribute their experience in a professional manner.
  • A sincere passion for building products and solutions that support US military, intelligence community, and ally interests. You must believe in what you do.
  • Must be familiar with the techniques to detect, neutralize, and exploit technical surveillance technologies and hazards that permit the unauthorized access to or removal of information.
  • Technical Surveillance Countermeasures experience a plus
  • 5+ years product management experience managing large complex projects preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in new product introduction and development preferred.
  • 3+ years of product management experience with electromechanical devices, such as spectrum analyzers, robotics, or medical devices preferred.
  • Knowledge of spectrum analysis, radio frequency (RF) detection and monitoring systems preferred.
  • Experience building and leading presentations from executives to decision-makers to all supporting teammates.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on communicating technical requirements and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong business acumen and knowledgeable across many functional areas, including product management, business development, product marketing, engineering, and marketing.
  • Experienced in MS Excel with pivot tables and financial modeling.
  • Ability to work strategically and tactically (hands-on) as needed, with relative fluidity, limited direction, and high complexity.
  • Proven ability for problem solving through relationship building and collaboration.
  • Fluent with MS PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint


Other Qualifications


  • BA/BS (preferably in Engineering, Computer Science) or related technical field experience.
  • MBA preferred.


Our benefits

  • 401(k) match of 6% with immediate vesting
  • Highly subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Vacation, Personal and Sick Leave (not combined as Paid Time Off)
  • 11 Federal Holidays
  • Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability coverage paid for by the company
  • Free drinks and snacks
  • Company sponsored weekly breakfast or lunch
  • Holiday parties and networking events
  • Participation in several charitable events


We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, color, age, military service eligibility or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected class. We encourage and support workplace diversity.


U.S. citizenship is required for this position. Charon Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.


Charon Technologies, LLC is ADA accommodation friendly.

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