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AeroVect is a Series A autonomous vehicle company transforming ground handling operations for airlines and airport service providers globally. This Staff Product Manager role owns the strategy, roadmap, and product requirements for AeroVect's Autonomous Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) Service—a safety-critical, operationally complex system that redefines how major airlines and airports manage day-to-day ground operations.
Reporting to the Director of Safety, Systems, and Product, you will set direction for the product organization with purview spanning autonomous driving capabilities, fleet operations, and evaluation infrastructure. You will lead a team of Product Managers owning distinct product verticals, establishing best practices for autonomy product development, and mentoring them in requirements definition, capability measurement, and data-driven decision-making.
Key responsibilities include: defining and owning the top-level AGSE Service product roadmap; driving clarity on what the company is building, why, and by when across commercial, engineering, and operations teams; building measurement foundations (KPIs for capability, performance, reliability) to track product health and drive prioritization; partnering with Systems Engineering to decompose product needs into system requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria; participating in system design discussions across Autonomy, Infrastructure, and Hardware to ensure technical architectures serve product and operational goals; working with Engineering leadership on trade-off decisions balancing business goals and technical feasibility; communicating product vision and status to senior leadership, customers, engineering, operations, sales, and marketing; owning customer relationships with airlines and airports, including Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements; and translating customer and operator needs into prioritized, data-backed product investments.
This is a role for a strong cross-functional leader capable of guiding engineering organizations through ambiguity and driving tradeoffs for a product that is both safety- and operation-critical.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of Product Management experience owning multi-system, technically complex products end-to-end
- Experience building and shipping products where safety, reliability, and real-time performance are non-negotiable
- Proven ability to ship 0→1 products in fast-paced environments
- Demonstrated experience engaging directly with enterprise or operational customers (discovery, requirements translation, relationship management)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with data-driven decision-making approach
- Track record leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to translate between technical depth and executive clarity
- Excellent organizational skills managing multiple projects simultaneously
PREFERRED:
- MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
- 7+ years of Product Management experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or safety-critical systems
- 2+ years leading Product Management teams
- Experience engaging with regulatory stakeholders and navigating compliance for autonomous systems
- Strong understanding of software development, systems architecture, and data pipelines
- Experience with V&V processes and working with Safety + Systems Engineering teams
- Ability to engage substantively in technical design discussions and push back on engineering decisions with product rationale
- Familiarity with airside driving environment at major global airports
