Aviation Operations Tech Product Manager

FTAI Aviation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FTAI Aviation seeks an experienced Technical Product Manager to own the development of its key operational technology products from discovery through delivery and measurement of impact. The role requires deep process understanding and collaboration across operations, engineering, and leadership.

You will translate business needs into user stories and technical requirements, drive cross-functional delivery, and define metrics to prove success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product or program management experience.
• Experience owning a product or program roadmap end to end — definition through delivery.
• Experience writing user stories and technical requirements while contributing to engineering discussions on security, latency, and scalability.
• Experience designing data pipelines, APIs on common platforms like dbt/AirFlow or similar.
• Basic React/TypeScript understanding and front-end design principles.

Responsibilities

• Learn the business and the operation in detail from the floor up.
• Define the true aim of each process, distinct from how it may be done today.
• Co-create the phased target-state solution with stakeholders and earn alignment across operations, engineering, and leadership.
• Translate the agreed solution into user stories and technical requirements developers can act on.
• Project-manage development, testing, and rollout — owning scope, timeline, risks, and cross-functional handoffs.
• Define success metrics up front and verify the solution moved them.

Skills

Product management

Program management

Requirements writing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

React/TypeScript basics

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

dbt/AirFlow

Palantir Foundry

Job description

FTAI Aviation seeks an experienced Technical Product Manager to own the development of its key operational technology products from discovery through delivery and measurement of impact. The role requires deep process understanding and collaboration across operations, engineering, and leadership.

You will translate business needs into user stories and technical requirements, drive cross-functional delivery, and define metrics to prove success.