Product Manager- Software Products

About the Team:

Taara extends and amplifies global communications infrastructure using beams of light to deliver high-speed connectivity. Born at X, Google’s moonshot factory, Taara works with enterprise customers, Physical AI companies, and fiber operators, and internal teams to plan, deploy, and operate optical wireless networks around the world.

As Taara scales deployments and evolves its software products, we are looking for a Product Manager, Software Products to shape and improve the User Experience (UX) across all customer facing product surfaces.

About the Role:

This role will own and evolve Taara's software products across customer-facing applications and embedded terminal software. You will work closely with engineering, UX design, Customer Success, and users to translate customer needs into clear technical product requirements, prioritize improvements, and deliver an integrated software experience. The ideal candidate combines strong software technical knowledge with business judgment and the ability to collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines.

Success in this role means delivering a cohesive software product experience across Taara's customer-facing applications and embedded systems. You will define clear product requirements, identify dependencies and integration risks, and partner with engineering to prioritize features, reliability improvements, and customer-impacting issues. You will use customer feedback, product telemetry, and measurable outcomes to guide decisions and continuously improve software quality and user experience.

How you will make 10x impact:

• Own the product scope, requirements, and prioritization across Taara's customer-facing software applications and embedded terminal software.

• Translate customer and internal needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Drive product road mapping by defining priorities, sequencing releases, and aligning stakeholders on what to build next and why.

• Partner closely with engineering and UX design to deliver features that balance technical feasibility, usability, and business outcomes.

• Work with customers and internal teams to understand real-world use cases, gather feedback, and prioritize enhancements.

• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer success to support product launches, enablement, and adoption.

• Help shape and validate analysis, reporting, and visualization features, including exploration of AI-assisted workflows where appropriate.

• Conduct market and competitive analysis to identify customer needs, evaluate software capabilities, and inform product features and roadmap priorities.

• Monitor product usage and feedback to inform iteration and continuous improvement.

• Define and monitor product success metrics using customer feedback, usage data, and telemetry to assess software quality, reliability, and customer experience improvements.

• Product requirements are clear, actionable, and well-aligned across teams.

• Engineering teams build with confidence and minimal rework.

• Features ship in a thoughtful sequence aligned to real user needs and operational priorities.

• Customer feedback and usage insights meaningfully influence product decisions.

• User experience improvements are measurable and reflected in reduced friction, faster adoption, and clearer workflows across the software products.

What you should have:

• 5+ years of product management experience delivering technically complex software products, with demonstrated ability to work closely with software engineering teams on architecture, system dependencies, and product requirements.

• Experience translating customer and technical requirements into clear product specifications, user stories, and prioritized backlogs, with an understanding of software integrations and system-level dependencies.

• Strong technical understanding of software products, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams on technical requirements, integrations, and dependencies.

• Ability to conduct user interviews and synthesize insights into clear product direction.

• Comfort working cross-functionally with engineering, UX, and customer-facing teams.

• Experience using data, feedback, or product signals to inform prioritization and iteration.

• Experience using customer feedback, product telemetry, software quality metrics, and business priorities to guide product decisions and measure improvements.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain product decisions clearly to diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to work in the Sunnyvale office at least 3 days per week.

It would be great if you also had these:

• Prior hands-on software development or coding experience.

• Familiarity with technical systems, infrastructure products, or complex workflows is a plus.

• Experience/Knowledge with embedded software, cloud platforms, networking infrastructure, or products that integrate multiple software components.

• Experience managing B2B SaaS products or platforms with frequent software releases.

• Comfort operating in startup environments and managing ambiguity.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$180,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.