Senior Specialist - Product Management

About the role

POWERTECH Engines is looking for a Senior Specialist in Product Management to drive the strategy, development, commercialization, and lifecycle management of aerospace propulsion products, including Micro Jet engines and related systems. The role bridges customers, commercial teams, and technical functions, guiding products from concept through market launch and in‑service support.

Key responsibilities

• Support product strategies, roadmaps, lifecycle plans, business cases and investment proposals.
• Analyse customer needs, market trends, competitor products, technologies and regulatory requirements.
• Translate market needs into measurable, traceable product requirements.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, R&D, Programme Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and Commercial teams.
• Monitor product maturity, technical progress, milestones, risks, dependencies and commercial readiness.
• Support design reviews, programme gates, testing, validation, qualification, certification and customer acceptance.
• Contribute to industrialisation, production readiness, first‑article activities and new‑product introduction.
• Assist with product cost, pricing, value engineering, profitability and make‑or‑buy assessments.
• Identify and qualify new customers, partners, markets and business opportunities.
• Prepare technical and commercial inputs for proposals, tenders, RFIs and RFPs.
• Participate in customer meetings, product demonstrations, exhibitions and industry events.
• Monitor product performance, customer feedback, reliability, cost and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain product specifications, reports, roadmaps and decision‑support materials.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering, Business, Product Management or related field with 5–8 years of experience, or equivalent higher degree with fewer years as detailed.
• Proven experience in product management, product development, programme management, aerospace engineering or business development.
• Demonstrated ability to support complex engineering or technology products across multiple lifecycle stages.
• Experience in aerospace, defence, propulsion, UAV, gas turbine or Micro Jet engine environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong customer‑engagement background and capability to conduct market analysis and prepare proposals.

Required skills

• Aerospace engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Aeronautical engineering