Product Manager, Business Aviation

Viasat, Inc.•Carlsbad, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

In Viasat’s Aviation Product Management Team, we are looking for an end-to-end Product Portfolio Manager for the Business Aviation Segment. In this role, you will lay down the charter for greater adoption of the current product while identifying new ways to expand its value in the market with the right extensions to find the right market fit to drive growth. You will be interfacing with all stakeholders internal and external, working with internal teams to define the product roadmaps, create GTM strategies, and manage the lifecycle of these products working with engineering, sales, and marketing to create sustainable value in the marketplace.

Requirements

7+ years managing one or more products or experience like the above essential functions
Demonstrated experience working with global teams, strong collaboration, and communications skills
Strategic approach with excellent problem-solving skills and a strong work ethic
Highly motivated self-starter and consistent track record of being able to complete tasks efficiently
Demonstrated experience influencing and leading cross functional teams to drive and deliver business justification to introduce and launch product capabilities
Fast learner and comfortable with technical details. You have credibility with the engineering community about technical tradeoffs, scalability, and performance
Demonstrated experience defining, testing, and updating product hypotheses with customers based on market and customer feedback
Productive mindset to identify the most important issues, prioritize your time, and deliver results consistently
Passion and creativity to inspire, influence and encourage others, in both relationships with customers and peers
Passionate about solving problems for customers and can define compelling products that address those needs
Experience with executive sponsor management
Bachelor’s degree, CS degree or equivalent experience is preferred (MBA / master’s degree a plus)
Able to travel up to 30%

Nice To Haves

Experience in Aviation industry a plus
Graduate degree in a quantitative field, MBA, or advanced background in aviation or telecommunications, with equivalent experience accepted
Experience with satellite network analysis and telecommunications performance metrics in aviation applications
Experience with forecasting methodologies, demand planning, and capacity management in service industries
Experience with agile product development methodologies and cross-functional team leadership

Responsibilities

Build and manage a comprehensive product roadmap. It should aggregate dependent product roadmaps and outline your overall strategy. Balance client requests, market demands, and your creative ideas.
Analyze connectivity service attributes (coverage, bandwidth, latency, reliability) to build tiered service offerings that align with different airline operational and passenger needs
Develop comprehensive product specifications that articulate feature sets, performance metrics, and value propositions for each service tier
Create bundling strategies that combine connectivity with OTT services, content delivery networks, and operational applications
Interact with partners, customers, and prospects to define market requirements, and translate these requirements into market requirements (MRDs) that dependent product and engineering teams can deliver to, on time, and within budget
Own the product vision and evangelize it throughout the organization – articulate and justify the WHAT and WHY of any product effort
Be responsible for the product business case, advocating for funding and resourcing for the product to realize value
Define, measure, and report on key Product metrics, in conjunction with Business and Company strategy
Bring the "voice of the customer" to the product by working closely with internal product teams, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and users to prioritize feasibility, viability, and desirability of requirements.
Define various internal or partner solutions and associated collaborations where applicable
Act as the single POC for product needs, roadmap, prioritization, and communication of product plan across the customer and stakeholder community
Engage with the relevant solution partners and ecosystem players – both technically and commercially
Drive the success of the final product and improvement iterations on an ongoing basis with the team and other stakeholders
Present periodically to senior executives at the corporation on the continuous evolution of the product portfolio