Product Manager

ANPC; Hood River (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with match

Comprehensive insurance benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

4 weeks of vacation

11 paid holidays

Job summary

ANPC in Hood River, Oregon is seeking a Strategic Product Manager to engage with customers and lead product strategy. The SPM will act as the key liaison at industry events, translating market insights into actionable strategies. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and have over 3 years of product management experience in regulated industries. The position offers comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k) plan, insurance options, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience as a Product Manager focusing on market strategy, commercialization, and customer discovery in a complex or regulated industry.
• Technical background preferred.
• Experience acting as an industry liaison and attending standards bodies.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key liaison for the product line at industry conferences and customer briefings.
• Lead efforts to translate the voice of the customer into market requirements.
• Conduct competitive analysis and market research for product positioning.
• Develop business cases for product development investment.
• Manage cross-functional teams for successful product launch.

Skills

Interpersonal communication skills

Strategic planning

Financial forecasting

Agile methodologies

Leadership skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or related field

Job description

Job Summary

ANPC is seeking a highly visible Strategic Product Manager (SPM), reporting to the CEO, to serve as the primary external face and voice of the company's core product line. This role is centered on market engagement, customer partnership, and driving product strategy based on external insights. The SPM will be the essential industry liaison, attending conferences, managing partner relationships, and translating the critical voice of the customer directly into our strategic roadmap to ensure commercial success and financial alignment.

We are recruiting exclusively for candidates at our Hood River, Oregon headquarters. This role is not remote eligible.

Essential Job Functions

• Act as the key liaison and spokesperson for our product line at industry conferences, trade shows and high-level customer briefings.
• Lead continuous efforts to actively listen to and translate the voice of the customer and market feedback into clear, prioritized, and quantifiable market requirements.
• Establish and maintain robust relationships with key aviation and defense associations. Track complex, emerging regulatory and policy changes (FAA, DoD) to guide strategic investment decisions.
• Conduct continuous competitive analysis and market research to define product positioning, differentiation, effective value propositions, and successful commercial strategies.
• Articulate a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap that balances long-term market opportunities with the company’s overall financial and revenue objectives.
• Develop comprehensive business cases, including detailed financial forecasting and return on investment analysis, to justify all product development investment.
• Lead the process to translate market requirements and user needs into clear, prioritized user stories and manage the product backlog for maximum business impact.
• Define pricing, positioning, and value propositions; then lead cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and Operations) for successful product launch and full market lifecycle management.

Education and Work Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or related field. Technical background preferred)
• 3+ years’ experience as a Product Manager focusing on market strategy, commercialization and customer discover in a complex or regulated industry.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

• Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the proven ability to influence customers, partners, and C-level executives.
• Demonstrated success in acting as an industry liaison, attending and contributing to standards bodies, or representing a product line publicly.
• Proficiency in strategic planning, financial forecasting, ROI analysis, and risk mitigation related to market entry and product success.
• Familiarity with aerospace industry market structure, regulatory policy, and the product lifecycle within a regulated sector.
• Proven experience applying Agile methodologies in a requirements definition environment (focused on the "what" and "why").
• Proven ability to build trust and rapport across all organizational levels, from the CEO to individual contributors, necessary to drive alignment and ensure execution.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills necessary to align disparate internal teams (Engineering, Sales) around the external market vision.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employee is exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

Benefits

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

• 401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.
• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, including a winter company shutdown.