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About this role:

We are looking for a Maritime Product Manager as part of our growing our Data and Services team. This role is an essential part of our vision for AAC Clyde Space’s development of ‘Space Data as a Service’. You will be based in the UK where hybrid working is possible, travelling to our London office.

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking to develop maritime navigation and communications services incorporating satellite technology at all stages of the lifecycle from payload and mission specification to product standards, quality metrics and data service outputs.

The role will also oversee both internal and external supply chain across disciplines while remaining focused on customer need and the business application value of maritime data.

You will have relevant work experience with the desire to grow your knowledge and expertise while adding value to our current ways of working. You will not be afraid of challenges and happy to get involved.

It is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working as part of a team for space data and its new applications!

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with senior managers, customers and other stakeholders to establish maritime navigation and communications product needs and define the maritime product roadmap for the business.
• Define product requirements and work with engineers to oversee the development lifecycle.
• Coordinate market research and competitor analysis to guide effective product positioning and launch.
• Work with space system engineers to ensure that mission design solutions fully achieve specified technical goals and optimize performance.
• Collaborate with customers, prospective users, engineers and other stakeholders to agree and validate data interfaces.
• Maintain product definition documentation and provide authoritative input to product marketing materials.
• Support business development activities with product and market insight to guide effective positioning.
• Contribute to sales tools, including data pricing models, and on occasion contribute to proposals.
• Support the wider team as required.

Skills required:

• Relevant degree or equivalent work experience
• Excellent knowledge of maritime navigation and communications systems such as AIS, ASM, NAVTEX, VDES, VMS and VTS
• Understanding of communications systems and networking
• Familiarity with Product Management processes and Agile development methodologies
• Ability to undertake and structure market analysis, competitive positioning and guide product go-to-market strategies
• Confident working in a customer-facing context with demonstrable commercial experience
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work independently as well as effectively collaborate within a multicultural team
• Ability to organise self and prioritise workload with multiple projects in dynamic environment with tight deadlines
• Competent IT skills including Microsoft software
• Proficient in English, both verbally and written

Skills desired:

• Experience of working in satellite communications
• Working knowledge of space mission analysis and design
• Experience of working with geospatial data and/or GIS software
• Understanding of data product licensing
• Experience of APIs and web services
• Familiarity with JIRA or other collaborative working tools
• Previous experience in working with small/medium sized company

About AAC Clyde Space

AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:

• Space Data as a Service – delivering data from space directly to customers
• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
• Space products and components – a full range of off-the-shelf and tailor-made subsystems, components, and sensors

AAC Clyde Space aims to become a world leader in commercial small satellites and services from space, applying advances in its technology to tackle global challenges and improve our life on Earth.

Some of our clients include Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.

AAC Clyde Space Group consists of the parent company AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) and subsidiaries in Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA. Our main operations are in these five countries, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.

AAC Clyde Space’s share is traded on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market.

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Right to Work

AAC Clyde Space has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its employees have the legal right to live and work in the EU or the country in which they plan to work. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to AAC Clyde Space verifying that you are eligible to work in that country before you start work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to create a positive recruitment and selection experience across every part of our business. The company is committed to handling applications to a consistently high standard and all candidates with dignity and respect. Those involved in the recruitment and selection process will act with integrity, objectivity and professionalism. We are committed to equal opportunities for all and to have diversity reflected within our global workforce. We believe its diversity and inclusion will allow for greater creativity and innovation to help AAC Clyde Space Group deliver the vision to help improve life on earth.

Openness to Flexible Working

We recognise work-life balance is important so we are open to discussions around flexible working, depending on the nature of the role and business needs. If you would like to know more, please ask the hiring manager during any recruitment process that you may be involved in.