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Senior Product Manager - Platform

Hydrosat

Hydrosat

Product
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 6, 2026

Job description

Hydrosat is a space and data analytics company building a next-generation Earth observation constellation and software platform to unlock the power of thermal infrared imagery. Our mission is to deliver high–spatio-temporal thermal data to improve agricultural resilience, strengthen food and water security, support environmental stewardship, and enable critical global applications.

We are seeking an experienced, Senior Product Manager - Platform to lead the roadmap, build, and evolution of Hydrosat’s user and internal platform. This role is essential to ensure our thermal data products are easily discoverable, accessible, and actionable for customers around the world. If you thrive in technical product development, customer workflow understanding, and agile execution, this role offers the opportunity to shape a foundational component of Hydrosat’s future.

As Senior Product Manager - Platform, you will own the lifecycle of Hydrosat’s platform products - for data ordering, delivery, APIs, user authentication and customer tools. You will collaborate closely with engineering, imagery, business development, and users to design, prioritize, and deliver capabilities that power both external customer workflows and internal operational efficiency. You will lead agile development processes, integrating customer insights into the strategy, to ensure that Hydrosat’s platform suite is scalable, and frictionless.

Job requirements

Product Leadership

  • Define and execute the product roadmap for Hydrosat’s User Platform, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company priorities.

  • Lead the product lifecycle—from idea, discovery, development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.

  • Build and maintain the roadmap for enhancement, and support of Hydrosat’s APIs, and web applications.

Agile Execution

  • Lead an Agile development team and facilitate ceremonies, stand-ups, sprint planning, quarterly planning, retrospectives, and feature demos.

  • Ensure development dependencies across teams are identified, aligned, and coordinated effectively.

Customer Understanding

  • Develop a strong understanding of vertical markets, user workflows, and data access needs across scientific, D&I, analytics, and user communities.

  • Work with internal BizDev teams to identify customer requirements.

  • Engage users to validate direction and ensure an excellent platform experience.

Cross-functional Collaboration

  • Represent the voice of the customer internally, driving decisions that maximize usability, adoption, and ROI.

  • Build relationships with external partners and adopters to identify opportunities for integration.

  • Contribute to Hydrosat’s enterprise vision, engineering processes, and company-wide roadmap.

Basic Qualifications

  • Masters in engineering, Remote Sensing, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.

  • 5+ years of product management experience, ideally within Earth observation, geospatial, or related domains.

  • Demonstrated success leading technical products from concept to launch in a fast-paced, software-centered environment.

  • Experience with APIs, RESTful services, and platform/integration ecosystems.

  • Proven ability to translate technical capabilities into clear customer value.

  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

  • Experience leading Agile product development processes.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with geospatial data, remote sensing, or thermal imagery applications.

  • Background working with multidisciplinary engineering, science, and commercial teams.

  • Strong understanding of SaaS platforms and modern API product models.

  • Experience in startups or high-growth technology environments.

  • Passion for customer-centric product development and workflow-oriented solutions.

What You Bring

  • A proactive, results-oriented mindset and a passion for driving product excellence.

  • Ability to lead by influence, engage diverse stakeholders, and drive accountability.

  • A strong sense of ownership for delivering a customer experience across the entire user interface.

  • Curiosity, creativity, and the drive to build something foundational for a rapidly scaling company.

Benefits

  • Employee options

  • Stock options

  • Health insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental

  • Flexible time off

  • Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leave

  • 401K Matching

Remote, Hybrid
  • Carlsbad, California, United States
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