Director of Strategy - Product

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

Join Viasat as the Product Strategy Director and play a pivotal role in crafting our product offerings. Evaluate markets, seize opportunities, and improve existing products to ensure our world-class teams develop valuable propositions.

• Develop the case for strategic investments for Executive approval (multi-million dollar and multi-year), considering the entire Product portfolio
• Engage with Segments, Corporate teams, and Customers to understand the markets. Objectively assess their likely success given the competitive environment
• Engage with customers and partners through insight teamwork and directly to understand where the market is headed, and how Viasat can best place itself
• Engage with external partners on work related to strategic programs and projects, working towards agreements or contracts
• Provide Product Strategy input into reporting and budgeting to steer the investment prioritization across the business
• Build financial models for opportunities and create the narrative that best expresses the value of investments

• Hypothesis led when investigating new opportunities or risks with a structured and methodical approach to problem solving
• The ability to lead and influence teams without direct line management authority
• Data-driven and able to articulate and communicate the message behind the data
• Experience and commercial acumen to quickly get to an assessment of market size/growth, competitive landscape, and right to win
• Experience collaborating with product management and engineering teams to work out the feasibility of new products
• Skilled at financial and commercial modeling in Excel, including options analysis
• Deep understanding of the Telecommunications industry

• Commercial experience in the industry is desirable
• Industry knowledge of Satcom and Networking is a plus

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.