Vice President – Global Product Management
AeroVironment
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Simi Valley • California • New Mexico • United States
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Salary
💰 $220,000 - $288,750 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Accountable to lead the enterprise product management discipline, aligned with the company’s Product Development Framework and governance model.
- Establish clear product management roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and interfaces with program management, engineering, and operations.
- Own product lifecycle standards from concept and requirements through development, deployment, sustainment, and end-of-life.
- Build, mentor, and coach a global community of Product Managers and Product Owners.
- Define career paths, competency models, and training plans for product management roles.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior product leaders on product strategy, trade decisions, and customer alignment.
- Partner with Operational Excellence and Program Excellence leaders to ensure strong handoffs, clear accountability, and disciplined execution across the product–program interface.
- Promote outcome-based product thinking, balancing cost, schedule, performance, and mission impact.
- Responsible for defining product health and performance metrics (value delivery, maturity, technical readiness, lifecycle cost).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree is required in a related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Advanced degree, MBA or MS is highly preferred.
- 15+ years of product management experience, with a primary focus in aerospace and defense.
- Direct accountability for product strategy, definition, and lifecycle ownership of complex, mission-critical products.
- Proven experience leading product management as a discipline, including standards, operating models, and governance.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop product managers and elevate product thinking across the organization.
- Strong track record of partnering with executive and business leaders to enable effective decision making aligned to customer missions and enterprise priorities.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401K with company matching
- a 9/80 work schedule
- paid holiday shutdown
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementproduct lifecycle managementproduct strategyperformance metricsvalue deliverytechnical readinesslifecycle costoperating modelsgovernance
Soft Skills
mentoringcoachingleadershipcommunicationdecision makingcollaborationstrategic thinking
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBAMS