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Panasonic Avionics Corporation · 1 week ago

Sr. Director, Product Management - MRO and Support Services

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$181K/yr - $303K/yr

15+ years exp

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is a leader in delivering inflight entertainment products and services. The Sr. Director of Product Management will focus on developing the services business, managing product lifecycles, and leading cross-functional teams to enhance competitive positioning and revenue growth.

Consumer ElectronicsInformation TechnologyManufacturingTelecommunications

No H1B

Responsibilities

Partners with executive business leaders to define and optimize product line strategy that positions PAC as a technology differentiator in the market

Responsible for leading multiple teams of product managers within the product line to define product offering (make/buy/partner), positioning, product competitive analysis, technology/product roadmap, business cases, value pricing, Go-To-Market plan across the targeted market segments

Leads multiple product teams within the product line to develop, decompose, and allocate product requirements (technical and non-technical) to cross-functional teams

Provides sales collaterals to Sales and Accountment teams. Partners to develop channel strategy and channel effectiveness metrics

Establish effective measurements and continuous improvement operating process at product line level to manage integrated product lifecycle performance, product quality/delivery/reliability, cost reduction, obsolescence, and strategic resource allocation

Partners with Product Management Process leader to mature Product Management roles in cross-functional decision making, such as, pricing, make/buy, R&D prioritization, design reviews, manufacturing reviews, supplier qualification, IP protection, IP licensing, M&A

Works with Program Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to improve cost estimate accuracy, identify opportunities for productivity improvement, and drive for insertion of innovative effective design/certification methodologies. Escalate issues when necessary

Responsible for organization development, employee performance, succession planning, and strategic workforce planning

Conducts frequent and effective employee communications. Takes initiatives to improve employee engagement, promote diversity, enhance compliance culture

Spends time to identify, develop, and mentor talents. Work with employees to develop individualized career development plan. Continuously improves teams’ performance, retention, and positive attitude

Other tasks when assigned

Qualification

MRO/services expertiseProduct management experienceStrategic marketingFinancial analysisMBA degreeAviation industry experienceAgile developmentAnalytical thinkingEmployee managementLeadership skillsCross-functional collaborationCommunication skillsCustomer focus

Required

A change agent who has demonstrated success in leading sizeable teams through transformation

An integrative thinker who is effective at making decisions with seemingly conflicting information, in a matrix operating structure

A situational leader who balances driving results and developing people at different situations

An influential leader who learns all the time, embraces diversity, communicates effectively, collaborates across functions, drives results aggressively

An analytical thinker who is able to organize data into logical fashion, and present insights in concise way to business leaders

An executive business leader who understands MRO/services, IFEC and/or Digital Aviation market trends, business models; has demonstrated success in product positioning, go-to-market plan, value pricing, product/technology roadmap, competitive strategy, new product launch, financial analysis (income, cash flow), and business valuation

A lead-by-influence practitioner who is good at driving cross-functional project teams to meet demanding cost/schedule/scope objectives

A global growth champion who embraces listening to customers and is skillful of translating customer needs

A technologist who understands and innovates in dependable computing, networking, software architecture, analytics; has dealt with at least 2 different products

Strong executive presence

Highest level of integrity, honesty, and credibility

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Marketing with 15+ year working experience in Aviation (or relevant), Digital industries

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in strategic marketing, product marketing, product management, or business development

Minimum 8 years of employee management experience