Principal Product Manager, Connectivity
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 162000 - 259200
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Location: Scottsdale AZ; Seattle WA; Boston MA
Office Expectations: 4 day per week (Tuesday- Friday)
Reports to: VP Product
Level: L10
Experience: 1012 years
Join Axon and Be a Force for Good
At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
As a Principal Product Manager Connectivity you will define and drive the long-term product strategy for wireless communications and location capabilities across Axons connected devices portfolio. You will work at the intersection of customer needs product strategy and deep technical execution to shape how Axon products leverage technologies including cellular Wi-Fi Bluetooth GNSS and adjacent wireless systems across body-worn in-vehicle and other embedded products.
This is a highly cross-functional principal-level role for a product leader who can translate mission and customer needs into a clear requirements develop a wireless connectivity roadmap drive alignment across engineering and business stakeholders and make thoughtful tradeoffs across performance reliability cost power certification manufacturability and field quality. You will partner closely with electrical and RF engineering hardware design firmware software operations compliance and external partners to ensure Axons wireless capabilities are robust scalable and differentiated in real-world public safety environments.
What Youll Do
- Own product strategy and roadmap for wireless connectivity and location capabilities across Axons device portfolio
- Define product requirements and prioritization for wireless features platform investments and cross-device connectivity initiatives
- Translate customer business and operational needs into clear technical priorities for wireless performance reliability coexistence certification and field behavior
- Work with external vendors and partners where needed to support wireless platform strategy and execution
- Partner with RF antenna EE ME firmware software compliance operations supply chain and program teams to drive end-to-end product decisions
- Partner with engineering on decisions involving modem platforms antenna integration carrier requirements telemetry validation strategy and performance metrics
- Ensure product decisions reflect real-world field conditions not only lab success especially in mission-critical and operationally demanding environments
- Drive tradeoff decisions across latency throughput power thermal limits BOM cost schedule manufacturability and quality
- Shape long-range strategy for technologies including cellular Wi-Fi Bluetooth GNSS and related embedded wireless systems
- Build alignment across senior stakeholders and influence roadmaps across multiple product lines and technical teams
- Monitor and drive customer adoption of connectivity features to ensure usage and customer value
- Define success metrics and use customer feedback field data and operational insights to improve product quality and connectivity outcomes
- Act as a senior cross-functional leader who raises the bar on product rigor execution quality and long-term wireless platform thinking
What Success Looks Like
- Customer adoption of connectivity features continues to grow with high customer satisfaction
- Axon has a clear coherent connectivity product strategy across multiple device categories
- Product business development and engineering teams are aligned on the highest-value wireless investments and tradeoffs
- Wireless platform decisions improve reliability performance and customer trust in real-world deployments
- Teams make earlier better-informed decisions around certification field quality and launch readiness
- Connectivity roadmap choices scale across products instead of being addressed as one-off issues
- Customer pain points tied to wireless performance are better understood prioritized and reduced over time
- Senior leaders view this person as the product owner for wireless strategy across the portfolio
What You Bring
- 1012 years of product management experience with increasing principal-level ownership across connected devices embedded systems wireless platforms or other technically complex hardware/software products with demonstrated ability to set cross-portfolio strategy and drive senior cross-functional alignment
- Experience with wireless and embedded domains including some combination of cellular Wi-Fi Bluetooth GNSS modem integration certification connectivity performance and telemetry
- Experience owning IoT products deployed at scale
- Strong product judgment and ability to prioritize across customer value technical complexity business impact and execution risk
- Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous high-dependency environments with multiple senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to drive strategy and execution across multiple teams functions or product lines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills executive presence and systems thinking
- Track record of delivering products platforms or major capabilities with measurable customer and business impact
- Experience using AI as a tool for requirements and prototyping
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with mission-critical public safety security automotive industrial telematics ruggedized or other operationally demanding connected products
- Experience working closely with RF antenna modem embedded or wireless systems engineering teams
- Familiarity with challenges such as multi-radio coexistence desense carrier certification field diagnostics antenna tradeoffs or fleet connectivity performance
- Advanced technical degree or MBA is a plus
Candidate Profile
Strong candidates for this role typically bring:
- Principal-level scope across multiple products platforms or technical domains
- Experience influencing senior engineering product and business leaders
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to set direction not just manage execution
- Comfort operating in deeply technical environments without needing to be the engineering expert in the room
- A track record of improving quality reliability and customer outcomes in shipped products
- Credibility with cross-functional partners and a clear structured decision-making style
Why This Role Matters
Wireless performance is foundational to the reliability and trustworthiness of Axons products. As our devices become more connected more mobile and more interdependent we need a senior product leader who can ensure our wireless strategy is not only technically sound but also aligned to customer outcomes scalable across the portfolio and resilient in the field. This role will directly shape how Axon delivers durable mission-critical connectivity experiences when they matter most.
Benefits That Benefit You
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave and family support benefits
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage
- Career development and growth opportunities
- A mission-driven team focused on meaningful impact
Dont Meet Every Requirement
Thats okay. At Axon we know great candidates may not match every qualification exactly. If youre excited about the role and believe you can make an impact we encourage you to apply.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Axon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation age disability veteran status or any other protected status.
Axon is a total compensation company meaning compensation is made up of base pay bonus and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors such as: level function training transferable skills work experience business needs geographic market and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit Pay Range
$162000 - $259200 USD
Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
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Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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