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Senior Director, Product Management (Hardware), Axon 911
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your impact

Axon equips the world's public safety agencies with technology that captures truth, improves accountability, and protects lives. Our products run from body-worn cameras that de-escalate critical encounters to in-car systems, interview room solutions, mobile apps, and a growing set of signals and sensors. How officers stay connected in the field is central to all of it, and that is where the next opportunity sits.

You will lead a team of product managers to define a new product built from the ground up across hardware, software, and cloud, the first entry in a zero-to-one portfolio with the potential to become one of Axon's biggest pillars. In this role you help shape the product strategy, drive definition and prioritization with your team, and partner across the organization to move it forward. Your work helps determine whether agencies adopt the product and officers trust it in the field. The role reports to the CEO of Axon 911.

State of the business

The opportunity is a 0-to-1 business. You will build the product from scratch, and the ceiling is large enough to make it one of Axon's biggest pillars.

• The target category is large, underserved, and central to how public safety agencies operate in the field.

• The new device generation moves agencies onto a single connected platform, similar to the move from a feature phone to a smartphone.

• Success in the early phase means winning the first agency deployments and proving field reliability, then expanding across [target segments: e.g., large municipal agencies, state police, federal.]

The role

You lead the product across strategy, definition, and execution alongside your team. You help shape the vision and the roadmap, work through the trade-offs that engineering and design build against, and keep the program moving from first prototype toward large-scale agency deployment. You partner with engineering, design, hardware, supply chain, and go-to-market leaders, and you help carry the product narrative to executives, agency decision-makers, and the field.

Responsibilities include:

• Product strategy: Own the multi-year vision, target segments, and the sequence of bets that get the product from early deployments to large-scale adoption. Own the full product lifecycle from definition through go-to-market and iteration.

• Definition and execution: Turn how officers work and communicate in the field into clear product requirements. Own the roadmap and the trade-offs across performance, reliability, battery life, security, and cost.

• Customer obsession: Build direct relationships with agency leaders and officers. Start from the customer problem and ground every major decision in customer evidence and field data.

• Cross-functional leadership: Partner with hardware, firmware, cloud, and design engineering leaders to turn device and system constraints into product decisions, and with go-to-market teams to land deployments that hold up in the field.

• Team building: Hire, coach, and lead a team of product managers. Set the bar for written thinking, customer discovery, and measurable outcomes.

• Accountability: Define the metrics that show whether the product is working (adoption, field reliability, officer trust) and report against them honestly, including when the data says a bet was wrong.

What you bring

• 10+ years in product management, with a track record of driving growth in technical product lines that combine hardware and software, ideally deployed in the field at scale.

• Direct experience shipping both hardware and software products, and comfort owning the full device plus platform experience rather than one layer of it.

• Experience taking a new hardware product from 0 to 1, from early concept through launch and into market traction.

• 4+ years leading and building product teams, setting strategy that shipped and moved the business.

• Credibility with senior engineering leaders across embedded, firmware, and cloud domains, and the judgment to make trade-offs where field performance matters more than feature count.

• The ability to lead without formal authority, bringing executives, engineering, and external partners to one roadmap despite competing priorities.

• Strong written communication. You can turn an ambiguous, high-stakes problem into a clear document that drives a decision.

• Experience with connected devices, communications products, or mission-critical systems is a strong plus.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Relevant experience matters more than a specific degree.

Benefits that benefit you

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

• Discretionary paid time off

• Paid parental leave for all

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans

• Fitness Programs

• Emotional & Mental Wellness support

• Learning & Development programs

• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers .

Base Pay Range
$310,500 — $326,450 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access, deletion, or exercise other CCPA rights at axongreenhousesupport@axon.com or via our Axon Privacy Web Form . For more information, please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email recruitingops@axon.com. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.

Phishing alert: Axon will never ask you to pay for any part of the hiring process, including training, equipment, or background checks. We do not make job offers via text message, WhatsApp, or instant messaging platforms without a formal interview process. All legitimate job openings are listed on our official careers page at https://www.axon.com/careers . If you receive a suspicious offer or outreach from an email address that is not @axon.com , or if you are asked for sensitive personal information (bank details, Social Security Number) prematurely, please ignore the message and report it to recruitingops@axon.com .

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What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Director".

Main responsibilities

You lead the product across strategy, definition, and execution alongside your team. You help shape the vision and the roadmap, work through the trade-offs t…
Product strategy: Own the multi-year vision, target segments, and the sequence of bets that get the product from early deployments to large-scale adoption. O…
Definition and execution: Turn how officers work and communicate in the field into clear product requirements. Own the roadmap and the trade-offs across perf…
Customer obsession: Build direct relationships with agency leaders and officers. Start from the customer problem and ground every major decision in customer …
Cross-functional leadership: Partner with hardware, firmware, cloud, and design engineering leaders to turn device and system constraints into product decisi…
Team building: Hire, coach, and lead a team of product managers. Set the bar for written thinking, customer discovery, and measurable outcomes.
Accountability: Define the metrics that show whether the product is working (adoption, field reliability, officer trust) and report against them honestly, in…
What you bring
10+ years in product management, with a track record of driving growth in technical product lines that combine hardware and software, ideally deployed in the…
Direct experience shipping both hardware and software products, and comfort owning the full device plus platform experience rather than one layer of it.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

Technical skill Core
In the posting: “We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.” · “You will lead a team of product managers to define a new product built from the ground up across hardware, software, and cloud, the first entry in a zero-to-…” · “You help shape the vision and the roadmap, work through the trade-offs that engineering and design build against, and keep the program moving from first prot…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
Communication Core
In the posting: “Definition and execution: Turn how officers work and communicate in the field into clear product requirements.” · “Strong written communication.” · “Experience with connected devices, communications products, or mission-critical systems is a strong plus.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change.” · “Axon equips the world's public safety agencies with technology that captures truth, improves accountability, and protects lives.” · “Product strategy: Own the multi-year vision, target segments, and the sequence of bets that get the product from early deployments to large-scale adoption.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “You will lead a team of product managers to define a new product built from the ground up across hardware, software, and cloud, the first entry in a zero-to-…” · “Cross-functional leadership: Partner with hardware, firmware, cloud, and design engineering leaders to turn device and system constraints into product decisi…” · “Team building: Hire, coach, and lead a team of product managers.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
Customer focus Core
In the posting: “We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.” · “Customer obsession: Build direct relationships with agency leaders and officers.” · “Start from the customer problem and ground every major decision in customer evidence and field data.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful.” · “In this role you help shape the product strategy, drive definition and prioritization with your team, and partner across the organization to move it forward.” · “The ability to lead without formal authority, bringing executives, engineering, and external partners to one roadmap despite competing priorities.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.” · “Axon equips the world's public safety agencies with technology that captures truth, improves accountability, and protects lives.” · “The target category is large, underserved, and central to how public safety agencies operate in the field.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “You partner with engineering, design, hardware, supply chain, and go-to-market leaders, and you help carry the product narrative to executives, agency decisi…” · “Cross-functional leadership: Partner with hardware, firmware, cloud, and design engineering leaders to turn device and system constraints into product decisi…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Start from the customer problem and ground every major decision in customer evidence and field data.” · “Accountability: Define the metrics that show whether the product is working (adoption, field reliability, officer trust) and report against them honestly, in…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “You partner with engineering, design, hardware, supply chain, and go-to-market leaders, and you help carry the product narrative to executives, agency decisi…” · “The ability to lead without formal authority, bringing executives, engineering, and external partners to one roadmap despite competing priorities.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “You can turn an ambiguous, high-stakes problem into a clear document that drives a decision.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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Describe a time you had to say no to a senior stakeholder. Product management
How do you decide whether a feature you launched worked? Product management
Tell me about a launch that involved several teams. What was your role? Product management
A key feature is late and the launch date is fixed. What do you do? Product management
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Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
Describe a process you improved.
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What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
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A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
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