Senior Product Manager – Data Platform — Round Rock, TX

Senior Product Manager – Data Platform

Location: Round Rock, TX (Remote flexibility; preference for candidates within approximately 40 miles of Round Rock)

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Work Arrangement: Remote with occasional in-person collaboration, typically 1–2 days per week for local candidates

Compensation: 160k - 185k DOE

Overview

KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, is seeking a Senior Product Manager – Data Platform to lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for an emerging portfolio of API-first, cloud-native data platform technologies.

The platform supports telemetry data ingestion, entity and track management, data retrieval and delivery, and domain awareness capabilities through a user-centered interface. Initially developed for space and satellite applications, the technology has the potential to expand into additional defense, aerospace, commercial, and industrial markets.

This position will play a critical role in transforming R&D-funded concepts and proof-of-concept technologies into clearly defined minimum viable products (MVPs) and commercially viable offerings. The Product Manager will identify target markets, validate product-market fit, define product priorities, and guide emerging capabilities from early development through launch and ongoing evolution.

The ideal candidate has a demonstrated track record of taking technical or B2B products from concept through successful launch, particularly in environments where product requirements, target users, and market opportunities are not yet fully defined.

This is a highly collaborative leadership position requiring the ability to influence without direct authority, build consensus across technical and business teams, and translate complex ideas into a unified product direction.

The Product Manager will work closely with Engineering, Human-Machine Interface (HMI)/UX, Project Management, Sales, and Business Development leaders, serving as the primary connection between market needs and product strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision, Market Fit & Go-to-Market

Own and continuously refine the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for an emerging portfolio of telemetry and data platform technologies.

Evaluate R&D-funded concepts and early-stage capabilities to identify viable products, define MVPs, validate product-market fit, and guide development toward commercial or operational adoption.

Partner closely with Sales and Business Development to understand customer needs, active opportunities, competitive positioning, and market demand across space, defense, aerospace, commercial, and industrial applications.

Identify and prioritize target customers, users, and market domains, including determining where existing platform capabilities can address adjacent industry needs.

Define the standardized, domain-agnostic core of the platform, including data ingestion, entity and track management, data retrieval, packaging, and user-facing capabilities, while distinguishing domain-specific requirements.

Develop product business cases, value propositions, positioning, and go-to-market strategies, including pricing, packaging, and licensing considerations as products mature.

Lead or support product briefings, demonstrations, and customer discussions, incorporating market and user feedback into ongoing product decisions.

Cross-Functional Product Leadership

Establish and communicate clear product priorities, aligning Sales, Business Development, Engineering, HMI/UX, Project Management, and other stakeholders around a shared vision.

Lead through collaboration and influence, building team engagement and buy-in while balancing business objectives, technical constraints, and user needs.

Work as a trusted peer with the Engineering Technical Lead, who owns technical architecture and implementation strategy, and the HMI Lead, who owns user research, interface design, and detailed functional specifications.

Translate market research, customer needs, and business priorities into actionable product requirements, user stories, and development priorities without independently dictating engineering architecture or interface design.

Facilitate productive discussions, resolve competing priorities, and guide teams toward decisions in ambiguous or rapidly evolving product environments.

Collaborate with Project Managers responsible for funded R&D milestones, contractual deliverables, project schedules, budgets, and sponsor coordination.

Product Management & Execution

Maintain and communicate product roadmaps, requirement briefs, business priorities, target user populations, and measurable success criteria.

Use structured prioritization methods, such as RICE scoring, to balance market opportunities, customer commitments, engineering capacity, and business value.

Maintain product roadmaps and backlog artifacts using Jira, Confluence, or similar product management tools.

Lead product planning discussions, roadmap reviews, demonstrations, and cross-functional alignment activities.

Guide products through the development lifecycle, from early research and proof of concept through MVP definition, launch, customer adoption, and continuous improvement.

Participate in field testing, demonstrations, and customer evaluations to validate capabilities and incorporate feedback into product priorities.

Establish and monitor product success metrics, using customer feedback and market performance to guide future investment decisions.

Domain Expertise & Portfolio Expansion

Develop and maintain a working understanding of telemetry and sensor data