Product Manager

About Rune

Rune Technologies builds mission-critical software for military logistics and sustainment. Our flagship product is TyrOS, an AI-enabled logistics command and control platform that gives commanders a single, real-time operating picture of their sustainment fight, from inventory and distribution to medical and operational planning, even in degraded and contested environments.

We're not a traditional defense contractor. We're a small, fast-moving team that combines deep operational experience in and with the DoD with the software discipline of the best product companies, and we apply that combination to a customer set that desperately needs it. We stay close to our users by embedding directly with military units during exercises and rotations, and we ship constantly based on what we learn.

The U.S. military and its allies face a real logistics modernization problem. We're building the software to solve it.

About the Role

A logistics officer planning a resupply across contested terrain has minutes to make decisions that move thousands of tons of equipment and shape whether an operation succeeds. The software they use to make those calls is the difference between the right plan and the wrong one. That’s the product problem at Rune.

The capabilities we choose to build - and how we scope, sequence, and ship them - determine how commanders see their fight, plan their sustainment, and hold their operating picture together when conditions degrade. Product strategy is how we win.

We’re looking for a Product Manager with strong technical instincts, sharp product judgment, and the agency to own significant pieces of TyrOS end-to-end. You’ll partner with engineering, design, mission managers, and growth to define our roadmap, scope and ship our most complex capabilities, and stay close to users in the field. You’ll have more direct access to real users in real conditions than almost anywhere else you could work.

This is our second product hire. You’ll have strong influence on what we build, how we build it, and how the product function takes shape as we grow.

What You'll Do

• Own product strategy and roadmap for major areas of TyrOS, from problem framing through shipped capability and iteration

• Define and ship our most complex features working hand-in-hand with engineering on architecture, tradeoffs, and what’s actually buildable

• Embed with military units during exercises and rotations to learn the domain firsthand, build trust with users, and translate field reality into product direction

• Partner tightly with design to turn complex problems into intuitive product experiences that hold up under pressure

• Work closely with our growth and mission success team to understand customer and contract context, and translate it into prioritized product work

• Bring a strong point of view to cross-functional discussions: advocate for the right bets, push back on the wrong ones, and make tradeoffs explicit

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a product manager and 6-10+ years of total professional experience, with a track record of owning meaningful product surfaces end-to-end

• Technical credibility - a CS background, prior engineering experience, or equivalent depth that lets you go deep with engineers on architecture, capabilities, and tradeoffs. You don’t need to be writing code, but you need to understand how software gets built

• Experience at strong product companies - big tech, top-tier startups, or other organizations known for a high product bar - where you’ve seen what good looks like

• Strong product judgment: you can frame ambiguous problems, scope smartly, and make sharp tradeoffs under uncertainty

• Demonstrated ability to ship intuitive product experiences in close partnership with great designers

• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor your message to engineers, designers, customers, and executives

• Willingness and desire to get into the field with users, including at military exercises in austere conditions

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. secret security clearance

• Must be willing to travel 1-2 times per quarter to the field to work with end users.

• Must live in, or be willing to relocate to, Washington, D.C., Seattle, or New York City.

• For candidates in Seattle or New York City, you can expect to travel to DC on a regular basis (~20-25%) + the field travel mentioned above.

Desired Qualifications

• Military background, or experience building products for the military or defense

• Experience shipping AI-enabled features in production

• Experience working on complex operational software - logistics, planning, command-and-control, analytics, or other high-stakes operational domains

• Comfort in fast-paced, mission-driven environments with evolving requirements

Benefits

Rune offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees to include a full suite of insurance options at no cost for employees and low-cost to spouses and dependents. Highly competitive equity grants are also included in the majority of full time offers and are considered part of Rune's total compensation package. Benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; premiums 100% covered by Rune for all employees; exceptionally low premiums for spouses and dependents

• Basic life insurance and disability 100% covered for all employees by Rune; option to purchase additional life insurance available

• ‘Take the time off that you need, when you need it’ paid time off, not accrual based

• Generous company holiday calendar including a holiday shutdown in December

• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service, medical events, and parental leave

• Full 401(k) retirement plan for all full-time eligible employees

• Company-funded commuter benefits

• Free access to on-site gym at office