Director of Product Management

About the position

Mercury Systems seeks a Director of Product Management for its Compute Line of Business located in Andover, MA. As the Director of Product Management you will own Mercury's Embedded and Edge Product Lines, collaborating to deliver leading, advanced processing solutions designed for mission-critical applications in defense, aerospace and space sectors. The Product Management Director will lead a team of Product Managers across multiple business locations to drive revenues for new and legacy product programs throughout their entire product life cycle. The successful candidate will be a driving force helping to evolve our existing product line based upon inputs from a variety of sources (e.g., within the company, from suppliers/vendors, or from customers in the field).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5-7 Product Managers acting as the ambassador for Edge and Embedded computing products, which support mission-critical applications in the defense, aerospace and industrial sectors.
• Drive the line of business product roadmap with inputs from Engineering, Business Development, Sales and the Advanced Concepts teams.
• Gain early insight into opportunities and market direction by building relationships with business and thought leaders at key customers.
• Monitor industry, technology and competitive trends to position Mercury to win in chosen markets.
• Collaborates with business unit General Managers to meet and beat product line revenue and bookings objectives.
• Generate bookings, revenue and profit forecasts.
• Supports Sales with identifying and capturing strategic customer design wins.
• Develop and execute product and technology roadmaps.
• Help inform and contribute to annual IRAD strategy.
• Develop and execute product launch and marketing strategies.
• Solicit and respond to government and customer BAAs, RFIs, RFPs and RFQs.
• Aggressively grow product line revenue and profit year over year.
• Where needed, ensure that FARS and DFARS regulations are followed.
• Manage the product lifecycle from concept to end of life.
• Drive sales and marketing collateral generation.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years direct product management or related experience.
• Experience with embedded systems especially in high performance computing environments.
• Familiarity with open architectures and experiences with ruggedized hardware, security and real-time data processing.
• Experience winning bids and launching products into the Aerospace and Defense markets.
• Experience with Defense or Government contracts and demonstrated success developing relationships with external customers.
• US Citizen with active secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree (MBA or MS Management).
• Experience interacting with multi-disciplined professionals to understand and make necessary tradeoffs and decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally, with customers and at all levels of the organization.
• Strong business acumen/judgment; ability to make trades and provide specific recommendations to senior management, partners, and the customer's business leaders.