Senior Staff Technical Product Manager

at  GE Aviation

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

As the Sr. Staff Technical Product Manager, you will be at the helm of managing our state-of-the-art Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) solutions across our component and assembly shops. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with GE Aerospace shops, business stakeholders, and blueprint owners to identify and implement critical enhancements, manage EVM/CMMC requirements, and oversee product upgrades and patching. You will be the linchpin in relationship management, bridging the gap between shops, functional teams, implementation squads, and support operations. Your primary focus will be ensuring seamless integration and alignment of perspectives from a diverse array of stakeholders, including Product Managers, Technical Anchors, Service Owners, and Developers across Digital Technology and our Capacity Functional Team. This is an unparalleled opportunity to make a significant impact on our manufacturing processes, driving efficiency and innovation. Join us and be a key player in propelling GE Aerospace to new heights of technological excellence.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with comprehensive professional experience in technical product management
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Deep domain depth in smart factory and manufacturing business processes
• Experience implementing MES and production optimizations products preferred but not mandatory
• Strong knowledge of software design and coding principles
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Familiarity with versatile implementation options
• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Pre-emptively sees downstream consequences and effectively tailors influencing strategy to support a positive outcome.

Business Acumen:

• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices
• Skilled in negotiation to align stakeholders and communicate a single synthesized perspective to the scrum team. Balances value propositions for competing stakeholders.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the competitive environment

• Demonstrate superior experience and knowledge in MES products and the manufacturing industry, aiding in the replacement of legacy systems.
• Interact with customers and stakeholders for requirements gathering, fine-tuning, and obtaining product feedback.
• Own and manage MES solutions deployed across GE sites in Europe, ensuring technical product ownership and service management.
• Possess a deep understanding of the technology stack and its impact on the final product.
• Act as a bridge between implementation teams, stakeholders, shops, and support teams through go-live, hyper-care, and transition to operations.
• Rationalize decisions and their downstream implications, continuously reflecting on successes and failures to improve performance.
• Coordinate and prioritize small changes, enhancements, and product upgrades/patching with implementation and engineering teams.
• Manage CMDB/ServiceNow product owner responsibilities, including cybersecurity assessments and data classification.
• Support L2 and L3 operational activities related to CMMC, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, EVM, and other infrastructure support activities.
• Demonstrate business acumen, stay updated on industry trends, and be the internal expert on the product and competitive landscape.
• Conduct customer and stakeholder interviews on product vitality and operational stability.
• Engage frequently (50% of the time) with the development team, facilitating discussions, providing clarification, and contributing to design activities and decisions.
• Demonstrate expert communication and influencing skills to ensure alignment between customers, product managers, and engineering teams.
• Anticipate downstream consequences and effectively tailor strategies to support positive outcomes.