Airfield Ground Lighting PM — Global Hardware Lead

Adb Safegate; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary/ benefits

Career development

Flexible working culture

International environment

Job summary

ADB SAFEGATE, based in Columbus, OH, seeks a hands-on Product Manager to own strategy, roadmap, development, and lifecycle performance for airfield hardware products including AGL lighting and PAPIs. The role focuses on FAA requirements and Americas market needs.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Service to deliver customer value and achieve business objectives while managing global product lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aviation, Business, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of experience in product development, product management, engineering, application engineering, technical support, or a related role.
• Experience owning or managing hardware products across strategy, development, launch, growth, sustaining, and phase-out phases.
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to work effectively with engineering and operational teams.
• Willingness to travel internationally, up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmap, and development priorities.
• Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, positioning, and roadmap for assigned product lines.
• Use customer, market, competitive, regulatory, service, and business insights to identify opportunities and translate them into clear product priorities and requirements.
• Own prioritization and scope decisions, approve product trade-offs, and lead product readiness and market launch activities.
• Maintain the product business case and roadmap, monitor key risks and dependencies, and drive timely decisions across stakeholders.
• Communicate product direction, roadmap, performance, and key decisions to commercial, technical, and leadership stakeholders.

Skills

Product management

Hardware products

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aviation or Business

Job description

ADB SAFEGATE, based in Columbus, OH, seeks a hands-on Product Manager to own strategy, roadmap, development, and lifecycle performance for airfield hardware products including AGL lighting and PAPIs. The role focuses on FAA requirements and Americas market needs.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Service to deliver customer value and achieve business objectives while managing global product lines.