Product Owner H/F

About Alta Ares

Alta Ares is a deeptech startup founded in 2024, building real-time AI for defense operations (ISR, C-UAS). Our primary clients are NATO-aligned militaries, with regular deployments during live exercises. Raised €2M pre-seed in May 2025. Products include:

• Real-time AI ISR module deployable on drones and tactical platforms
• Counter-UAS solution enabling autonomous drone takeover under GNSS-denied environment
• Full-stack MLOps platform for training & deploying military-grade AI models
• Data fusion and trajectory prediction

Role & Mission

As a Product Owner, you are responsible for ensuring the relevance, performance, and continuous improvement of the products by aligning technical development with customer needs and operational realities.

Product Expertise & Strategy

• Develop a strong understanding of our products and their technical specifications
• Contribute to product specifications and roadmap definition in collaboration with internal teams
• Ensure consistency between product evolution and market needs

Customer Insight & Prioritization

• Collect, structure, and prioritize customer feedback
• Translate user needs into clear and actionable product requirements
• Continuously refine priorities to maximize product value and impact

Field Testing & Validation

• Regularly operate in field environments to test and validate solutions
• Ensure products perform effectively under real operational constraints
• Feed field insights back into product improvements

Demonstrations & Operational Preparation

• Prepare and lead customer demonstrations (scenarios, CONOPS, authorizations, field constraints)
• Ensure demonstrations accurately reflect product capabilities and use cases
• Support customer understanding and adoption through hands-on presentations

Cross-functional Coordination

• Act as the interface between customers and internal technical and operational teams
• Facilitate communication and alignment across stakeholders
• Support smooth execution from product development to deployment

Requirements

Candidate profile

• 3-5+ years of experience in product management or product ownership
• Background in robotics, autonomous systems, or defense technology
• Experience with agile methodologies and product development cycles
• Understanding of swarm technologies, multi-agent systems, or drone operations
• Proven track record of launching new products or features
• Ability to work in fast-paced, operational environments

Technical Understanding

• Strong grasp of autonomous systems and AI/ML applications
• Familiarity with software-hardware integration
• Understanding of defense/military operational requirements appreciated
• Experience with field testing and validation preferred
• Comfort with technical specifications and system architectures

Languages

• Professional fluency in English (mandatory)
• French appreciated (for work with Paris headquarters)

Travel

• Willingness to travel regularly for demonstrations and customer meetings (Europe, NATO countries, potential deployments to operational theaters)