Staff Technical Product Manager

About the Company

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete in high-stakes environments, modeling adversary behavior and recommending courses of action to decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve cross-platform system primitives and structures
• Translate mission and product needs into durable system behaviors and artifacts (PRDs, specs, evaluation criteria)
• Drive resolution of structural problems spanning multiple engineering organizations
• Build alignment across engineering leadership, design, and mission stakeholders
• Partner with Engineering Managers to translate structural intent into execution plans
• Identify architectural divergence and cross-team dependencies early

Requirements

• Experience operating at Staff level in TPM, product architecture, or engineer-to-PM hybrid roles
• Strong systems reasoning across distributed systems, identity/authorization, or platform architecture
• Demonstrated success shaping technical direction across multiple teams
• Ability to drive cross-organizational technical initiatives through to outcome
• Credible communicator able to influence senior engineers without formal authority
• High ownership mindset in ambiguous environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in platform, infrastructure, or security domains
• Experience with policy or authorization systems
• Multi-tenant or regulated environment exposure
• Experience operating in environments with decentralized ownership

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote friendly with WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO and company-wide off time
• 401(k) match
• Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel