Senior Technical 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

ABOUT FTAI AVIATION LTD. (NASDAQ: FTAI):

FTAI owns and maintains commercial jet engines with a focus on the Maintenance, Repair and Exchange (MRE) of CFM56 and V2500 engines. FTAI’s propriety portfolio of products, including The Module Factory and a joint venture to distribute engine PMA helps make CFM56 and V2500 engine maintenance simpler, more cost-effective,

significantly faster, and more environmentally friendly. Additionally, FTAI owns and leases jet aircraft which often facilitates the acquisition of engines at attractive prices. FTAI invests in aviation assets and aerospace products that generate strong and stable cash flows with the potential for earnings growth and asset appreciation.

FTAI operates globally and has offices in New York, Miami, Montreal, California, Singapore, Dubai, United Kingdom and Ireland.

JOB OVERVIEW:

FTAI Aviation is seeking an experienced Technical Product Manager to own the development of FTAI's key operational technology products end to end. This ranges from understanding how the operation truly works, to defining what each process is for, to shipping the solution and measuring impact.

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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• 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 technical design tradeoffs for security, latency, scalability
• Experience designing data pipelines, APIs on common platforms like dbt/AirFlow or similar
• Basic React/TypeScript understanding and principles of front-end design, UI & UX
• Hands-on experience in an operations, manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, industrial, or supply-chain environment
• Demonstrated process-improvement experience
• Data fluency — defining metrics, reading dashboards, and validating outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable process-improvement certification
• Experience delivering software in a regulated or asset-heavy operating environment
• Manufacturing, Aviation, aerospace, or MRO domain experience
• Experience with Palantir Foundry

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement:

Our company is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected