Overview

Job Description: Job Description About Zaden Technologies, Inc. Join Zaden Technologies on our mission to simplify the delivery and improve the utility of software products for our customers. At Zaden, we believe that our employees are our greatest assets. We hire the right candidates with the right skill sets who fit our culture of customer obsession, innovation, and continuous learning. We are our customer's biggest advocate and we are looking for like-minded individuals who encompass these same ideals. It is important to us to offer you competitive pay and comprehensive benefits with opportunities that match your life and propel your career! Zaden Technologies is looking for a Technical Product Manager to own the critical bridge between engineering execution and customer-ready software. At Zaden, product direction and delivery discipline are the same job - you'll define and protect MVP scope, drive the roadmap, and own the cadence that ships it. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is an individual contributor role with a clear, direct growth path to Head of Product. We're hiring for the function and the skill, not the title - if you've been doing this work under a different name (Senior PM, Product Lead, Technical Program Manager), we want to hear from you. Note: This position is either hybrid in Huntsville, Alabama or Remote w/ 10-20% travel. Role Responsibilities:Define and hold the MVP cut line for each product - no scope creep, no pre-launch feature driftOwn and maintain the product roadmap across the full product portfolio in partnership with engineeringMaintain an always-on demo environment; "demo-able in staging" is your definition of doneTranslate requirements from federal and enterprise customers into prioritized, precise engineering ticketsRun structured user research and drive product decisions from evidence, not opinionHold the honest line between selling the future and demoing the nowCoordinate go-to-market timing for each shippable slice with sales and leadershipCommunicate fluidly in two directions - brief program managers in their language, write precise tickets for developersRequired Qualifications:U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance5+ years of product management or equivalent product delivery experienceDemonstrated track record of taking a product from zero to one inside a complex organization with real stakeholders, competing priorities, and constraintsProven experience shipping software to paying customers - you know the difference between "capability exists" and "product is ready to sell"Technical fluency: able to hold scope conversations with engineers, read a pull request, and recognize when "almost done" is actually weeks awayProficiency with roadmap and delivery tools such as Jira, Linear, GitLab, etcHands-on experience with AI assistants and agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or Copilot) in daily workExperience in high-stakes, multi-stakeholder, regulated environments (defense, aerospace, government-adjacent, healthcare, finance, or similar)Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field (computer science, software or systems engineering, information systems, electrical or mechanical engineering) or equivalent hands-on product experiencePreferred Qualifications:Active security clearanceFamiliarity with DoD, federal research labs, or federal procurement, or enterprise software sold into governmentExperience delivering against government contract schedules or SBIR milestonesBackground in aerospace, defense tech, or engineering automation softwareExposure to MBSE, systems engineering, or model-based workflowsFamiliarity with MBSE/SysML tooling such as Cameo/MagicDraw or SysML v2Proficiency with product analytics tools such as Amplitude or Mixpanel, plus enough SQL to pull your own answersExperience with design and collaboration tools: Figma, Miro, Confluence, or NotionCloud platform experience with AWS or Azure (GovCloud a plus)Master's degree in a technical fie