Viasat · 10 hours ago
Technical Product Manager, Terminals
Carlsbad, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $271K/yr
10+ years expViasat is a company on a mission to deliver transformative connections globally. They are seeking a Technical Product Manager for Terminals to provide strategic direction for satellite terminal products, collaborating with engineering teams to meet market needs and enhance customer experience.
InternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications
Responsibilities
Create and deliver OKRs, business cases, roadmaps, and reduction of technical debt working with Business PdMs, engineering teams, and other Tech PdMs across engineering
Ensure Access Edge terminals engineering teams have clarity of requirements, and acceptance criteria
Drive product roadmaps, and lifecycles to increase ROI (technology reuse, platform convergence), and decrease TCO (quality, diagnostics, supportability, EOL, simpler business process)
Focus on the customer experience, optimizing every detail from installation to reliable operation
Use your technical knowledge to make tradeoffs, estimates, feasibility assessments on your own, and review these with the engineering teams rather than depending on them for every ask
Ensure price/performance of the products match the needs of each business
Track and monitor technology advancements in the market, and industry standards
Identify potential partnerships, help make Build vs Buy decisions
Travel up to 20%
Qualification
Required
10+ years of progressive experience in relevant areas and a track record of success
4+ years of experience in a technical product management role
Demonstrated success managing connectivity products used directly by a customer (e.g., modems, antennas, mobile phones). Products must have delivered B2C connectivity experiences to consumers (e.g., passengers, crew, mobile user)
Proven ability working with global, cross-functional teams to successfully define and manage complex technology products
Must have been a hands-on engineer with success building software and/or hardware for terminal/modem/mobile phone products. You will use this knowledge and experience to make the decisions/tradeoffs/assessments in the day-to-day life of a Technical Product Manager
Technical expertise in embedded software, terminal/modem/phone hardware, satellite technologies, wireless interfaces and waveforms, WiFi, 3GPP/5G/NTN
Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate product performance metrics effectively to inform strategic decisions and future improvements
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience conveying complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership
Preferred
Demonstrated track record of delivering cross-functional, customer-facing products to ensure a world-class customer experience
Benefits
Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package
A range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite services.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.16BKey Investors
UK Space AgencyNASA
2025-11-21Grant· $1.15M
2024-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.98B
2023-09-13Post Ipo Debt· $733.4M
Leadership Team
Andy Lincoln
Chief Engineer
Don Buchman
President Aviation
Recent News
2026-01-22
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