Principal Product Manager, Applications
About Onebrief
Onebrief is collaboration and AI-powered workflow software designed specifically for military staffs. By transforming this work, Onebrief makes the staff as a whole superhuman - meaning faster, smarter, and more efficient.
We take ownership, seek excellence, and play to win with the seriousness and camaraderie of an Olympic team. Onebrief operates as an all-remote company, though many of our employees work alongside our customers at military commands around the world.
Founded in 2019 by a group of experienced planners, today, Onebrief’s team spans veterans from all forces and global organizations, and technologists from leading-edge software companies. We’ve raised $320m+ from top-tier investors, including Battery Ventures, General Catalyst, Sapphire Ventures, Insight Partners, and Human Capital, and today, Onebrief is valued at $2.15B. With this continued growth, Onebrief is able to make an impact where it matters most.
Role Overview
This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution for Onebrief’s core application. You will oversee and coordinate our persona-based teams (Commander, Collaborator, and Creator), as well as any emerging front-end focused teams, ensuring seamless user experiences, coherent workflows, and consistent product quality across the entire application layer. Candidates who have lived in both worlds – the military environment and high-scale collaboration SaaS (e.g., Google Docs, Microsoft 365/Teams/Loop, Atlassian Confluence, Figma, Miro)-will be especially competitive. This role requires a strong blend of strategic leadership, cross-team orchestration, and hands-on product management expertise, with a focus on high-impact outcomes for diverse end-users in complex, high-stakes environments.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Vision
Define, communicate, and align team to a unified product vision and strategy for all application teams, aligning their roadmaps to company-level objectives and user needs
Set and drive cross-team priorities, ensuring that Commander, Collaborator, and Creator products deliver a seamless, integrated experience for all user personas
Partner with executive leadership, platform and AI teams, and other stakeholders to shape the long-term direction of application products, balancing near-term delivery with long-term innovation
Cross-Team Coordination & Oversight
Lead the coordination of strategic initiatives, roadmap planning, and execution across application teams, identifying and resolving cross-team dependencies and bottlenecks
Ensure clean integration of application features with shared platform services (e.g., data models, UI libraries, real-time sync), with clear interfaces and reuse of core components
Establish and run mechanisms for alignment, such as product councils, shared planning rituals, and transparent decision-making frameworks
Product Excellence & Execution
Set high standards for UX, quality, reliability, and performance across all application surfaces
Use user research, analytics, and feedback loops to inform priorities, guide iteration, and measure impact
Ensure that each application team (Commander, Collaborator, Creator) delivers on its charter:
Commander: High-fidelity, actionable brief outputs and approval flows tailored for senior decision-makers
Creator: Powerful, flexible tools for authoring complex plans and content, enabling rapid iteration and high-quality outputs
Collaborator: Robust systems for feedback, tasking, comments, permissions, and provenance, supporting safe and efficient multi-user collaboration
Stakeholder Engagement
Champion the voice of the user, grounded in a deep understanding of customer workflows and mission-critical needs
Serve as the primary point of contact for application-layer product strategy, representing application team needs and priorities to executive leadership and the broader organization
Build strong partnerships with engineering, design, customer success, and go-to-market teams to ensure successful delivery and adoption
Talent Development & Team Leadership
Lead and mentor application Product Managers, providing coaching, context, and support to enable high performance and growth
Help shape the application product management organization, contributing to hiring, onboarding, and best practices for distributed, cross-functional teams
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in product management, including significant leadership of multiple product teams or large-scale, cross-functional initiatives
Experience building or operating at-scale collaborative productivity platforms (e.g., Google Docs, Microsoft 365/Teams, Atlassian, Slack, Figma, Miro, Notion, Dropbox, Coda, Airtable, Smartsheet, etc.)
Prior experience in defense, government, or other regulated industries where trust, security, and reliability are paramount
Deep understanding of modern product development practices, including user-centered design and data-driven decision-making
Track record of strategic leadership: defining vision, setting priorities, and driving alignment across multiple teams
Demonstrated success shipping and scaling complex B2B/SaaS products
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to translate complex product and technical concepts to diverse audiences
Experience working with platform teams and shared services, ensuring robust interfaces and minimizing duplication of effort
High degree of ownership, intellectual honesty, and a bias for action; thrives in ambiguity and drives clarity and results
U.S. citizenship and ability to work with sensitive or classified customer data
Additional Benefits:
Flexible Work Environment: Remote work with flexible hours and unlimited PTO.
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan to secure your future.
Parental Leave: 8 weeks at 100% regardless of state.
Company Retreats: Annual company summit trips.
Home Office Budget: $1,000 per year for home office improvements.
Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies
Please note that Onebrief does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement Onebrief explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Onebrief.