Director of Product - Platform, Payload & Services bei Kepler

As we scale globally, we are expanding our product leadership team to strengthen our presence across Europe and accelerate the development of our growing portfolio. 

We are seeking a Director of Product - Platform, Payload & Services to lead strategy, roadmap development, and execution across Kepler’s four core product lines. This is a senior leadership role responsible for aligning business objectives with product innovation, ensuring Kepler delivers market-leading solutions to customers across the space industry. 
 
This role requires a strategic yet execution-focused leader who thrives in fast-paced, scaling environments, brings clarity to ambiguity across teams, and is passionate about building transformative products in the space technology sector. 

This role is remote-first within Europe, Canada or US, working closely with global teams across North America and beyond. 

Product Strategy & Vision: 

• Lead product strategy for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) use cases across Kepler's platform, payload, and space infrastructure services, enabling real-time data relay, tasking, and delivery for defense and commercial customers
  

• Define and scale end-to-end ISR product offerings by integrating payload capabilities, space-based communications, and ground/data services to support low-latency, mission-critical intelligence workflows 
  
• Drive development of ISR-focused solutions that leverage Kepler's platform for persistent connectivity, rapid data downlink, and in-mission responsiveness across distributed space assets 

• Define and drive the product vision and long-term strategy across Kepler’s product portfolio and translate company objectives into clear, actionable product initiatives  

• Identify new market opportunities across Europe and globally, including government, commercial, and defense sectors  and act as a key voice of the customer, incorporating feedback into product evolution  

Roadmap Ownership: 

• Own and maintain integrated roadmaps for Kepler’s four product lines, ensuring alignment with company priorities  

• Balance short-term delivery with long-term innovation across:  

• Drive prioritization decisions based on customer value, technical feasibility, and business impact  

• Ensure cross-product coherence, avoiding silos and maximizing platform leverage  

Cross-Functional Leadership: 

• Partner closely with engineering, solutions architects, sales, and commercial operations teams to deliver products successfully  

• Lead cross-functional planning processes, including quarterly and annual product planning and collaborate with go-to-market teams to ensure successful launches and adoption  

Execution & Delivery: 

• Oversee execution from concept through launch and iteration and establish clear success metrics for each product line  

• Ensure timely delivery while managing risk in a highly technical, hardware-software integrated environment  

Market & Customer Engagement: 

• Build strong relationships with European, Canadian and US customers, partners, and regulatory stakeholders  

• Represent Kepler at industry events, conferences, and customer engagements and monitor competitive landscape and industry trends to inform strategy  

Leadership & Growth: 

• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and customer focus  

• Help scale product processes and best practices as Kepler grows  

• Familiarity with satellite communications, networking, or mission operations  

• MBA or advanced degree in engineering, business, or related field  

• Ability to collaborate across time zones with teams in North America