shift5

Senior Product Manager

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At a Glance

Location
Rosslyn, Virginia, United States
Experience
3+ years
Compensation
ation & Benefits Base Salary: $140,000 - $180,000 Bonus program and equity in a
Posted
2026-07-27T11:12:34-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

GoJavaPythonRust

Domain Knowledge

  • Defense
  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering
  • Government

Requirements

3+ years of product management experience building technical products tailored for engineer users.

3+ years of data integration engineering experience utilizing a major programming language (Python, GoLang, Rust, Java).

0-to-1 Product Building:

Proven experience building data integration products from scratch, including requirements gathering, design, planning, and implementation.

Technical Foundations:

Deep understanding of data modeling, API design, and writing clear technical documentation.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary: $140,000 - $180,000

Bonus program and equity in a fast-growing startup

Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families

Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions

Employer-paid Life and Disability Insurance

Uncapped paid time off policy

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Vision:

Define what Shift5 will build and why, developing product strategies, roadmaps, and delivery timelines for on-vehicle and off-vehicle data pipelines, APIs, and SDKs to steer engineering investments.

Feature Ownership & Execution:

Own the on-time, on-budget shipping of product value.

Draft clear, complete, and concise problem statements and collaborate closely with engineers to design and execute solutions.

Cross-Functional Signal Synthesis:

About the Company

Shift5 is building the observability platform for onboard operational technology (OT). We deliver cybersecurity, predictive maintenance, and compliance capabilities that enable defense and commercial fleets to operate with greater readiness, resilience, and mission assurance.

We are seeking a

Senior Product Manager

to join our growing Product Engineering team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to define what Shift5 builds and why to solve complex problems through our data pipeline, integration, and SDK products. You will report to our Head of Product, operating in a collaborative environment with engineers, program managers, and forward-deployed teams to conceive, implement, and drive adoption of major features. You’ll be a key driver of the Shift5 development process and an owner of high-impact products that literally save lives.