EO Product Manager

About this role:

We are looking for a Product Manager with experience of Earth Observation and its applications to help grow our Data and Services business, creating insights from satellites developed and operated in-house. With a strong user focus, you will identify and prioritise product requirements and work with technical teams to implement novel solutions built on the company’s satellite data capacity. You will support the sales team to bring new products and improvements to existing products to market. You will also contribute to future satellite development plans, identifying gaps in capability that can be filled with new in-orbit assets.

This opportunity is ideal for someone with a passion for product quality and innovation, who has experience of working with Earth Observation and geospatial data. You should be comfortable working in an Agile development environment and confident to engage directly with customers and potential users. The position offers the opportunity to share your expertise in a fast-growing space technology company that is bringing new data and insights to address challenges in business and government.

The role is based in London where Hybrid Working is available. The nature of the role will require essential, regular business travel (both local and global) plus the occasional ‘out of hours’ work that may be required to support customer and business activities.

Please note that in future, you may be required to complete a Basic Disclosure check (https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-level-1-disclosure)

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with users, senior managers and other stakeholders to establish Earth Observation (EO) product needs and define the EO product roadmap for the business.
• Define EO product requirements and work with engineers to oversee the development lifecycle.
• Lead contributions to Agile sprint planning and prioritisation, task definition and retrospective reviews.
• Collaborate with customers, prospective users, engineers and other stakeholders to agree and validate data interfaces.
• Work with the satellite operations team to ensure that data delivery processes fully achieve specified technical goals and optimise performance.
• Coordinate market research and competitor analysis to guide effective product positioning and launch.
• Maintain product definition documentation and provide authoritative input to product marketing materials.
• Support business development activities with product and market insight to guide effective positioning.
• Contribute to sales tools, including data pricing models, and on occasion contribute to proposals.

Skills required:

• Relevant degree or equivalent work experience
• Strong skills in Product Management processes and Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent knowledge of Earth Observation data and geospatial applications in agriculture, forestry, infrastructure and other environmental management.
• Understanding of satellite EO system characteristics, including orbits and data collection principles.
• Ability to undertake and structure market analysis, competitive positioning and guide product go-to-market strategies.
• Confident working in a customer-facing context with demonstrable commercial experience.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to be a clear, confident communicator.
• Calm and effective under pressure; resilient in dynamic environments; able to prioritise workload.
• Proactive and driven to solve problems. Self-organised and detail-oriented, to ensure accurate work and record keeping.
• Adaptable and quick to learn new software and tools.
• Competent IT skills including Microsoft software.
• Excellent English, both verbally and written.

Skills desired:

• GIS software skills.
• Understanding of data product licensing
• Experience of APIs and web services
• Familiarity with JIRA
• Working knowledge of space mission analysis and design.
• Previous experience working with small/medium sized companies.

ABOUT AAC CLYDE SPACE

AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:

• Space Data as a Service – delivering data from space directly to customers
• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
• Space products and components – a full range of off-the-shelf and tailor-made subsystems, components, and sensors

AAC Clyde Space aims to become a world leader in commercial small satellites and services from space, applying advances in its technology to tackle global challenges and improve our life on Earth.

Some of our clients include Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.

AAC Clyde Space Group consists of the parent company AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) and subsidiaries in Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA. Our main operations are in these five countries, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.

AAC Clyde Space’s share is traded on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market.

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Right to Work

AAC Clyde Space has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its employees have the legal right to live and work in the EU or the country in which they plan to work. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to AAC Clyde Space verifying that you are eligible to work in that country before you start work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to create a positive recruitment and selection experience across every part of our business. The company is committed to handling applications to a consistently high standard and all candidates with dignity and respect. Those involved in the recruitment and selection process will act with integrity, objectivity and professionalism. We are committed to equal opportunities for all and to have diversity reflected within our global workforce. We believe its diversity and inclusion will allow for greater creativity and innovation to help AAC Clyde Space Group deliver the vision to help improve life on earth.

Openness to Flexible Working

We recognise work-life balance is important so we are open to discussions around flexible working, depending on the nature of the role and business needs. If you would like to know more, please ask the Hiring Manager during any recruitment process that you may be involved in.