Senior Product Manager

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantagedomain dominance. The companys products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN) empowering warfighters commercial air operators and border protection teams to act faster adapt rapidly and stay ahead of evolving threats.

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors including 8VC Accel and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C. San Francisco San Diego Seattle and London. For more information please visit .

Role Overview

As a Senior Product Manager youll own two closely related product areas: our tactical command-and-control (C2) software andthe integration platform that connects CHAOS systems to the broader operational ecosystem including our kinetic effector efforts.
Youll work across software systems hardware operators and program teams to turn ambiguous mission needs into products thatwork in real deployments.

The integration platform is broader than the C2 application: it enables external sensors and data sources to integrate with CHAOSsystems and allows external C2 systems to control or coordinate CHAOS capabilities as well as handling effector engagements.
Success means building intuitive operator software while making CHAOS systems easy to integrate into larger heterogeneousmission architectures.

Responsibilities

Own product direction prioritization and execution for CHAOSs tactical C2 software and integration platform.
Translate operator workflows mission needs and interoperability requirements into clear product decisions and engineeringpriorities.
Determine where capabilities should live across CHAOS C2 shared platform services external sensors and higher-level C2systems and help define the interfaces between them.
Partner deeply with software systems hardware and integration engineers on tradeoffs involving interfaces data flowslatency failure modes networking and deployment constraints.
Balance urgent program-specific integrations with reusable platform capabilities that reduce one-off work over time.
Build durable relationships across engineering programs operations and business teams and become a trusted source ofproduct and mission context.

Minimum Requirements

You thrive in technically complex ambiguous environments and can independently drive a product from problem definitionthrough delivery.
You are comfortable working with engineers at depth without needing to be the technical decision-maker.
You think in systems: users hardware software interfaces dependencies failure modes and operational constraints allmatter.
You quickly become conversant in unfamiliar domains earn credibility with technical and operational stakeholders and knowwhen to pull in deeper expertise.
You can separate critical product decisions from noise and make sound tradeoffs under time and information constraints.
7 years of relevant experience including substantial ownership of complex software products; roughly 5 years in productmanagement or an equivalent product ownership role.
Experience with software that interacts with hardware sensors networks external systems or real-world operations. Comfortwith core systems-engineering practicesrequirements definition and traceability interface definition and trade-off analysisapplied in service of product decisions
Strong written and verbal communication product judgment and ability to drive alignment without relying on formal authority.
Work full-time onsite with the CHAOS software team in San Francisco.
Regular travel may be required for product testing customer demonstrations integrations and cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Requirements

Experience in C2 battle management mission systems air defense radar/sensors autonomy aerospace tactical networkssystems integration or related operational software is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with interoperability standards used in mission systems (e.g. Link 16 TAK/Cursor-on-Target) is a plus
Military operational experienceespecially in air defense or adjacent missionspaired with demonstrated software/productaptitude is also highly valued.

Why CHAOS

• Health Benefits: Medical dental and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k ( 50% company match up to 6% of pay) FSA HSA life insurance and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 350 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus equity and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations.

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