As we scale globally, we are expanding our product leadership team to strengthen our presence across Europe and accelerate the development of our growing portfolio.
We are seeking a Director of Product - Platform, Payload & Services to lead strategy, roadmap development, and execution across Kepler’s four core product lines. This is a senior leadership role responsible for aligning business objectives with product innovation, ensuring Kepler delivers market-leading solutions to customers across the space industry.
This role requires a strategic yet execution-focused leader who thrives in fast-paced, scaling environments, brings clarity to ambiguity across teams, and is passionate about building transformative products in the space technology sector.
This role is remote-first within Europe, Canada or US, working closely with global teams across North America and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead product strategy for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) use cases across Kepler's platform, payload, and space infrastructure services, enabling real-time data relay, tasking, and delivery for defense and commercial customers
- Define and scale end-to-end ISR product offerings by integrating payload capabilities, space-based communications, and ground/data services to support low-latency, mission-critical intelligence workflows
- Drive development of ISR-focused solutions that leverage Kepler's platform for persistent connectivity, rapid data downlink, and in-mission responsiveness across distributed space assets
Define and drive the product vision and long-term strategy across Kepler’s product portfolio and translate company objectives into clear, actionable product initiatives
Identify new market opportunities across Europe and globally, including government, commercial, and defense sectors and act as a key voice of the customer, incorporating feedback into product evolution
Own and maintain integrated roadmaps for Kepler’s four product lines, ensuring alignment with company priorities
Balance short-term delivery with long-term innovation across:
Data relay services, Hosted Payload solutions, Real-time connectivity solutions, Mission-specific service offerings, Emerging / next-gen capabilities
Drive prioritization decisions based on customer value, technical feasibility, and business impact
Ensure cross-product coherence, avoiding silos and maximizing platform leverage
Partner closely with engineering, solutions architects, sales, and commercial operations teams to deliver products successfully
Lead cross-functional planning processes, including quarterly and annual product planning and collaborate with go-to-market teams to ensure successful launches and adoption
Oversee execution from concept through launch and iteration and establish clear success metrics for each product line
Ensure timely delivery while managing risk in a highly technical, hardware-software integrated environment
Build strong relationships with European, Canadian and US customers, partners, and regulatory stakeholders
Represent Kepler at industry events, conferences, and customer engagements and monitor competitive landscape and industry trends to inform strategy
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and customer focus
Help scale product processes and best practices as Kepler grows
Product Strategy & Vision:
Roadmap Ownership:
Cross-Functional Leadership:
Execution & Delivery:
Market & Customer Engagement:
Leadership & Growth:
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in Product Management, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role
- BS/BA in engineering, business, or related field
- Experience working with a mix of Canadian US and European commercial and defense customers, regulators, or markets
- Proven experience owning complex product portfolios or multiple product lines
- Strong track record of building and executing product roadmaps in technical domains
- Experience working in space, satellite, defense, or deep tech industries
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in global, distributed teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity across teams
- 15-25% travel within Europe and North America with travel to Kepler HQ in Toronto
Bonus Points:
Familiarity with satellite communications, networking, or mission operations
MBA or advanced degree in engineering, business, or related field
Ability to collaborate across time zones with teams in North America
What We Do
Kepler designs, builds, launches, and operates an advanced network of low earth orbit satellites with the ultimate goal of bringing internet to outer space. Today, Kepler serves the needs of earth by connecting machines all around the world using its satellites on orbit and other complementary networks. Through a host of compatible partner equipment we make it easy to use satellite communications in your solution and route data over the best networks.
