Senior Product Manager - Airline Datalink & AI Services

SITA; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Week

Flex Day

Flex-Location

Employee Wellbeing

Professional Development

Competitive Benefits

Job summary

SITA, a global aviation technology leader, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy, performance and evolution of the Aircraft Airline Datalink portfolio. You will own end-to-end accountability for mature, mission-critical services and lead a team of Product Managers toward clear outcomes.

You will shape long-term roadmaps, manage budgets, and partner with Marketing, Sales, and Finance to unlock growth while embedding AI and data-driven improvements across products and operations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in Product Management in complex B2B or mission-critical services.
• Experience owning product strategy, roadmaps, budgets, P&L and business cases.
• Strong aviation industry knowledge, ideally across aircraft services, connectivity, communications, avionics or airline technology.
• Good understanding of airline operations.
• Strong commercial judgement and ability to identify growth opportunities.
• Experience working across technical, operational and commercial teams and managing strategic partners.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for Airlines Communications services.
• Act as Business Owner, accountable for product performance, customer value and business outcomes.
• Define investment priorities and make clear strategic choices to maximise product and business value
• Establish clear ownership, governance and performance measures.
• Represent the portfolio at industry events, customer engagements and internal leadership forums.
• Own the budget and P&L, including revenue, margin, costs, investments and forecasts.
• Drive profitable growth, partnering with Marketing and Sales on go-to-market strategy, pricing and value propositions.
• Identify and validate new customer and market opportunities.
• Direct resources and investment towards the highest-value priorities, aligned with customer needs, market trends and business objectives.
• Work closely with Sales, Commercial and Finance to deliver agreed business outcomes.
• Own an integrated roadmap across the products. Set priorities and drive roadmap execution, aligned across Product, Engineering, Operations and Commercial.
• Own portfolio planning and investment priorities, and proactively manage delivery, financial, operational and business risks
• Drive product and service evolution, operational performance and service excellence through investment in products, platforms, data and tooling.
• Identify and drive opportunities to leverage AI, automation and data to enhance products, services and customer value.
• Ensure the resilience and service levels required for mission-critical aviation services.
• Maintain a strong understanding of airlines, aircraft connectivity, satellite communications, avionics, technology and regulatory developments.
• Drive business development through direct customer engagement and a strong understanding of customer and market needs.
• Build and develop strategic relationships and partnerships with aviation stakeholders, including airlines, OEMs, ANSPs and regulatory bodies.
• Lead and develop the team, setting clear direction, objectives, accountabilities and priorities. Coach the team on strategy, roadmaps, prioritisation, business cases and stakeholder management.
• Build team capabilities and drive consistent, high-quality Product Management practices.
• Embed AI into day-to-day ways of working to improve productivity, insight, decision-making and execution.
• Create an environment of ownership and accountability, enabling Product Managers to deliver business and customer outcomes.

Skills

Product Management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication (English)

Job description

SITA, a global aviation technology leader, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy, performance and evolution of the Aircraft Airline Datalink portfolio. You will own end-to-end accountability for mature, mission-critical services and lead a team of Product Managers toward clear outcomes.

You will shape long-term roadmaps, manage budgets, and partner with Marketing, Sales, and Finance to unlock growth while embedding AI and data-driven improvements across products and operations.