VP of Product

Role Overview

• Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for the NextGen Manufacturing OS, a platform built for regulated and secure air-gapped DoD/DoE manufacturing and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB)
• Lead the strategic evolution of the TME legacy platform, ensuring continuity for existing customers while building a pathway to next-generation capabilities
• Drive product-market fit within our niche: secured manufacturing of mission-critical systems and items within the DIB, including government-owned (GO) facilities, GOCO/COCO transitions, and Tier 2/3 private sector defense manufacturers
• Translate complex regulatory requirements — CMMC, NIST 800-171, FAR/DFARS, ATO compliance — into intuitive, high-performance product experiences that create measurable operational value
• Build and maintain a product roadmap that supports three parallel growth motions: account management and expansion within existing defense clients, upselling and modernization within government-operated clients, and new-logo acquisition in DoD and commercial lookalike accounts
• Develop AI capabilities — including maintenance prediction, downtime attribution, and automated QA/compliance reporting — purpose-built for classified and restricted network environments
• Shape the Secure and Disconnected Facility strategy — a repeatable, pre-configured deployment package designed to dramatically reduce SCIF and other secure air-gapped facilities standup time and compliance burden
• Engage directly with facility operators, program managers, contracting officers, and compliance leads to validate product decisions and uncover the highest-leverage pain points
• Establish scalable product practices and processes: discovery frameworks, prioritization discipline, go-to-market readiness, and adoption metrics
• Make hard trade-offs with clarity and conviction — our market is niche, our window is time-sensitive, and the product must stay focused
• Own the Community Hub, an AI self generating community for manufacturing mission critical systems and items within Government and the Defense Industrial Base.

Requirements

• Have 8+ years of product management experience, in time scaling B2B or GovTech SaaS products in regulated, defense, or mission-critical environments
• Bring a strong bias for execution and can operate with autonomy and accountability in a PE-backed, fast-moving company
• Have experience managing or transitioning legacy platforms while building toward next-generation architectures — you know how to honor existing customers while driving forward
• Are fluent in MES, CMMS/EAM, or adjacent manufacturing operations software
• Communicate with precision across audiences: operators, engineers, program managers, and executive stakeholders
• Have an instinct for AI, operational data, and how to make intelligence actionable in constrained network environments
• Are comfortable saying no — and can explain why with the clarity that earns trust
• Develop a scalable product discovery and roadmap process embedded in the team's operating rhythm
• Comfortable traveling ~1x quarter for in-person collaboration (potentially more at the start)

Benefits

• Compensation will be commensurate with experience and is expected to be in the range of $175K to $225K OTE
• MASS Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.