VP of Product - MASS Group, Inc. - Brydon Portfolio Company

ABOUT MASS GROUP

MASS Group provides a secure Operating System for defense manufacturing, specifically designed for regulated and air-gapped environments. Our platform covers work execution, asset lifecycle management, quality control, maintenance, and AI capabilities. By replacing paper-based processes, Excel WIP tracking, and outdated legacy systems in the most secure and disconnected facilities within the DoD and the Defense Industrial Base, we directly enhance the readiness and lethality of the warfighter.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Vice President of Product Management to own the vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for MASS Group's NextGen Manufacturing OS while leading the transition and evolution of our established TME platform. This is a high-impact, high-trust senior leadership role that will define the product architecture and trajectory of the company.

The right person will have deep instincts for product-market fit in regulated, defense-grade environments, and the strategic clarity to navigate the dual mandate of maintaining and growing our existing customer base while driving the next-generation platform forward.

This role reports directly to the CEO and partners closely with CTO, engineering, go-to-market, and customer success.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for the NextGen Manufacturing OS, a platform built for regulated and secure air-gapped DoD/DoE manufacturing and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB)
• Lead the strategic evolution of the TME legacy platform, ensuring continuity for existing customers while building a pathway to next-generation capabilities
• Drive product-market fit within our niche: secured manufacturing of mission-critical systems and items within the DIB, including government-owned (GO) facilities, GOCO/COCO transitions, and Tier 2/3 private sector defense manufacturers
• Translate complex regulatory requirements — CMMC, NIST 800-171, FAR/DFARS, ATO compliance — into intuitive, high-performance product experiences that create measurable operational value
• Build and maintain a product roadmap that supports three parallel growth motions: account management and expansion within existing defense clients, upselling and modernization within government-operated clients, and new-logo acquisition in DoD and commercial lookalike accounts
• Develop AI capabilities — including maintenance prediction, downtime attribution, and automated QA/compliance reporting — purpose-built for classified and restricted network environments
• Shape the Secure and Disconnected Facility strategy — a repeatable, pre-configured deployment package designed to dramatically reduce SCIF and other secure air-gapped facilities standup time and compliance burden
• Engage directly with facility operators, program managers, contracting officers, and compliance leads to validate product decisions and uncover the highest-leverage pain points
• Establish scalable product practices and processes: discovery frameworks, prioritization discipline, go-to-market readiness, and adoption metrics
• Make hard trade-offs with clarity and conviction — our market is niche, our window is time-sensitive, and the product must stay focused
• Own the Community Hub, an AI self generating community for manufacturing mission critical systems and items within Government and the Defense Industrial Base.

WHAT MAKES YOU A FIT

• Have 8+ years of product management experience, in time scaling B2B or GovTech SaaS products in regulated, defense, or mission-critical environments
• Bring a strong bias for execution and can operate with autonomy and accountability in a PE-backed, fast-moving company
• Have experience managing or transitioning legacy platforms while building toward next-generation architectures — you know how to honor existing customers while driving forward
• Are fluent in MES, CMMS/EAM, or adjacent manufacturing operations software 
• Communicate with precision across audiences: operators, engineers, program managers, and executive stakeholders
• Have an instinct for AI, operational data, and how to make intelligence actionable in constrained network environments
• Are comfortable saying no — and can explain why with the clarity that earns trust
• Develop a scalable product discovery and roadmap process embedded in the team's operating rhythm
• Comfortable traveling ~1x quarter for in-person collaboration (potentially more at the start)

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

The Defense Industrial Base is undergoing its most significant modernization in a generation. Billions in federal funding are flowing into manufacturing and repair facilities still running on paper travelers, Excel-based WIP tracking, and legacy maintenance systems. Mass Group was built for exactly these environments — and we are early in what will be a defining chapter.

This VP of Product role is not a caretaker position. It is the role that determines whether MASS Group capitalizes on a 24-month market window to become the default platform for secure, and air-gapped defense manufacturing — or misses it. The person who takes this role will have real ownership, real authority, and a real opportunity to build something that matters for national security.

• Compensation will be commensurate with experience and is expected to be in the range of $175K to $225K OTE
• MASS Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.