Axon is looking to solve the problem of exploring and innovating in immersive training technologies, specifically virtual reality, to improve public safety professionals' training and performance.
Requirements
- 6+ years of Product Management experience, ideally including early-stage innovation or incubation
- Experience spearheading early-stage innovation, building business cases, and leading prototype efforts in dynamic environments
- Comfort with ambiguity: ability to generate hypotheses, design experiments, and pivot based on results
- Experience working with immersive technologies (VR, AR, MR) or adjacent fields (AI, haptics, multiplayer systems)
- Ability to frame tradeoffs and influence at both strategic and tactical levels
- Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally when necessary (Up to 5%)
- Experience with user research and qualitative testing
Responsibilities
- Lead VR Labs by identifying, prototyping, and evaluating new technologies and approaches in immersive training
- Establish and apply structured methods for assessing technology readiness and customer value
- Partner with user research to gather insights from customers and trainees, shaping clear recommendations for future investments
- Work with internal and external development teams to define, build, and iterate on prototypes and proofs-of-concept
- Collaborate with user research to conduct qualitative testing and produce reports that inform business decisions on whether to scale, pause, or pivot initiatives
- Build and maintain solid relationships with hardware and software partners to expand Axon's innovation pipeline
- Own TASER Arena, Axon's VR gaming initiative, ensuring it remains an accessible, gamified training experience that drives customer adoption of VR
Other
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to work in a hybrid schedule, with in-person collaboration required Tuesdays through Fridays
- Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally when necessary (Up to 5%)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with ambiguity and changing priorities
