Principal Product Manager, Airborne Software
SES
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintain business ownership over the platform enablement software that delivers inflight connectivity and other services to Commercial Aviation customers.
- Act within an Agile framework to own key elements of market-driven, outcome-based product roadmap that aligns with Intelsat’s strategic vision.
- Collaborate closely with in internal stakeholders to define requirements, provide subject matter expertise, and shape both end-user capabilities and technical design.
- Lead Intelsat’s engagement with external stakeholders, especially in your capacity as a subject matter expert and roadmap owner for key products and value streams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire internal and external stakeholders, up through executive leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with end-to-end product roadmap ownership and delivery.
- An intuitive grasp of customer needs in relevant verticals (airlines, telecom, mobile applications, web, etc.)
- Ability to consistently support hypotheses and recommendations with data, especially from end-users and end-user stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability or experience with defining requirements in structured frameworks
- Ability to own cross-functional initiatives from conception to execution, leading stakeholder groups and Agile teams.
- Four-year college degree in business, economics, or a related field.
- 5+ years Product Management or related experience, 8+ years experience building and/or managing platform software architecture (core operating systems, enablement architecture, etc.)
- Ability to design systems that can scale efficiently to handle increasing loads and ensure high availability. This involves understanding load balancing, distributed systems, and redundancy strategies.
- Experience in ensuring that the platform can integrate smoothly with various applications and external systems. This requires familiarity with APIs, middleware, and other integration technologies.
- Skills in optimizing the performance of the platform to ensure fast and efficient operation. This includes monitoring system performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing improvements.
- Exposure (academic or experiential) to software development / product management tactics such as Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development and Product Needs Analysis.
- This role is subject to ITAR/EAR; candidates must be a US Person (this includes US Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Individual such as an asylee or refugee). (remove if not applicable)
- Graduate degree in engineering or a related field.
- Experience or exposure to airline industry, especially Inflight Connectivity and Entertainment (IFEC) adjacencies.
- Experience within eCommerce, front- and back-end applications, telecommunications, or software development with a focus on the end customer.
- Formal training or certifications in Lean Product Management and/or Agile practices, such as SAFe for Teams or Leading SAFe.