Staff Product Manager, AGSE Service

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. The Staff Product Manager will define the strategy, roadmap, and product requirements for AeroVect’s Autonomous Ground Support Equipment Service, ensuring it meets customer needs and operational realities.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the AGSE Service product strategy and roadmap
• Own the top-level product roadmap spanning autonomous driving capabilities, fleet operations, and evaluation infrastructure
• Drive clarity on what the company is building, why, and by when to create alignment across commercial, engineering, and operations teams
• Build the measurement foundation for continuous improvement
• Define KPIs across capability, performance, and reliability to track product health and drive prioritization
• Partner with XFN teams to develop data collection and analysis pipelines that support development, V&V, and continuous improvement
• Drive technical execution across a safety-critical autonomous system
• Partner with Systems Engineering to decompose product needs into system requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria
• Participate in system design discussions across Autonomy, Infrastructure, and Hardware - ensuring technical architectures serve product goals and operational realities
• Work with Engineering leadership to make informed trade-off decisions that align with business goals and technical feasibility
• Work with Program Management to ensure roadmap commitments are tracked, blockers are surfaced early, and dependencies are known
• Provide cross-functional leadership
• Communicate the product vision and status to all stakeholders, including senior leadership, customers, engineering, operations, sales, and marketing
• Lead and develop a team of PMTs owning product verticals to set the direction, coach product craft, and raise the bar for how the team defines requirements and sets priorities
• Establish product development frameworks and best practices that enable a growing product organization to operate effectively
• Lead customer engagement and commercial execution
• Own the product relationship with airline and airport customers, including establishing Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements
• Translate customer needs, operator needs, and business opportunities into prioritized product investments with a data-driven backing

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of Product Management experience owning multi-system, technically complex products end-to-end
• Experience building and shipping products in environments where safety, reliability, and real-time performance are non-negotiable
• Proven ability to ship 0 → 1 products in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated experience engaging directly with enterprise or operational customers - conducting discovery, translating needs into requirements, and managing relationships
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Track record of leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate between technical depth and executive clarity
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 7+ years of Product Management experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or safety-critical systems
• 2+ years of experience leading Product Management teams
• Experience engaging with regulatory stakeholders and navigating compliance requirements for autonomous systems
• Strong understanding of software development, systems architecture, and data pipelines
• Experience with V&V processes and working with Safety + Systems Engineering teams
• Ability to engage substantively in technical design discussions and push back on engineering decisions with product rationale
• Familiarity with the airside driving environment at major global airports