7+ years of professional experience in product management
Domain knowledge in earth observation, embedded systems, aerospace systems, or security & defense
Ability to understand both market and technology aspects
Data-driven decision making with strong analysis skills
Real passion for product-market fit over mere features
Curiosity about various domains, from AI inference to defense requirements
High autonomy in organizing projects and creating plans
Comfortable with challenges in a dynamic environment
Familiarity with hardware and software development processes
Proficient in using Jira and Confluence
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Willing to travel for work.
Responsibilities
Understand engineering architectures to gauge project feasibility
Translate strategic goals into actionable requirements and use cases
Shape and connect engineering ideas with product strategy
Define and verify success criteria for product capabilities
Maintain a shared view of product development and gaps
Conduct customer discovery interviews for insight into product use
Engage with platform partners to address their needs
Monitor market trends and competitive landscape
Own and prioritize the product roadmap aligning needs with strategy
Build analytical support for recommendations and decisions
Negotiate project scope with engineering teams
Challenge assumptions with data-driven insights
Communicate developments to technical and executive stakeholders
Develop narratives for marketing and business development.
Benefits
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts with employer contributions
100% employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
Flexible Time Off policy and 12 paid holidays
401(k) plan with equity options
Catered lunches and snacks provided daily
International collaboration opportunities, especially with teams in France
Fully paid parental leave benefits
Comprehensive fertility healthcare benefits
Social events and team-building off-sites
Relocation assistance as needed.
Full Job Description
About this role:
Understand what is possible, and turn it into requirements
Spend the bulk of your time with engineering: understanding architectures, constraints, and dependencies well enough to judge what is realistically doable in a given timeframe.
Translate strategic direction into clear requirements and use cases that engineering can act on directly, and follow them down to the Jira tickets.
Surface and shape the good ideas that come from engineering - many of the best ones do - and connect them to a product rationale.
Define success criteria for each capability, and verify they are actually met through implementation and delivery.
Maintain an accurate, shared view of Loft's product capabilities, what is in development, and where the gaps are.
Bring the outside in
Run customer discovery interviews alongside business development, and debrief missions to see how Loft's capabilities are actually used in operations.
Engage directly with the partners building on our platform, including the onboard AI application ecosystem, to understand their needs and constraints.
Track market trends and competitive moves closely enough to know where our offering stands.
Decide and prioritize
Own the roadmap for your perimeter, reconciling customer needs, engineering reality, and Loft's strategy into a single coherent plan.
Build the analysis behind every recommendation - sizing, segmentation, business cases, operational data - so decisions are grounded in evidence rather than intuition alone.
Negotiate scope and delivery commitments with engineering leadership, and re-plan when capacity or mission timelines shift.
Challenge, constructively and with data, business development, engineering leadership, and your own assumptions.
Communicate
Own internal communication on your perimeter: keep engineering, program leadership, and executives working from the same technical reality.
Develop the technical narratives and proof points that marketing and BD then turn into their own customer-facing material.
Prepare recommendations and presentations for top-executive-level audiences.
Must Haves:
7+ years of professional experience, including hands-on product management.
Domain experience in at least one of: earth observation, embedded systems, aerospace systems, security & defense.
Comfort at both ends of the spectrum - understand the market, and the technology
Structured and data-driven: you bring your experience and your intuitions, but when you put a recommendation on the table you can show the analysis it stands on.
Real product obsession: you think about the bigger picture and product-market fit before you think about features.
Relentless curiosity. In a single month you might move from a satellite bus constraint, to onboard AI inference, to a defense accreditation requirement - and you need to find that stimulating rather than exhausting.
High autonomy and a bias for action: handed a broad perimeter, you organize it yourself and come back with a plan.
At ease being challenged, and challenging others, in a fast-moving and demanding environment.
Working knowledge of both hardware and software development lifecycles.
Proficient using and configuring Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence).
Fluency in English, written and spoken.
Willingness to travel to other Loft offices and to customers.
Nice to Haves:
Fluency in French.
Experience with AI/ML products, edge computing, or developer and partner platforms and ecosystems.
Experience with satellite operations, constellation services, or ground segment products.
Exposure to institutional and defense customers and their procurement cycles.
Experience in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial NewSpace company or venture-backed deep-tech startup.
Professional experience working with international teams across time zones.
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
401(k) plan and equity options
Daily catered lunches and snacks
International exposure to our team in France
Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
Relocation assistance when applicable
$160,000 - $190,000 a year
State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role, which is $160,000- $190,000 per year. This is determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team.
About Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions is a space infrastructure company that provides end-to-end satellite missions as a service. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Loft Orbital Solutions offers a range of services, including satellite design, launch, and operations, as well as data processing and analysis. The company has partnerships with several satellite manufacturers and launch providers, including SpaceX and Blue Origin.
