As a senior individual contributor, the Sr Product Manager will define, lead, and execute a comprehensive, multi year growth strategy focused on new customer acquisition, market penetration, and portfolio expansion across the RF Comms and Systems within space sectors.
This role unifies business development leadership with product and portfolio strategy ownership, ensuring that RF Comms (Mux, Switch, Data Links, Lunar comms) and RF Systems space growth initiatives are tightly connected to customer needs, differentiated offerings, and accelerated New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI).
The position owns end-to-end growth execution—from market and customer discovery, strategic partnerships, business case development, and pipeline creation, through offering strategy, commercialization, and global go-to-market execution. The role operates at the intersection of sales, product, engineering, and strategy, influencing both near-term revenue growth and long-term portfolio investment decisions.
With significant exposure to senior leadership and high strategic visibility, this position offers exceptional potential for top performers to advance into broader leadership responsibilities.
ResponsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development, Strategy & Market Growth Leadership
· Lead and evolve Instruments across Europe, and North America identifying high-impact opportunities and building strategic partnerships to unlock new revenue streams.
· Lead strategic discussions that translate customer priorities into scalable solutions, differentiated value propositions, and long-term partnerships.
· Drive net-new customer acquisition and market penetration by developing targeted strategies, value propositions, and structured playbooks for priority accounts.
· Evaluate and execute geographic expansion strategies, assessing market, regulatory, and commercial readiness across key European regions and North America.
· Lead greenfield and innovation initiatives by validating emerging technologies, conducting market and feasibility assessments, and incubating pilot programs to scale next-generation concepts.
Product & Portfolio Strategy (NPI / NPD Integration)
· Drive customer discovery and market insights to inform investment priorities and offering roadmaps.
· Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and R&D to guide:
o New Product Development (NPD)
o New Product Introduction (NPI)
o Feature prioritization and lifecycle management
· Own or influence business cases, ROI models, and financial justification for portfolio investments.
· Ensure rapid commercialization, launch readiness, and market adoption of new offerings globally.
QualificationsYOU MUST HAVE
· 5+ years of experience in the Instrument industry and or Space Industry, with strong exposure to EO instrument, astronomy, or Space Situation Awareness.
· Proven success driving revenue growth, market expansion, and strategic partnerships in Quantum and Space.
· Demonstrated experience influencing or leading:
o New Product Development (NPD)
o New Product Introduction (NPI)
o Portfolio strategy and commercialization
· Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in the instrument industry and/or space industry
- Strong exposure to EO instruments, astronomy, or Space Situation Awareness
- Proven success driving revenue growth, market expansion, and strategic partnerships in Quantum and Space
- Experience influencing or leading New Product Development (NPD)
- Experience influencing or leading New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Experience with portfolio strategy and commercialization
- Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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