Senior Product Manager

<div id="content" class=""> <p>RTI is seeking a Sr. Product Manager to drive the future of real-time software in the Aerospace &amp; Defense (A&amp;D) industry. RTI Connext software powers over 500 defense programs across land, sea, air, and space. We are looking for a product manager who possesses insights into emerging trends, particularly UAS, Autonomy, Maritime, and related mission systems.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this role, you’ll drive product strategy for how Connext serves A&amp;D customers. You’ll translate mission requirements into clear product needs, shape the roadmap with R&amp;D, and ensure RTI’s platform solves real problems for defense programs.</p> <p>This role is a fit for someone who enjoys defining <em>what</em> to build and <em>why</em>, grounding product decisions in customer needs, mission outcomes, and market realities.</p> <p><strong>✨ What You’ll Do / Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the A&amp;D product direction</li> <ul> <li>Build a deep view of UAS, autonomy, maritime, C-UAS, and JADC2/MOSA requirements and how they shape needs for distributed systems, security, real-time data, and interoperability.</li> <li>Translate customer/mission requirements into clear product requirements, use cases, and roadmap proposals.</li> </ul> <li>Represent the voice of the defense customer</li> <ul> <li>Conduct product discovery: pain points, operational workflows, constraints, integration patterns.</li> <li>Validate roadmap direction with key customers and convert insights into actionable product decisions.</li> </ul> <li>Shape RTI’s platform for A&amp;D use cases</li> <ul> <li>Identify capability gaps and growth opportunities across key defense applications.</li> <li>Work with other Product and Engineering stakeholders to prioritize capabilities required for A&amp;D adoption i.e. security, interoperability, platform support, performance, tooling, and integration needs.</li> <li>Collaborate with Sales and BD to optimize pricing, licensing, and the overall product strategy to ensure streamlined adoption within target accounts.</li> </ul> <li>Partner cross-functionally for successful adoption</li> <ul> <li>Partner with Sales, BD, and Marketing to translate technical capabilities into compelling value propositions and differentiators.</li> <li>Develop product positioning that help Sales and BD teams win new business in the top DoD priorities.</li> <li>Contribute to strategic go-to-market plans for key programs and partners. This includes strategic resource allocation decisions, including analyzing the ROI of existing programs/consortia (e.g., FACE) and ensuring resources are redirected to h