GE Aerospace is a leading company in the aerospace sector, seeking a Sr. Manager Technical Product Management for their AI Control Tower initiative. This role entails product ownership of the AI Control Tower backlog, leading stakeholder engagement, and ensuring effective management of high-priority work while driving team leadership and product governance processes.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product backlog for the AI Control Tower and ensure it reflects the highest-value business and technical priorities
- Lead the intake pipeline for control tower requests and ensure work is evaluated, prioritized, and governed appropriately
- Define and maintain product management processes for backlog health, prioritization, governance, and stakeholder alignment
- Partner with business, technical, and functional stakeholders to gather needs, clarify requirements, and sequence work effectively
- Establish clear criteria for prioritization based on business value, strategic alignment, urgency, technical feasibility, and resource considerations
- Drive product governance forums and operating cadences to support transparent decision-making and timely issue resolution
- Ensure visibility to backlog status, product decisions, pipeline health, and execution risks
- Lead cross-functional alignment on scope, dependencies, tradeoffs, and release priorities
- Identify opportunities to improve product flow, backlog quality, and overall control tower effectiveness
- Partner with engineering, operations, and business teams to support execution of prioritized work
- Use data, stakeholder feedback, and operational insights to continuously improve the product and its supporting processes
- Apply lean and FLIGHT DECK principles to standardize team operating mechanisms and improve execution
- Lead and develop a team supporting product intake, backlog management, prioritization, governance, and delivery coordination
- Set clear goals, responsibilities, and expectations for the team
- Coach team members on product management discipline, stakeholder engagement, and execution rigor
- Build a strong team culture centered on accountability, responsiveness, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Ensure effective workload balancing, prioritization, and development opportunities across the team
- Drive talent development, performance management, and ongoing capability building
- Foster a customer-focused and outcome-driven approach across the team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 6 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 9 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 11 years of professional experience
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in technical product management, product ownership, program management, or portfolio leadership
- Experience leading product backlog management, intake, prioritization, and governance processes
- Experience working across business and technical stakeholders to translate needs into structured product plans and priorities
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job
- Experience supporting AI, digital, software, data, or technology products
- Experience in technical product management for internal platforms, workflow tools, or enterprise systems
- Experience building and running governance models for demand intake, prioritization, and portfolio visibility
- Experience facilitating cross-functional prioritization discussions with senior stakeholders
- Familiarity with agile, lean, or product operating models
- Experience using product, project, or portfolio management tools to manage backlog health and execution visibility
- Experience defining metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to evaluate product performance and flow
- Experience applying structured Problem Solving to remove bottlenecks and improve product delivery processes
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication, organizational, and execution skills
- Proven ability to influence across functions and drive alignment on priorities and tradeoffs
- Experience leading teams and developing talent in a people leader capacity
- Ability to use data and business context to support prioritization and product decisions
- Working knowledge of FLIGHT DECK and the ability to apply lean principles to product and operating rhythms
- Familiarity with core FLIGHT DECK fundamentals, including Standard Work, Daily and Visual Management, Operating Cadences, Action Planning, and Problem Solving
- Ability to support work aligned to Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost priorities