Director, Product Strategy

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🕒 May 27

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $164.7k - $235.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Mission Technologies, a division of HII

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5001 - 10000 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🔒 Cybersecurity

Aerospace • Cybersecurity • Defense

Mission Technologies is a division of HII focused on delivering advanced technologies and solutions to enhance national security. The company specializes in a variety of capabilities, including cyber and space operations, advanced military technologies, and integrated systems for air, land, and sea forces. Through innovative strategies such as AI and C5ISR, Mission Technologies aims to strengthen the operational capabilities of the U. S. military and support joint operations across multiple domains.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with engineering, product line managers, growth and sales teams, and executive leaders to formulate product ideas and solution concepts into product roadmaps • Translate customer needs, capability gaps, and emerging DoW requirements into clear product definitions, MVP scope, and roadmap priorities aligned with business objectives • Lead structured investment analyses for new product initiatives, including development cost, recurring unit cost, addressable market size, competition, risk, strategic alignment, NPV, and IRR • Build and maintain financial models that inform stage-gate decisions, capital investments, IR&D and B&P allocation • Recommend portfolio actions — invest, pivot, sustain, or sunset — supported by data and clearly articulated assumptions • Maintain a current view of the U.S. defense market: program budgets, acquisition pathways, force-design priorities, and competitor positioning across primes, mid-tier integrators, and non-traditional defense entrants • Identify white space, threats, and inflection points that should drive product investment or strategic pivots • Brief division and corporate executive leadership on product strategy, market posture, and investment recommendations • Partner with and inform product line managers and business group leadership on how to incorporate strategic business case thinking into product strategy roadmaps • Manage the hiring, performance, and professional development of a small product strategy team.

🎯 Requirements

• 10 years relevant progressive experience with Bachelor's in related field • 8 years relevant progressive experience with Master's in related field • High School Diploma or equivalent and 14 years relevant progressive experience • Bachelor’s degree in operations research, business management, data science, economics, systems engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, or similar degrees with a strong emphasis on quantitative analysis and reasoning • Technical Experience 10+ years of progressive experience (8 with a master’s degree) in product strategy, corporate strategy, management consulting, product management, systems engineering, or capture/business development within the U.S. defense, aerospace, or national security industry • Proven ability to build investment cases — addressable market sizing, cost modeling, IRR/NPV analysis, and risk assessment — and defend them to executive and board audiences • Strong working knowledge of DoD acquisition pathways (Adaptive Acquisition Framework, OTA, MTA, Software Acquisition), PPBE, and program of record dynamics • Secret clearance eligible. Top Secret/SCI eligibility preferred • Applicants must be U.S. citizens and eligible for access to classified programs.

🏖️ Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices • Wellness resources • Employee assistance programs • Savings Plan Options (401(k)) • Financial planning tools • Life insurance • Employee discounts • Paid holidays and paid time off • Tuition reimbursement • Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships