Director of Product Management-Muon Halo
$227k - $267k USD
About the Role
We are seeking a Director of Product Management to help define and lead how Product Management operates at Muon Space. This is a foundational leadership role: you will partner closely with the VP of Product to set the strategic direction for the Muon Halo™ platform, while establishing the processes, frameworks, and culture that will scale the PM function as the company grows through its next stage.
The Muon Halo™ platform spans satellite hardware, embedded software, ground systems, and mission operations — a scope that demands a leader with the technical depth to engage credibly across disciplines and the organizational acumen to align complex, cross-functional teams around shared priorities. You will own significant platform areas end-to-end, contribute directly to product strategy, and help shape how product management works at Muon.
Responsibilities
Platform Strategy & Ownership
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for key areas of the Muon Halo platform, partnering with the VP of Product on prioritization and portfolio-level decisions
- Lead requirements definition across hardware, software, and operations domains — ensuring cohesion across the full platform stack (MuSim, MuOS, MuCore, MuSat, MuDash)
- Drive the architectural decisions that determine how Muon's platform compounds mission-over-mission, emphasizing reusability, interoperability, and scalability
- Define acceptance criteria and validation processes for integrated system capabilities, establishing traceability from customer needs through to delivery
- Own configuration control and change management processes for your platform areas
Scaling the Product Function
- Partner with the VP of Product to define how Product Management is practiced at Muon — the methodologies, rituals, templates, and standards that will serve the team as it scales
- Help establish a PM culture grounded in technical rigor, customer insight, and data-informed decision making
- Mentor and, over time, manage junior and senior PMs as the team grows
- Contribute to PM hiring: help define the roles we need and assess candidates against a clear bar
Go-To-Market & Commercial Partnership
- Lead product marketing collaboration — translating platform capabilities into crisp positioning, messaging, and content across website copy, whitepapers, case studies, and thought leadership
- Serve as a senior technical voice in the sales process: customer meetings, product demonstrations, and RFP responses
- Drive win/loss analysis and ensure competitive and customer insights are systematically fed back into product development
- Guide feature packaging and tiering decisions in partnership with Go-To-Market leadership
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead alignment across engineering teams spanning satellite hardware, embedded software, ground systems, and cloud infrastructure
- Partner with mission operations to ensure product designs meet real-world operational requirements
- Interface with manufacturing to align product evolution with production capabilities
- Support program management in coordinating deliverables across concurrent customer missions
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 3 years at a senior or lead level in complex technical environments
- Demonstrated experience in space systems engineering — fluency in spacecraft subsystems, ground operations, and mission lifecycle
- Proven track record of owning and delivering products that span hardware and software domains
- Experience working in mission-critical, systems-integration environments where requirements traceability and change control matter
- Strong instincts for product strategy: ability to reason from first principles about what to build, what to defer, and why
- Track record of influencing without authority across engineering, business development, and operations peers
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred
Nice-to-Have
- Experience standing up or significantly maturing a PM function within a startup or scale-up environment
- Familiarity with LEO constellation operations and Earth observation systems
- Experience with embedded systems and space-qualified hardware
- Background in agile development in hardware/software integrated environments
Salary
The salary range for this role is $227,000 - $267,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.
About Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.
Taking Care of Our Team
At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.
Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.
ITAR/EAR Requirements
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.