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
You aren’t like everybody else. You aim a little higher. You reach a little further. Your experience is much broader than just a previous career or a few past jobs. You’ve been listening, learning, and paying attention to recent events which have demonstrated to you why building world-class technology for Public Safety is so important. You do more because it matters to you. And when it comes to looking for that next opportunity, you want to do work that matters to others.
At Axon, we build connected devices such as body cameras powered by an industry-leading digital evidence management platform. Our hardware, software, and training platforms bring security, efficiency, and transparency to law enforcement and are enabling us to truly change the world. The Axon business is growing rapidly and we are looking for a dedicated and proven Technical Program Manager to join our Virtual Reality team.
As a TPM on the Axon VR team, you will lead large cross functional initiatives like bringing products to market, coordinating complex software development projects, and building out automation and processes to improve delivery. You will join an interdisciplinary team that is tackling the biggest challenges in public safety training head-on, including immersive VR empathy and de-escalation training to help officers engage with the communities they serve with greater awareness and safety, less lethal weapon training, and decision making scenario based training. We seek to revolutionize how training is implemented within public safety and we seek to accomplish this while abiding to the following guiding principles:
- Build AR and VR Solutions for Social Good: With our mission to Protect Life, we develop AR & VR solutions that benefit both law enforcement and the community, while addressing key issues in society.
- Empower Agencies with Data: Deliver ongoing data and analysis that provide agencies with key insights that enable them to make decisions that result in building better, more efficient, and positive programs.
- Develop an Active and Diverse Virtual Platform: Leverage the latest in VR technologies to create a robust portfolio of solutions and the highest-quality content, that enable users to be more effective in their roles and manage the challenges of 21st century public safety.
With this mission, we are looking for an experienced technical program manager who has a track record of executing and coordinating complex software deliverables across multiple teams and job roles. Sitting at the middle of product, design, content, engineering and partner teams, you should love to build relationships across a wide variety of personalities, while driving the execution of the product. You will use your technical expertise and detailed project management mindset to help identify, prioritize, and troubleshoot blockers and cross team dependencies.
What you’ll do:
Location: Remotely from USA
Reports to: Director of Product Management, AR/VR
- Own the successful on-time, on-quality delivery of major multi-deliverable initiatives for the VR organization.
- Coordinating across product managers, engineering, and design to set and drive major software deliverables and make the entire organization more effective and data-driven.
- Collaborating with Hardware, Design, Art, and Engineering program managers to ensure all deliverables are aligned and accomplished for our key program milestones.
- Tracking all major roadblocks and risks, identifying dependencies to help prioritize and parallelize work, while reporting this information up and out to the broader organization.
- Leading by example with thoroughness, clarity, detail, and care for our customers.
- Communicating regularly and effectively with our distributed teams in Seattle, Scottsdale and Remote
What you bring:
- 5+ years work experience as a software project or technical program manager. Preference towards 3d Game Development and/or VR Production.
- High degree of competency and proven success with project management including: Agile methodology, identifying and managing risks, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status.
- You are able to identify dependencies, mitigate risks and meet deliverables through global cross-functional teams
- Experience using JIRA.
- Experience collaborating and working closely with remote team members.
- Can create, read and understand detailed process and software architectural documentation.
- Can establish 0-1 process templates when existing standards do not exist.
- Confidence and comfort working with high degree of autonomy, in a fast-paced environment.
- You are able to learn quickly and get passionate about Virtual Reality technology and the needs of public safety.
- You resonate with Axon’s Values and believe technology can be applied to tackle public safety’s biggest challenges.
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401K with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Robust parental leave policy
- An award-winning office/working environment
- Ride along with real police officers in real life situations, see them use technology, get inspired
- And more...
The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 106,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 204,000 in the highest geographic market. The on target earnings range for this role is between USD 163,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 313,000 in the highest geographic market. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.
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.
