Job Description

About Windward

Windward is a leading maritime intelligence company, helping governments and organizations make sense of complex maritime activity. Using advanced AI and domain expertise, our platform turns massive volumes of maritime data into actionable intelligence, supporting national security, safety, and operational decision-making worldwide.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Manager to join our Maritime Intelligence team and play a key role in scaling and evolving Windward’s Intelligence offering.

Your mission will be to translate Windward’s visionary product strategy into intelligence capabilities, helping our customers with strategic planning, threat detection and mission support.

You will directly shape our future roadmap, ensuring every feature delivers measurable, high-impact value to our users.

What Will You Do?

• Own the execution of a defined product area or value stream, from discovery through delivery and adoption
• Lead product discovery based on customer needs, market feedback, and strategic direction
• Engage directly with global customers and prospects to validate ideas, gather feedback, and refine the roadmap
• Translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements and user stories
• Work closely with engineering teams throughout design, development, and delivery
• Prioritize features and initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and feasibility
• Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Sales Engineers to support go-to-market activities, enablement, and adoption
• Continuously balance short-term delivery with long-term product goals

Requirements

• 3-6 years of Product Management experience, with proven maritime domain knowledge gained through military service, government work or relevant industry roles ( must)
• Proven experience owning product execution from discovery through delivery and customer adoption
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working with cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken)
• Technical orientation or background (engineering, intelligence systems, data analytics) - an advantage
• Experience working with GenAI-based capabilities, including defining user workflows, evaluating outputs, and driving adoption
• Background in intelligence, defense, or military-grade systems/products — an advantage
• Familiarity with GIS concepts and map-based products, including experience working with tools such as Mapbox — an advantage