Director of Aviation Software Product Management

Role Description

Vale Group, a nationwide specialized recruitment firm, has partnered with a SAAS company who is actively searching for an experienced Director of Product Management for an opportunity paying $180,000 to $200,000 per year, plus an annual bonus capped at 10%, based on experience. This is a high-visibility, hands-on leadership seat within a SaaS organization at the forefront of aviation technology, where you will own the product function behind a business-critical aircraft maintenance, compliance, and health-tracking platform.

• Comfort with significant travel during the first several months — meeting customers and team members alike.
• Expectations differ based on whether the person is fully remote or can operate out of one of their offices.
• Candidates near Long Island, NY or Southern New Hampshire are strongly preferred, if capable of doing in-office/hybrid.

Qualifications

• Eight to ten years of experience in product leadership, including at least three spent directly overseeing other product managers.
• A demonstrated history of owning software-as-a-service offerings across the complete lifecycle within Agile settings.
• A software-first foundation rather than a hardware one, with genuine comfort across both front-end and back-end work.
• Familiarity with current platforms, including Microsoft-based environments, frameworks such as Angular, and enterprise-grade SaaS architecture.
• A bachelor's degree is required — ideally in engineering, computer science, or a comparable business field — and a master's is a plus.
• Hands-on exposure to or strong enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, and data-informed features.
• Evidence of stability and longevity in past roles, paired with a roll-up-your-sleeves leadership approach.
• A background in aviation or aerospace is considered a meaningful advantage.

Requirements

• Set and clearly communicate the platform's three-to-five-year direction — its strategy, priorities, and roadmap — in line with corporate objectives and the outcomes customers care about.
• Build, coach, and expand a geographically dispersed group of roughly twelve to fifteen product managers spanning the United States and India, while reinforcing and strengthening the function.
• Translate long-range direction into customer-focused roadmaps that produce trusted insights and measurable commercial results.
• Partner closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and the customer-success function to deliver high-value, polished releases.
• Steer prioritization through data, weighing customer benefit, business value, and engineering effort.
• Act as an authority on modern platform design and emerging capabilities such as AI, ML, and conversational interfaces.
• Track adoption, performance, and shifting market dynamics to uncover avenues for growth and innovation.
• Represent the organization among customers, partners, and throughout the industry, including travel within the U.S. and abroad.
• Support as needed.

Benefits

• Annual bonus capped at 10%, based on experience.