Sr Product Manager, VR Labs

Overview

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We pursue society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. We value candor, care, and diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. You’ll take ownership and drive real change, and you’ll grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As Senior Product Manager for VR Labs, you will lead Axon’s innovation function for immersive training. VR Labs explores, tests and validates new technologies and ideas to inform how Axon can raise the bar in virtual reality training. You will design and oversee structured experiments, evaluate technical feasibility and training value, and deliver clear recommendations on which concepts are worth advancing.

Your work will ensure that Axon explores the most promising opportunities while keeping innovation grounded in real-world impact for public safety professionals.

This role is focused on early-stage exploration, with most initiatives remaining experimental in nature. Some programs may eventually graduate into full in-production products, and you will guide those transitions when they occur. By balancing curiosity with pragmatism, you will help shape how Axon identifies and incubates technologies that could influence the next generation of immersive training.

In addition to leading Labs initiatives, you will own TASER Arena, Axon’s VR gaming initiative. TASER Arena has become a widely adopted, gamified way to reinforce TASER fundamentals and introduce agencies to VR training. You will be responsible for its ongoing performance, customer adoption, and ensuring it continues to deliver meaningful value to customers as part of Axon’s VR portfolio.

Reports To: Sr Director, Extended Reality

Direct Reports: None, individual contributor role

Work Location: This role is based out of our Seattle, WA or Scottsdale, AZ office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

• 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

• 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%)

• Competitive salary and 401K with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Robust parental leave policy
• An award-winning office/working environment
• Ride along with real police officers in real life situations, see them use technology, get inspired
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