Product Manager - Digital Metadata Analytics

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is a leading global manufacturer of passenger airliners, a key division of the larger Airbus group. It is a major player in the aerospace industry, Airbus is known for its wide range of aircrafts. Airbus Digital is the engine behind Airbus's comprehensive digital transformation. It's a strategic initiative to revolutionize how the company designs, manufactures, and operates its products, moving from a traditional hardware-first company to a data-driven, connected, and agile enterprise. Airbus's digital strategy is not just about creating new software; it's about embedding digital technologies across the entire value chain—from the earliest stages of aircraft design to in-service maintenance and customer support. The ultimate goal is to pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safer, more connected world by leveraging data and technology to create smarter products and services. In the complex and highly regulated world of commercial aviation, product management is a critical function that goes beyond a typical software or consumer goods role. A product manager at Airbus acts as the senior executive of their product, overseeing its entire lifecycle from initial concept to end-of-life. A position for product manager has become available in the Enterprise Architecture team within Airbus Commercial.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to identify challenges, pain points, and market gaps to define problem statements; Develop and maintain the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Airbus’s and digital’s strategic priorities; Define short-term focus areas and long-term goals while mapping them to business objectives; Conduct market research and competitive analysis to position Airbus’s innovative solutions effectively; Work with customers, internal teams, and stakeholders to define and prioritize product features; Gather, analyze, and document customer and business requirements, converting them into actionable user stories; Facilitate cross-functional discussions and workshops to capture AS-IS processes and future opportunities; Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to ensure feasibility and impact assessment; Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept to deployment and post-launch enhancements; Establish and track KPIs, milestones, and financial impact metrics; Develop frameworks for value and impact mapping to measure product success; Ensure compliance version control, release planning, and effective feature rollout strategies; Drive Make vs Buy decisions; Ensure skill development of the team members; Online delivery and adherence to SLAs; Develop and present business cases, cost-benefit analyses (ROI, BEP) and financial impact assessments; Align product initiatives with Airbus’s financial and operational goals; Support budget management and resource allocation for projects; Drive for optimisation of budgets and spends

Requirements

Bachelor/Master Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or relevant field with overall 18+ years of software industry experience in which at least 5+ years of product management experience; Must have experience in managing a high performing team, including vendor resources, of at least 10 under direct supervision following agile methodology/methodologies at scale; Strong stakeholder management; Good in product and project financials and budgeting; Good risk management skills; Thorough understanding of costs and managerial economics (ROI, CapEX, OPEx, BEP, etc.); Hands-on experience in data products modelling and management; Data Engineering: Good knowledge of ETL & ELT pipelines with hands-on experience on tools like Skywise, Databricks, etc.; Thorough understanding of data lakes and data warehouses; Working experience on API, MongoDB, Database, NodeJS, Angular JS, Container, Jenkins; Data Analytics: Hands-on experience on data analytics and visualization tools like Tableau/QlikView/PowerBI/Skywise; Knowledge of extracting data from one or more data sources which can vary from structured to unstructured data format/source; Expert understanding of data analytics and programme finances

Nice to have

Experience in data architecture; Knowledge of architecture frameworks (TOGAF); Strong in written and verbal communication; Certification on product management and/or agile is desirable; Good understanding of product architecture surface; Awareness of security by design

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements