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Lead Product Marketing Manager
AeroVironment
Simi Valley, CA (On-site)Full time$111K/yr – $169K/yr
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Lead Product Marketing Manager
Simi Valley, CA (On-site)
$111K/yr – $169K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time
Posted 3 days ago
Job Summary
Own the BU marketing partnership and drive go-to-market for a 100M+ portfolio in defense technology, aligning with product, capture, and leadership.
- Partner with BU leadership and PMs as marketing counterpart
- Embed in reviews and planning cadences to set Marketing priorities
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Business Unit Partnership
- - Build deep, trusted relationships with Business Unit leadership, program managers, capture leads, and engineering.
- - Partner with product managers as their marketing counterpart on roadmap milestones, launch readiness, claims substantiation, and customer evidence / operational proof.
- - Embed in the business unit's operational cadence: program reviews, capture gate reviews, and planning rhythms setting Marketing priorities from this perspective
Requirements
- 12+ years total post-military or civilian work experience
- 8+ years in product marketing with meaningful time in both enterprise software or hardware-software product marketing and defense, aerospace, or dual-use technology.
- Demonstrated ownership of a product line or portfolio at $100M+ revenue scale.
- Fluency in DoD acquisition dynamics: program of record lifecycles, POM cycles, FMS/DCS mechanics.
- Demonstrable positioning craft: you can show a positioning document, launch plan, campaign plan, and enablement asset you built that moved a measurable number.
- Ability to operate within export control, classification, and public-release constraints without diluting message strength.
- Self-directed operator: you run a portfolio with executive-level accountability and minimal day-to-day direction.
- Proven ability to earn the trust of technical and program stakeholders and operate inside a business unit's rhythm, functioning as a partner to the business rather than a service function.
- Commutable distance from AV Simi Valley Campus
- U.S. Citizenship Required.
Preferred
- Direct experience marketing loitering munitions, one-way attack, or EW products.
- Prior military service or program office exposure.
- Active or recent Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one.
- Experience competing in the modern defense technology landscape against established primes and emerging entrants.
Benefits
- Benefits : AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.
AeroVironment
Aerovironment Inc is an information technology and services company based out of 1088 Bishop St, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
52 employees
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$111K/yr – $169K/yr
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