Hybrid Product Manager – Aerospace & Defence

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About the role

  • Product Manager overseeing aerospace and defence electronics product line, driving sustainment, redesign, and lifecycle strategy for customer satisfaction. Leading multi-disciplinary projects and ensuring delivery excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Manage an electronics-based product line, delivering sustainment & redesign projects across the portfolio
  • Focus on maximizing revenue, profitability & improving on time delivery
  • Lead the identification and mitigation of component, process & equipment obsolescence risks across the assigned product portfolio
  • Manage the product life cycle and recommendations for extension, redesign or end of life notification
  • Manage project and lifecycle risks, maintaining risk registers and coordinating mitigation strategies
  • Support bids and proposals contributing to scope definition, budgeting, and risk assessment
  • Serve as the primary customer interface
  • Establish, monitor, and report against project baselines for cost, schedule, scope, and risk
  • Present updates through internal reviews and customer meetings
  • Chair design gate reviews from initiation through qualification and handover to production
  • Track project performance using appropriate methodologies (e.g., Earned Value Management) and prepare internal and customer‑facing reports
  • Prepare and deliver structured project documentation including project management plans, schedules, data packs, lifecycle reports, risk registers, design change documentation, and data deliverables
  • Represent the business in regular customer meetings, QBRs, technical reviews and WIP tracking discussions
  • Contribute to CI/LEAN/Kaizen activities with a focus on cost reduction, inventory optimisation, lead-time improvement and on‑time delivery
  • Actively participate in the Sales & Operational planning (S&OP) process

Requirements

  • Degree in Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
  • Proven project management experience in electronics, microelectronics, or engineering environments, ideally within Aerospace & Defence
  • Background in product lifecycle management, obsolescence management or sustainment engineering
  • Experience managing complex projects (up to ~£10M) with cross‑functional teams
  • Familiarity with relevant industry standards such as AS9100, DO‑254, and DEF STAN frameworks
  • Experience working with or for defence primes
  • Understanding of production planning, manufacturing processes and technical problem‑solving
  • Skilled in ERP/MRP tools within a project or manufacturing environment
  • Proficient in project management methodologies, tools, and reporting techniques including scheduling, risk management, and Earned Value concepts

Benefits

  • Flexible working practices – we work a 9-day fortnight, offer flexitime, and work a half day Friday
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
  • Private healthcare
  • Health cash plan – cash back for everyday health expenses
  • Additional benefits including access to 24/7 remote GP services, physiotherapy consultations and gym discounts
  • Pension scheme with 6% employer contributions
  • Life assurance – 4 x annual salary
  • Reward and recognition platform
  • Discount platform – retail, leisure, gym discounts and more
  • Employee assistance programme with access to confidential counselling services
  • Support for further training and education
  • Relocation assistance up to £8,000 if you relocate to take up a position with us

Job title

Product Manager – Aerospace & Defence

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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