Product Specialist (Product Management)

Boeing•Long Beach, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Product Specialist (Product Management) Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Product Specialist in Arlington, VA, El Segundo and Long beach, CA, Saint Louis, MO or Tukwila, WA. We are a product led analytics and AI group within Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS), transforming the way data is sourced, designed and used to help us build and scale analytics and AI products. We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate Senior Product Manager/Senior Product Specialist with excellent people, communication, technical and organizational skills with a successful track record of accountability for end-to-end delivery of analytics and AI products. In the role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to shipping by connecting the technical and business worlds. You will break down complex problems into steps that drive product development at scale and speed. Our product managers work closely with BDS business leaders, internal BDS users/customers, software developers, data scientists, designers, and data engineers to help design and develop analytics and AI technologies to solve business problems. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users, leading to the delivery of high-value products that significantly impact business outcomes. This position is hybrid. The selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future. This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of product management experience such as creating strategic product roadmaps, and working and communicating with cross-functional teams
Experience driving product vision and design discussions
Experience with facilitating and participating in Agile development processes
Experience in developing analytics or AI products and technologies
This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a technology or business-related field
Experience managing day-to-day technical and design direction
Experience with advanced AI (e.g., GenAI) products
Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Software Development, Data Science, UX/UI, Customer Support, or Finance
Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority

Responsibilities

Define product vision, manage stakeholder relations and collaborate with users and delivery teams
Maintain the menu of product offerings, create and maintain product roadmaps and prioritized product backlogs
Create context and clarity for the product team to deliver against product roadmaps
Inform on product decisions with empirical product performance and desirability evidence
Collaborate with stakeholders and business partners to identify and articulate emerging opportunities, mature business case, and scope to connect with the appropriate analytics product menu
Proven experience in sprint planning and backlog prioritization with deep expertise in Agile methodologies, leveraging Scrum practices to drive cross-functional alignment, accelerate product delivery and ensure iterative value creation.
Communicate strategy and consistent product messaging to stakeholders and users
Understand opportunities, competition, and user requirements in depth
Launch new products and features, test their performance, and iterate quickly
Work collaboratively with software development, data science, legal, compliance, UX, and other teams on cutting edge technologies
Develop innovative solutions to problems by collaborating as needed across regions, product areas, and functions
Uncover and understand customer needs and translate them into requirements with focus on business value outcomes
Ability to work well with internal teams, including developers, engineers, architects, quality assurance and operations
Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans meet or exceed expectations
Understand, research, and follow technical trends in technology and aviation
Participate in annual planning process through gathering and providing resource and cost estimates supporting development of product capabilities
Able to assess emerging products and companies to measure their potential value or threat to the company and its products, as well as make recommendations on which new technologies to invest in or leverage
Follow competitors and conduct capability analysis regularly
Provide internal and customer training on how to use the product
Answer incoming questions about the product and its capabilities
Assess and address technical risks
Understand and analyze data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems
Serve as an evangelist and subject matter expert to the technical teams
Coordinate beta tests, user testing, and set performance benchmarks
Analyze performance indicators, evaluate experiments, and communicate status
Define success criteria for testing and product acceptance
Facilitate the creation and maintenance of proper product documentation