Axon is looking to solve the problem of exploring and innovating in immersive training technologies, specifically virtual reality, to inform and improve their products and services for public safety professionals.
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
- Reports To: Sr Director, Extended Reality
- Direct Reports: None, individual contributor role
- Work Location: Seattle, WA or Scottsdale, AZ office with a hybrid schedule
- Travel requirements: up to 5% domestic and international travel
- Degree requirements: not specified, but 6+ years of Product Management experience required
