Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
In the role of Director of Product, Geospatial Experience, you’ll be central to Axon’s Real-Time Operations pillar, one of our strategic priorities and fastest-growing businesses. You’ll be instrumental in revolutionizing public safety through leading-edge products like Axon Dispatch and Axon Respond. Our vision is ambitious: to become the real-time operations platform for public safety, significantly enhancing the decision-making and situational awareness for first responders, dispatchers, supervisors, and command staff on every single incident.
Knowing ‘where’ help is needed and having immediate context on that location is foundational to public safety and incident response. You will empower our global customers to pinpoint where assistance is most urgently needed, assign response ownership, guide first responders effectively, and provide comprehensive geospatial awareness for a given location. You will work backwards from these fundamental customer challenges—creating a vision, leading a roadmap, rolling up your sleeves to build out the core experiences, and growing the right team to pursue your direction.
What You’ll Do
Location: Hybrid at our London Office
Reports to: Senior Director of Product, Real Time Operations
Direct Reports: 2-3
- Grow the business by setting the vision, roadmap, and owning execution of the for a strategic portion of Axon’s Real-Time Operations portfolio.
- Delight customers and earn their trust by forging close personal relationships, deeply understanding their problems, and delivering world-class execution on commitments.
- Proven experiences as a leader for both 0→1 and 1→100 initiatives, where you had to work directly with customers (or proxies via data) to understand their needs and design solutions to their needs that the are excited to adopt.
- Presenting successfully to senior-level audiences, including C-suite, internally and to customers.
- Experience researching, designing, and shipping UX-heavy applications with a high level of complexity (enterprise workflows or complex consumer purchasing / content creation flows rather than simple consumer consumption).
- Challenge existing assumptions and introduce new technologies and mechanisms, as well as developing a collaborative and inclusive team that fosters a culture of ownership, data, and innovation.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of Software Product Management experience of high scale services with proven results driving revenue, engagement, and customer delight.
- Proven experience forging close relationships with customers and delivering on complex end-to-end solutions.
- Ability to strategically execute within a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, and complex environment.
- Possesses critical thinking and analytical skills, including the capacity to identify, assess and prioritize competing deadlines and needs.
- Fluent in self-serving data and insights via SQL, Excel, etc.
- Experience with geospatial technologies and providers, such as Google, HERE, and ESRI, is a plus.
- Experience at both startups and large global tech companies is a plus.
- Experience building both Consumer and Enterprise products is a plus.
- Experience building Device + SW + Services products and businesses is a plus.
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive Base Salary
- Annual Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit Eligibility
- Comprehensive Pension Plan with Matching Contribution
- 30 days paid holiday in addition to UK public holidays
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave for all employees
- Private Health Insurance
- Cash Plan including Dental, Optician and Therapeutic Treatment Plans
- GymPass Subscription
- Life assurance (x4 Annual Salary)
- Group income Protection
- Employee Assistance & Development Programs
*Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.*
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
