Director of Product Management - Tactical Communications & Integrated Solutions

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications – on the ground, in the air and at sea. Its battle-proven StreamCaster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN-MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Job Description

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “Keeping Our Heroes Connected”?

THE OPPORTUNITY 

Silvus is seeking a Director of Product Management - Tactical Communications & Integrated Solutionswho will report to the Director of Product Management on the Product team. The successful individual in this role will own the business performance, multi-year product strategy, gross margins, and full lifecycle execution across our core StreamCaster radio hardware, embedded OEM modules, turnkey Integrated Solutions, ecosystem accessories, and StreamCare+ service monetization models.

This position is located at Silvus Technologies’ Engineering and R&D Office in Irvine, CA, near the vibrant Irvine Spectrum and is on a hybrid schedule: onsite Monday through Thursday, at our Irvine office, and Fridays are remote/work-from-home. Visits may be needed to Los Angeles HQ as needed to collaborate with the broader Engineering team and other teams.

This position is eligible for 100% remote work depending on location for candidates based in the US, with a willingness to travel up to 25-50% of the time to maintain customer engagement, support field testing, and visit OEM/defense partners and/or Los Angeles HQ.

This role owns the strategic “What & Why” (business view) and leads a team of Technical Product Managers (TPMs) who drive the technical “How & When” (execution view) across three core product pillars:

• Radio Platforms & Embedded Modules: StreamCaster radios, OEM modules, mission modules, and future tactical communications hardware platforms.
• Integrated Solutions: Productized, mission-ready solutions combining Silvus radios, networking capabilities, software, accessories, and partner technologies.
• Product Ecosystem & Services: Accessories, peripherals, support offerings, warranties, and lifecycle services that extend the value of Silvus products.

The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Product Line Strategy & 2-to-3 Year Roadmap

• Tactical Communications Market Strategy: Own market strategy, physical lifecycle, SKU tier optimization, feature tiering, and End-of-Life (EOL) strategies across physical radio chassis, OEM board-level modules, mission modules, turnkey systems, and accessories.
• Integrated Solutions Strategy: Identify recurring mission needs that can be addressed through repeatable, productized solutions combining Silvus radios, software, accessories, and partner technologies. Establish the strategy for converting successful customer-specific integrations into scalable portfolio offerings.
• Multi-Year Roadmap Ownership: Direct and maintain the 3-to-5 year radio hardware roadmap, as well as the 2-to-3 year embedded module and Integrated Solutions roadmaps, aligning long-term product strategy with upcoming market requirements.
• New Market Expansion: Identify and evaluate adjacent markets where Silvus' core communications technologies can create differentiated value and develop the product and commercialization strategy required to enter attractive segments.
• Requirements & Concept Definition: Synthesize defense industry trends, emerging threats, and warfighter feedback into high-impact Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) and product charters.
• Certifications: Identify and drive appropriate domestic and global certifications for tactical communications and integrated solutions.
• Portfolio Investment Prioritization: Evaluate competing market opportunities, customer requirements, technology investments, and internal R&D initiatives. Recommend investment priorities based on strategic fit, market potential, competitive differentiation, platform leverage, engineering capacity, and expected return.

Business Performance, P&L & Business Case Execution

• Business Performance: Own the business plan and performance of the Tactical Communications portfolio, including revenue, gross margin, adoption, competitive position, and lifecycle performance. Partner with Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Operations to identify and execute corrective actions when portfolio performance deviates from plan.
• Margin Performance & Cost Targets: Drive overall product profitability by setting and optimizing target Bill of Materials (BOM) costs, pricing structures, and evaluating cost-performance trade-offs across radio, OEM module, mission modules, and integrated system segments.
• Business Case Modeling: Define and structure rigorous business cases (including 3-to-5 year hardware sales projections, ROI analyses, and CapEx/OpEx justifications) for all major new radio platforms, embedded modules, mission modules and integrated solution launches.
• Lifecycle & Services Strategy: Define service, warranty, sustainment, upgrade, and support offerings that increase customer value, improve lifecycle economics, and create recurring revenue opportunities across the installed base.     
• Post-Launch Performance Governance: Measure and track post-launch portfolio performance relative to the approved business plan, executing continuous updates or lifecycle optimizations as needed.

Market Positioning, Competitive Intelligence & Go-To-Market Leadership

• Go-To-Market & Commercial Readiness: Direct Go-To-Market strategies for your reporting TPM teams. Oversee promotional strategies, product packaging, and sales enablement methods designed to accelerate adoption and drive sales growth.
• Portfolio Positioning: Drive hardware and integrated solution positioning strategies to capture market share from legacy defense primes and out-innovate emerging tactical wireless competitors.
• Competitive Intelligence: Develop and maintain a comprehensive competitive landscape detailing competitor hardware specs, SWaP-C metrics, turnkey capabilities, pricing, and accessory ecosystems.
• Customer & Program Office Engagement: Partner directly with DoD program offices, prime integrators, and key commercial accounts to translate tactical field needs into product requirements.

People Leadership & TPM Mentorship

• Lead & Mentor team of TPMs: Provide strategic direction, prioritization guidelines, and coaching to dedicated Technical Product Managers (TPMs) executing across tactical comms NPI, integrated solutions NPI, ecosystem offerings, Jira backlogs, and engineering cadences.
• Requirements & Backlog Alignment: Translate customer insights into structured Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) and work with TPMs to ensure engineering priorities align with business strategy.
• Portfolio-to-Product Translation: Partner with Product Managers to translate portfolio strategy and market requirements into clearly defined product initiatives, ensuring individual product development efforts remain aligned with the broader tactical communications, integrated solutions, and ecosystem strategy.
• Concept to Commercialization: Drive hardware, accessories, and services products from prototype and concept stages into scalable, sellable, and operationally viable solutions. 
• Travel Requirements - Ability to travel 25-50% of the time to maintain customer engagement, support field testing, and visit OEM/defense partners.
• Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 13 years of professional experience, including 5+ years of progressive product management experience in tactical radio communications, defense electronics, RF hardware, or wireless networking.
• Demonstrated experience building 3-to-5 year hardware business cases, financial models, pricing strategies, setting target BOM costs, and driving gross margin optimization.
• Proven experience managing, leading, or mentoring technical professionals (TPMs, Systems Engineers, or Technical Marketing Engineers).
• Security Clearance: Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or the ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an MBA.
• Strong knowledge of tactical radio architectures, SWaP constraints, embedded OEM modules, turnkey integrated systems (C2/ISR), and military communications requirements.
• Direct experience with unmanned systems integration (Group 1-3 UAS, UGV, USV) and drone OEM markets.
• Familiarity with hardware phase-gate NPI processes, MIL-STD testing, and manufacturing supply chain scaling.
  

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Office environment.
• Trade shows.
• Outdoor environment for demonstrations.
• Occasional exposure to heat, cold, and allergens while performing tests or demonstrations in the field.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:

• - - Lift equipment up to 50 lbs. for the set-up of demonstrations and testing.
• - - Walking/Moving in the labs.

COMPENSATION: $220,000 - $265,000 / annually

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Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 13 years of professional experience, including 5+ years of progressive product management experience in tactical radio communications, defense electronics, RF hardware, or wireless networking.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

Travel Requirements

25-50%

Relocation Provided

Domestic

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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