# Principal Product Marketing Manager

Hiring organization: [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e7562ae1-1125-48b9-b65a-f0545ebfd7a9

Listed on AeroVironment's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Simi Valley, CA
- Salary: 139000 – 212000 USD per year

## Summary

Lead the product marketing strategy for a $500M defense technology portfolio focused on loitering munitions and precision strike systems. This role combines deep technical positioning, launch execution, and sales enablement for a portfolio sold to DoD program offices, primes, and allied governments, requiring both marketing discipline and embedded partnership with the business unit.

_Our summary, not AeroVironment's wording._

## Skills named

Competitive Intelligence, Export Control

## Required

- 12+ years civilian work experience
- 8+ years product marketing in enterprise software/hardware or defense/aerospace technology
- Demonstrated portfolio ownership at $100M+ revenue scale
- Fluency in DoD acquisition dynamics and program lifecycles
- Ability to develop positioning grounded in operational evidence
- Experience operating within export control and classification constraints
- Self-directed operator with executive accountability
- Ability to build trust with technical and program stakeholders
- Commutable to AV Simi Valley Campus
- U.S. citizenship

## Nice to have

- Direct experience marketing loitering munitions, one-way attack, or EW products
- Prior military service or program office experience
- Active or recent Secret clearance or ability to obtain one
- Experience competing against established primes and emerging defense entrants

Apply on AeroVironment's site: https://avav.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AVAV/job/Simi-Valley-CA/Lead-Product-Marketing-Manager_8377