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Aftermarket Product Manager
This position supports the development of aftermarket aircraft products at Aeronautical Accessories from concept to launch, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure technical, regulatory, and market alignment. It involves strategic planning, business case creation, market analysis, and lifecycle management to deliver certified, customer-focused solutions that drive growth in the aviation aftermarket.
What you’ll be doing as a Aftermarket Product Manager
Lead and manage the development process for new aftermarket aircraft products from concept to launch.
Host New Product Development Monthly meetings.
Compose business cases - manage input of NRE from engineering and market data from sales, estimate manufacturing cost
Maintain NP concepts through the approval process until active project is initiated by Engineering
Work closely with engineering, marketing, sales, finance, and regulatory teams to ensure seamless product development and launch.
Participate in design reviews and obtain/provide manufacturing inputs.
Conduct or coordinate technical market analysis to identify trends, customer needs, competitive products, product roadmaps & IR&D priorities.
Conduct periodic Market Segment Strategic Gap Analysis.
Monitor the design, testing, and certification of new products, ensuring they meet industry standards, customer expectations, and business case assumptions (schedule, cost, & sales).
Manage the First Article through manufacturing and conformity process.
Formulate short- & long-term product strategies to include product lifecycle management (new, sustaining, and ending).
Analyze product performance (volume, margin, pricing).
Manage/monitor pending obsolescence’s that could impact our customers.
Identify gaps that can be filled by new products.
Provide regular updates to senior management on project status, milestones, and any potential issues.
Annual review of previous business cases to measure performance to targets and expectations.
Travel 10 of the time
Other duties as assigned
Skills you bring to this role
Customer-Centric Mindset: Ability to identify and anticipate market opportunities and needs for customers.
Proactive Approach: A proactive individual with a strong drive for results.
Collaboration: Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams to execute improvement projects.
Communication Skills: Strong ability to communicate effectively with team members and supervisors, and to prepare and present reports to senior management.
