[Remote] Product Manager - Mission Agents

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vannevar builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions. The Product Manager for the Mission Agents team will define how users delegate work to software, shape agent behavior and workflows, and drive product direction from ambiguous problems through shipped capabilities. The role works closely with operators, forward deployed engineers, and engineering teams to create measurable mission impact.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize signal into direction. Take in messy, conflicting inputs and determine what actually matters
• Define how agents behave. Shape primitives like objectives, constraints, trust tiers, and evaluation criteria
• Improve output quality. Drive systematic improvements across models, memory, and workflows
• Own product direction end-to-end. Turn ambiguous problems into concrete bets and drive them through delivery
• Work directly with users. Build deep intuition for real-world workflows and needs
• Translate mission signal into product direction. Take in real-world user signal and translate it into clear product direction, including pushing back when needed
• Partner with engineering. Shape solutions that are both impactful and technically sound
• Drive alignment in ambiguous situations. Bring clarity across stakeholders when perspectives conflict

Skills

• Strong product judgment. You consistently identify the right problems and make sound prioritization decisions
• Ability to separate signal from noise. You form independent, defensible opinions from incomplete and conflicting inputs
• Experience with complex systems or platforms. You've worked on products where behavior emerges from underlying primitives
• Experience operating under real constraints. You've shipped products where security, infrastructure, or deployment realities shaped decisions
• High ownership and bias toward action. You take responsibility for outcomes and push work through to completion
• Technical fluency. You can engage with engineers and understand system constraints and tradeoffs
• Clear, direct communication. You can articulate decisions, tradeoffs, and reasoning in a way others can act on
• * Experience working with operational or mission-driven users
• * Experience with LLM-based systems
• * Experience with product analytics (e.g., SQL)
• * Experience rapidly prototyping ideas (Figma, AI coding tools, etc.)
• * Exposure to constrained or high-security environments
• * Active Security clearance (or ability to obtain one) and willingness to travel onsite

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 100% remote first culture; work from anywhere in the US
• All full-time employees have WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO, including competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• Monthly mental health, wellness, and fitness stipend
• In-home office setup stipend
• Family planning assistance
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

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