GNC Product Manager (All genders)

About the Position

GNC Product Manager (All genders)

Location: Berlin, Berlin, DE; Munich, DE

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent employee

About Us

STARK is a pioneering defence technology company revolutionizing the deployment of autonomous systems across multiple domains. We design, develop, and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost-effective. Our mission is to provide NATO Allies and their Partners with a decisive edge in highly contested environments.

Your Mission

As a GNC Product Manager, you will own the product roadmap for a set of capability teams working at the heart of STARK's autonomous systems programme. You will translate complex engineering realities into a coherent, prioritized path to operational impact. This role requires someone who understands the physics and engineering behind the systems, not just the process.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the product roadmap across your capability teams, balancing technical dependencies, programme milestones, and stakeholder priorities.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and PI planning cycles in close partnership with engineering leads.
• Translate operational requirements and customer inputs into well-defined epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Act as the primary interface between your capability teams and cross-functional stakeholders, including systems engineering, integration, and programme management.
• Drive trade-off decisions across scope, schedule, and technical risk, escalating clearly when alignment is needed above team level.
• Monitor and communicate team delivery health, surfacing blockers early and working with engineering leads to resolve them.
• Represent your capability domain in programme-level reviews, contributing to integrated roadmap planning across UxV Control.
• Contribute to the definition of done and quality standards for software and firmware deliverables in a safety- and mission-critical context.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a technical product, systems, or engineering role, with a minimum of 3 years in a Product Manager or Product Owner capacity.
• Strong working knowledge of autonomous systems, flight dynamics, or guidance and control, sufficient to interrogate technical decisions and earn credibility with engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing product backlogs and roadmaps in an agile or scaled-agile environment (SAFe, LeSS, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated ability to work across hardware and software delivery teams, ideally in a deeply interdependent systems context following the V-model.
• Comfortable operating in an environment where requirements evolve, ambiguity is normal, and pace is high.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus but not required.

Nice to Have

• Background in aerospace, defence, or robotics - either industry or academic.
• Familiarity with certification or verification frameworks relevant to autonomous or safety-critical systems (e.g. DO-178C, ARP4754).
• Experience working in a dual-use or export-controlled technology environment.
• Exposure to model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or SysML at the requirements level.

We Offer

• Opportunity to build the future of European defence.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

About the Company

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Due to the nature of our work in the defence sector, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance required for this position. Details will be provided during the recruitment process.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you're interested in building the future of European defence with us and you see yourself reflected in the description above, please send us your CV in English. We’re looking forward to meeting you.