Senior Product Manager Software

October 9, 2026

Remote

Senior

Amsterdam

Indeed

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Defense-industry project

Description

Optics11 is a fast-growing high-tech company based in Amsterdam developing advanced fiber optic sensing systems for demanding environments such as high-voltage energy infrastructure, subsea and defense applications. The Senior Product Manager Software will own the software product strategy, roadmap and lifecycle for the Underwater Security domain, working closely with hardware Product Managers, Data science, Software, R&D and Engineering Sales teams. The role covers product discovery, business cases, roadmap prioritization and coordination of the product core team to deliver end-to-end solutions for defense partners.

Responsibilities

Own the software product strategy by defining and articulating the direction for assigned software products or value streams
Identify customer problems and market opportunities, balancing near-term opportunities with long-term company goals
Provide product design authority keeping software concepts and capabilities aligned with the Underwater Security product vision
Lead customer and market discovery, validating direction with customers and partners and synthesizing feedback from deployed products
Own software roadmap development and prioritization, communicating priorities across relevant teams
Develop business cases and commercial input by defining success measures and commercial objectives
Coordinate the product core team with System Engineering, Product Ownership and Project Management while aligning Sales and Engineering
Build and structure product discovery and delivery ways of working for the software domain

Requirements

Master's degree in engineering or design, or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in Software Product Management with a proven track record in defense or another industrial high-tech / high compliance environment
Strong understanding of software products in complex and regulated environments
In-depth knowledge of software product management and strategy methodologies
Demonstratable experience in defining software product strategy and creating complete business cases
Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills at operational and management level
Demonstrated critical thinking, adaptability to challenges, and a problem-solving mindset
Proficiency in software industry standard tooling such as Jira / Jira Product Discovery / Jira Service Management, Confluence, BigPicture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience in defense industry or another industrial high-tech / high compliance environment (nice to have)
Proficiency in JAMA Connect, Siemens Polarion, SAFe, Miro, Figma, Dovetail, Amplitude, PowerBI (nice to have)
Proficiency in Dutch language is a plus
Driver's license B or international equivalent

Conditions

Willingness to travel
Mandatory security screening to obtain a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD

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