Product Lead - Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

Job Summary

As the Product Owner for SSA, you'll own the full product lifecycle, from vision and strategy to delivery and iteration. You'll bridge cross-functional teams: engineering, space data scientists, MOD users, and external partners. Your mission: build a world-class space situational awareness platform that provides strategic customers actionable insight into satellite tracking, risk management, and space asset security.

Day-to-Day

• Own the product lifecycle end-to-end - from concept, design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Define product success metrics, KPIs, and operational performance benchmarks for mission-critical applications.
• Drive technical architecture decisions in collaboration with engineering teams to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Balance mission needs, technical feasibility, timelines, and resource constraints while making product decisions.
• Translate complex defence operational requirements into actionable technical specifications and system capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with Indian defence info security and export control regulations.
• Lead product demonstrations, validation exercises, and mission trials with stakeholders.
• Manage product risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines across cross-functional teams.
• Drive continuous product improvement through data-driven insights, field feedback, and operational performance analysis.
• Build, mentor, and groom a high-performing product/engineering team while providing technical guidance.
• Drive documentation, demos, and training materials for internal teams and clients.
• Define go-to-deployment strategy and support operational rollout for mission environments.
• Stay updated on emerging space, defence, and geospatial AI technologies to inform product innovation

What You Bring

• 5+ years as a product owner/manager - 10+ years experience preferably in aerospace, defence, or geospatial analytics.
• Strong understanding of satellite tracking, orbital mechanics, and space situational awareness concepts.
• Experience working in agile, fast-paced environments with multi-disciplinary teams.

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