Product Manager(UK Visa Sponsorship Available)

Job Description

Role Overview

As Product Manager, you’ll lead cross-functional teams to address obsolescence challenges, manage OE programmes, and ensure our products continue to meet customer, financial, and regulatory expectations throughout their lifecycle.

You’ll be responsible for programme delivery from conception to completion — setting clear objectives, managing risks, driving schedule adherence, and ensuring commercial and technical success. This role involves close collaboration with internal teams, customers, and suppliers to deliver innovative solutions and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage multiple projects and programmes of varying size and complexity, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and budget.

Maintain full programme leadership and P&L accountability for assigned OE programmes.

Manage customer relationships, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and driving customer satisfaction metrics (OTD, Quality).

Oversee product lifecycle management, ensuring obsolescence, cost reduction, and reliability improvements are effectively implemented.

Apply rigorous project management principles: define scope, manage change control, track risks and opportunities, and maintain comprehensive budgets and forecasts.

Organise and lead project reviews and Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) to ensure robust technical, financial, and commercial governance.

Drive Kaizen and Lean initiatives to continuously improve efficiency and performance.

Manage bids, proposals, and pricing, identifying opportunities to increase growth and margin.

Contribute to the development of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and demand management processes.

Ensure accurate and timely sales forecasting through established financial rhythms.

Identify, escalate, and resolve issues impacting quality, delivery, safety, or customer satisfaction.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience) in Business, Engineering, Law, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience leading product or programme management activities within a matrix organisation, ideally in the Aviation or Aerospace industry.
• Strong project management skills, including scope, schedule, and resource management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously within defined cost, quality, and time constraints.
• Analytical, results-driven, and comfortable working independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen.
• Willingness to travel internationally (up to 10%).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Effective analytical, organisational, and decision-making abilities.
• Background in Aerospace, Aviation, or complex technical environments.
• Project Management Professional (PMI) certification or equivalent preferred.
• Proven experience in driving process improvement and lean methodologies.
• Demonstrates GE Leadership Behaviours and commitment to continuous improvement.

Flexible Working

GE Aerospace supports and encourages flexible working arrangements wherever possible, recognising the benefits of a healthy work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aerospace, we understand the importance of total reward. Our FlexChoice benefits plan gives you flexibility and control over your benefits package.
As standard, new joiners receive:

• Non-contributory pension
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover

26 days’ annual leave (pro rata), with the option to buy or sell leave

Security Clearance

This position requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance.
If BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, employment may not proceed due to national security requirements.
For more details, visit: BPSS Clearance Requirements

Right to Work

Applications from candidates requiring UK work sponsorship are welcome and will be considered equally.
However, under current UK immigration rules, preference may be given to suitably qualified candidates who do not require sponsorship if available.

Join Us

Be part of a team that’s shaping the future of aviation. At GE Aerospace, your work contributes to pioneering technology that lifts people, powers economies, and protects our skies.

Together, we’re not just working — we’re inventing the future of flight.