Head of Product Innovation

Ever wonder who brings the entertainment to your flights? Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity!

How exciting would it be to be a part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that's here to stay! With our company's history spanning over 40 years, you will have stability, career growth opportunities, and will work with the brightest minds in the industry. And we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that will help our organization thrive! We seek diversity in many areas such as background, culture, gender, ways of thinking, skills and more.

The Senior Product Line Manager - Passenger Engagement & Personalization is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) passenger engagement products, including Personalization & Recommendations, Journey Planner, and Connecting Gate.

This position translates complex platform capabilities into market-ready passenger engagement solutions that airline customers can adopt and operationalize. The incumbent works directly with customers and partners to validate requirements, align product direction to passenger experience objectives, and drive business outcomes.

Customer Engagement and Requirements Validation

Engage directly with airline customers to collect structured feedback, validate business needs, and refine product requirements.

Lead customer workshops and roadmap discussions to validate needs and communicate PAC capabilities.

Incorporate customer insights into roadmap prioritization and delivery decisions.

Lead products through the full lifecycle from concept and proposal support through launch and in-service operation.

Translate product concepts into delivered capabilities with measurable adoption, customer satisfaction, and commercial impact.

Identify and address issues that may impede delivery, alignment, or achievement of customer outcomes.

Serve as SAFe Agile feature owner for assigned products, leading ART/PI planning, business prioritization, and end-to-end feature execution.

Lead the Integrated Product Team (IPT) for assigned products, ensuring alignment, decisions, and execution across planning, development, and delivery.

Provide cross-functional leadership across engineering, UX, data, sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams without direct authority.

Communication & Decision Quality

Lead customer and partner discussions with structured narratives, clear decisions, and documented follow-up actions.

Translate complex technical or data-driven topics for airline business and operational stakeholders.

Commercial & Business Acumen

Support go-to-market activities through clear value propositions, evaluating different commercial models, and proposal readiness.

In addition, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.

Demonstrated success in delivering customer-facing, commercially relevant products.

Experience with data-driven, digital experience, and personalization products is preferred.

SAFe Agile experience, including ART/PI planning, feature ownership, business prioritization, and IPT leadership, is strongly preferred.

Training and experience in the Pragmatic Marketing Framework is preferred.

Irvine, CA site, Secondary location: Hillsboro, OR site.

Domestic and international travel of approximately 10% to 25% is expected.

We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.

• Exempt Salaried employees receive flexible paid time off. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year. For operational positions that are expected to work on holidays, we provide additional compensation for hours worked.
• Health Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• Washington residents only are eligible for: Washington's Family and Medical Leave program and Washington's Paid Sick Leave program.
• Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.

All applicants are subject to Company policies, third party customer and worksite requirements, and government requirements, regarding vaccination and/or testing for COVID-19. Where permitted by applicable law, applicants may be required to be fully vaccinated with an authorized COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment,?because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. While the Company strongly encourages COVID-19 vaccinations, it may require vaccination and/or testing for positions in which third party customer, worksite, or government requirements apply, in accordance with applicable law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law.