Director of Product Strategy, Design & Innovation
About the role
Meet Slingshot
At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software. We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place.
What You'll Be Launching
The Director of Product Strategy, Design & Innovation leads future-facing product strategy by identifying emerging technologies, market shifts, customer needs, and competitive dynamics, translating these insights into continuous roadmap evolution and new product innovation. This role also leads design to strengthen product experiences to a best-in-class standard, with a strong emphasis on concept development, validation, and new product ideas.
You will build the operating model for innovation across product strategy, research, design, science, AI, engineering, and leadership - ensuring validated opportunities are continuously assessed, prioritized, and fed into the broader product roadmap. We are looking for a strategic product leader who can connect market signals, customer insight, and emerging technology to actionable product direction.
Slingshot Aerospace cares deeply about our commitment to company values, mission, and purpose. The core competencies we will be looking to identify include: intellectual agility, ability to develop innovative solutions, leadership, performance-orientation, and industry expertise.
Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it)
Product Strategy & Innovation Leadership