Principal Product Manager, Networks

Skylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over existing satellites. The Principal Product Manager will define the commercial future of the network by identifying new market opportunities and translating technical enablers into viable products.

Responsibilities:

• You will look outward to the market to identify unmet customer needs and map them to Skylo’s emerging technical capabilities. You will identify problems that Skylo’s engineering team has solved and package them into sellable solutions
• Go beyond established MNO use cases to identify and validate entirely new market verticals. You will take ownership of these new opportunities, driving the execution from the initial paper concept through to the first commercial pilot
• Define the long-term architectural path for Skylo’s network. You will evaluate high-stakes strategic trade-offs and determine how these choices create unique value propositions for new customer segments
• Translate commercial objectives into clear engineering problems. You will define what success looks like for new services, moving beyond simple connectivity to define the end-to-end product experience, including SLAs, pricing models, and go-to-market packaging
• Close the loop between technical feasibility and market appetite. You will continuously validate R&D concepts with customers, ensuring we invest engineering resources only in the capabilities that have a clear path to revenue

Requirements:

• 15+ years of related experience across product management, wireless systems engineering, telco strategy, M(V)NO/Telco ecosystem engagements (or 12+ years with a Master's degree)
• You have a track record of transforming technical capabilities (like Telco stacks) into sellable products. You can explain why a feature matters to a customer, not just how it works
• Experience making complex architectural bets. You can articulate the pros and cons of different network topologies and how they affect the end-user service experience
• Expert-level knowledge of the M(V)NO end-to-end stack, roaming interfaces, 3GPP, NTN, D2D with the ability to apply this knowledge for strategic product definition
• Ability to define key performance indicators (KPIs) for network services and use that data to drive the next generation of product requirements