Aerospace Product Manager - CAD Portfolio (Hybrid)

Collins Aerospace; Fairfield (CA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Product Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and long-term direction of the Cartridge Actuated Devices product family within our aerospace portfolio. You will own the product roadmap, shape investment priorities, and guide decisions balancing customer needs, technical capabilities, and business goals.

In this hybrid Fairfield, CA role, you will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Program Management to translate strategy into priorities

Qualifications

• University degree required with 8+ years' experience or advanced degree with 5+ years' experience.
• Minimum 5 years in product management, program management, engineering, or operations.
• Experience leading through influence across multiple functions.
• Experience with financial metrics such as P&L awareness, cost drivers, and investment planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the product-family strategy and roadmap, aligning customer needs, competitive positioning, technology priorities, and long-term business objectives.
• Lead product lifecycle planning, including obsolescence management, long-term sustainment strategies, and opportunities to expand or enhance product offerings.
• Identify, prioritize, and sponsor product improvements and investments that strengthen product performance, competitiveness, and long-term value.
• Manage product-family financial performance, including sales, margins, cost targets, profitability, investment requirements, and multi-year financial planning.
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Operations to align investments, identify cost reduction opportunities, and improve overall product profitability.
• Represent the voice of the customer in product strategy and decision-making, with a focus on reliability, delivery, competitiveness, and customer value.
• Coordinate across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management to align functional priorities, technical decisions, and execution plans with product and contractual requirements.
• Collaborate with Operations and Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) teams to define production capacity needs, improve production readiness, and prioritize resource allocation.
• Provide product-family insights and recommendations to support strategic planning, engineering investments long-range business plans, and capital investment decisions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

P&L awareness

Investment planning

Product management

Financial metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Product Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and long-term direction of the Cartridge Actuated Devices product family within our aerospace portfolio. You will own the product roadmap, shape investment priorities, and guide decisions balancing customer needs, technical capabilities, and business goals.

In this hybrid Fairfield, CA role, you will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Program Management to translate strategy into priorities