Product Manager, Arondite

• If you are motivated by our mission and if you want to be part of a growing team of outstanding people, then we want to hear from you
• Proven experience owning products, platforms, data models, or core infrastructure surfaces in a world class product
• Ability to synthesise user, stakeholder and engineering signals into simple, clear units of work
• Ability to create, articulate and adapt a system for prioritising work
• Deep curiosity about defence domain and technology
• Founder/owner mentality, comfort with ambiguity and taking ownership of high-level objectives
• Strong technical depth and systems thinking. You’re comfortable reasoning about schemas, API design, and architectural trade-offs
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. You collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and articulate a clear vision
• Willingness to travel to customer sites to understand users
• Note: We want Arondite to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We don't expect everyone to have experience across each of these areas. Please apply even if you only partially fulfil this list
• We believe in working closely with defence customers. As a result, this role will require the individual to hold a clearance or be willing to undergo UK security vetting to Security Check (SC) or above. This normally requires having continuous residency in the UK for at least 5 years

Desirable

• You will have ownership and autonomy from Day One. There is no corporate ladder at Arondite. From your first day, you will directly influence the design, functionality, and direction of Arondite’s product offering. We hire the best people and give them extremely high levels of autonomy; the sky is the limit for an individual with the right ambition
• You will take ownership of a critical part of Arondite’s product. This role will feel closer to building a mini startup than operating within a traditional product organisation: you will be expected to understand ambiguous problems, make clear decisions, and drive work from early discovery through to delivery
• You will need to build a deep understanding of a complex and varied set of user workflows, including how our software is used alongside deployed engineering teams and operational customers
• You will work in lock-step with Strategy and Partnerships, Engineering, and our Deployed motion to identify where generic product capabilities are valuable, where bespoke workflows matter, and how to turn that understanding into simple, powerful product decisions
• Your work will have direct relevance to mission-critical environments and to the national security priorities of the UK and NATO. You will be expected to move quickly, think rigorously, and collaborate closely with users and internal teams to ensure Arondite builds software that solves the right problems in the right way
• Taking ultimate responsibility for the success of a major part of Arondite’s product
• Understanding a complex web of users and stakeholders, and synthesising their feedback
• Building a clear, explainable process for prioritising work in the face of B2G uncertainty
• Communicating to and working with Engineering and Design to build powerful, simple features that can be customised to deliver value to a wide set of users
• Championing a culture of technical excellence and clear communications
• Working with Product, Engineering and Deployed teams to anticipate needs and shape the longer-term Product Roadmap for Cobalt
• Ensuring a world class user experience within Arondite’s product

• Generally, our interview process is comprised of the following stages:
• CV submission with initial questions
• Introductory Teams call (30-45 mins)
• In-person technical interview (1-2 hours)
• Final interview with one of Arondite’s Founders (30 mins)