Product Manager - Aviation Safety Services

Viasat, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communication company is seeking an experienced Product Manager to join their Aviation team. This role involves defining and leading Aviation Safety products used across civil and commercial aviation. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, managing product roadmaps, and ensuring timely product delivery. Candidates should have a strong background in product management and communication skills. The position is located in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management or related commercial role.
• Ability to bring products from concept to launch.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new products and project scope.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Conduct commercial analysis for strategic decision-making.

Skills

Product management

Satellite communications

Aviation Safety Services

Team collaboration

Presentation skills

Education

Degree in engineering or related field

Job description

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you’ll do

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join Viasat Aviation team under Advanced Non-Terrestrial Solutions. The primary purpose of this role is to be responsible for defining, developing, and leading Aviation Safety critical products and services used across civil and commercial aviation. On this role you will be working alongside industry experts in delivering regulatory, safety, and performance requirements to meet the needs of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), airlines and regulators. You are encouraged to implement a wide range of activities including handling internal and external partners, producing product reports, coordinating resources, tracking progress and performance, while ensuring that products are launched on time and successful throughout its lifecycle. You will report to the Aviation Product Management Director to ensure that outcomes are met, delivered on time and to agreed standards.

The day-to-day

• Lead the development of new products, project scope, key deliverables and achievements.
• Drive product evolution, roadmap, commercial requirements, market positioning, pricing and performance for key products.
• Identify and coordinate core requirements for key projects by working closely with Customers, Viasat’s business development and engineering teams.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements for key products across the aviation safety ecosystem.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Engineering, Operations and cross-business unit teams to deliver aviation compliant end-to-end solutions.
• Ensuring that engineering teams understand business requirements, vision and respective timeframe for product delivery.
• Lead the product roadmaps with a strong focus on market positioning, customers, and technical requirements in the context of the overall aviation safety market.
• Creation of product documentation to support the aviation safety business: including product functionality, features, market positioning, service specification, differentiation, and value proposition.
• Act as subject matter authority for Products and Services, while collaborating with internal and external partners.
• Engagement in customer support cases as SME, supporting internal teams from a product/service knowledge perspective.
• Undertake commercial analysis to support business strategic decision-making.
• Lead on the development and delivery of associated commercial business cases.
• Manage cross-functional team members (Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Contracts, etc.) as the need arises to support project execution.
• Manage Value Added Manufacturers (VAM) where needed to ensure delivery is timely and to specification.
• Conduct problem solving analysis and risk reviews to resolve product and project related issues and take vital actions to mitigate risk.

What you’ll need

• Experience working in a product management or related commercial role
• Experience working with managed services or value-added services
• Demonstrable ability in taking products from concept through to launch
• Knowledge on satellite communications and Aviation Safety Services
• Strong presentation and written communication skills
• Excellent social and influencing skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment and coordinate activities across functions
• Highly organised, detail oriented and self-motivated
• Collaborative mind-set and strong communication skills
• Flexible / resourceful approach, independent problem solver
• Confident and articulate with senior leaders

What will help you on the job

• Experience working in a global matrix managed environment
• Experience working with and delivering services and projects related to managed services, software development and/or network infrastructure.
• Knowledge or awareness on 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks.
• Degree or equivalent experience in an engineering field (networks, computer, software, or similar)

EEO Statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.