Product Manager

About Us:

At Quartermaster AI, we believe the ocean should be a safe and sustainably managed resource for all. By leveraging cutting-edge AI and robotics, we unlock capabilities that were only recently impossible. Our distributed open-ocean systems enable every vessel to sense, compute, and communicate, enhancing maritime domain awareness for those who need it most.

Job Description: Role Summary:

Quartermaster AI is seeking an accomplished and mission-driven Product Manager to lead the development and strategy for our core maritime domain awareness web application and data products, specifically targeting government and defense sector customers. This role requires a deep understanding of defense operations, user-centric research, and a proven ability to translate complex user needs into high-impact product features that drive adoption and indispensable utility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Roadmap: Define web product strategy, and roadmap for the web application and data products, ensuring alignment with customer mission requirements, security protocols, and company objectives.
• User Engagement & Adoption: Implement strategies to measure and actively increase Daily Active Users (DAU) and overall product engagement within the target customer base. Analyze usage data to inform feature prioritization.
• Workflow Mastery: Develop an expert-level understanding of end-user workflows (e.g., intelligence gathering, mission planning, surveillance) to identify critical pain points and opportunities for platform integration and optimization.
• Indispensable Product Development: Drive concept development for features and products that become mission-critical and indispensable tools for our defense and government users.
• Requirements & Prioritization: Author clear, detailed product requirements (PRDs), user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with growth, UI/UX, and technical teams to ensure customer and engineering priorities are always aligned.

Qualifications (Preferred):

• 7+ years of Product Management experience, preferably focused on SaaS, web applications, or data/analytics products.
• Direct experience conducting product research and user studies (qualitative and quantitative) with customers in the government, defense, or national security sectors.
• Proven track record of increasing key user engagement metrics, such as Daily Active Users (DAU), feature adoption, and retention.
• Deep, first-hand understanding of operational environments, data requirements, and technical constraints within Navy, maritime, or related defense/intelligence organizations (e.g., as a former analyst, operator, or industry partner).
• Demonstrated ability to develop a product or feature that became a "must-have" tool for a specific end-user base, solving a critical operational problem.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly the ability to present complex technical topics and user needs to stakeholders at all levels, including senior government officials.
• Experience managing products through an agile development lifecycle.

Work Environment:

• This is a full-time position based out of our office in Arlington.
• Flexible working hours with occasional deadlines requiring high availability.
• Opportunity to work on innovative projects with a global impact.