Senior Product Marketing Manager, Defense & Partnerships

Description: Location: Remote within U.S.(regular travel)

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, Defense & Partnerships, you'll shape how Palladyne AI brings advanced autonomy solutions to the defense market. You'll lead product marketing efforts across our defense portfolio while building collaborative marketing programs with strategic technology partners that strengthen our market presence and support business growth.

Palladyne AI (NASDAQ: PDYN) is a U.S.-based defense and industrial technology company that delivers embodied AI-powered collaborative autonomy solutions, advanced avionics, precision-manufactured components, UAVs, and advanced aerospace design services.

You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy translating complex technologies into compelling market stories, collaborating across technical and commercial teams, and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. You're energized by building marketing from the ground up, comfortable wearing multiple hats, and motivated by seeing your work directly influence customer engagement and business outcomes.

What You'll Do

Defense Product Marketing

• Develop positioning, messaging, and value propositions for defense products and programs.
• Build competitive intelligence, market analyses, and sales enablement materials that help differentiate Palladyne AI in the marketplace.
• Translate customer, partner, and field insights into messaging frameworks, marketing briefs, and go-to-market assets.
• Partner with Marketing Communications to develop content, collateral, product launch materials, and campaign assets.

Partner Marketing

• Serve as the primary marketing contact for defense and commercial technology partners.
• Develop and execute joint marketing plans that align partner objectives with Palladyne AI's business goals.
• Coordinate partner marketing initiatives across trade shows, digital marketing, collateral, customer engagements, and industry even...