Director of Product - Platform, Payload & Services

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