The Opportunity 

Help shape the next generation of airfield hardware for global airport markets. ADB SAFEGATE is seeking a hands-on Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, development, launch, lifecycle performance, and continuous improvement of products used by airports around the world. This role is ideal for a technically minded product professional who combines market and customer insight with sound business judgement, translates needs into clear priorities and requirements, and leads cross-functional teams toward successful product and business outcomes. 

You will be accountable for assigned products across the full lifecycle, with a focus on Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) hardware, airfield signs, isolation transformers, Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPIs), and related products for global markets. You will define product direction and priorities, make informed trade-offs, and partner closely with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Service to deliver customer value and achieve business objectives. 

What You Will Do 

Own product strategy, roadmap, and development priorities 

• Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, positioning, and roadmap for assigned product lines. 

• Use customer, market, competitive, regulatory, service, and business insights to identify opportunities and translate them into clear product priorities and requirements. 

• Own prioritization and scope decisions, approve product trade-offs, and lead product readiness and market launch activities. 

• Maintain the product business case and roadmap, monitor key risks and dependencies, and drive timely decisions across stakeholders. 

• Communicate product direction, roadmap, performance, and key decisions to commercial, technical, and leadership stakeholders. 

Own product lifecycle and portfolio performance 

• Own the commercial and operational performance of assigned product lines and maintain accurate lifecycle documentation. 

• Decide and coordinate product changes, certification impacts, obsolescence actions, investment priorities, and product transitions. 

• Evaluate and prioritize product enhancements, quality improvements, cost reductions, supply continuity actions, and lifecycle investments based on customer and business value. 

• Own phase-in and phase-out decisions and plans for new, updated, and legacy products, including customer and business impact. 

Represent global customer needs 

• Act as the accountable product representative for global Sales, Service, and regional teams. 

• Build structured customer and market insight by engaging airports, consultants, contractors, distributors, competitors, and internal stakeholders across regions. 

• Represent the product in strategic customer discussions, site visits, product demonstrations, and industry events. 

• Provide product positioning, value propositions, roadmap guidance, pricing input, and technical-commercial support for priority customer opportunities. 

Drive product performance and continuous improvement 

• Set priorities with Quality, Service, Operations, and Engineering for field issue resolution based on safety, customer, commercial, and lifecycle impact. 

• Ensure corrective actions, product improvements, and lessons learned are incorporated into the roadmap and lifecycle plan. 

• Monitor product KPIs, recurring issues, reliability trends, financial performance, market feedback, and customer outcomes to identify improvement opportunities. 

• Use field and performance data to make evidence-based roadmap, investment, and phase-out decisions. 

Own product-level compliance and certification priorities 

• Define product-level compliance and certification priorities related to FAA requirements, ICAO standards, and other applicable regional and international industry requirements. 

• Work with Engineering and certification teams to plan qualification, documentation, approvals, and market access activities. 

• Ensure product changes and roadmap decisions are assessed for regulatory, commercial, lifecycle, and customer impact. 

Product Portfolio 

Your primary scope will include but not limited to: 

• Global airfield lighting products, including FAA-compliant solutions 

• Elevated and inset AGL hardware 

• Airfield signs 

• Isolation transformers 

• PAPIs and related visual approach products 

• Ancillary power and infrastructure hardware 

• Legacy products requiring sustaining support 

• Additional airfield hardware needed to support global markets, with emphasis on the Americas 

What You Bring 

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aviation, Business, or a related technical field. 

• 7+ years of experience in product development, product management, engineering, application engineering, technical support, or a related role. 

• Experience owning or managing hardware products across strategy, development, launch, growth, sustaining, and phase-out phases. 

• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to work effectively with engineering and operational teams. 

• Experience leading cross-functional teams through influence, making product trade-offs, and moving multiple priorities toward measurable outcomes. 

• Ability to combine customer needs, market evidence, financial considerations, and technical constraints into clear product decisions and actionable requirements. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement, and a collaborative working style. 

• Willingness to travel internationally, up to 30%. 

Preferred Experience 

• Experience in aviation, airport infrastructure, airfield lighting, electrical infrastructure, or industrial equipment. 

• Familiarity with FAA specifications, airport operations, or regulated hardware products. 

• Experience owning new product introduction (NPI), business cases, roadmaps, product change, or stage-gate processes. 

• Exposure to manufacturing, supply chain, quality, certification, or field service environments. 

• Experience with airfield signs, transformers, PAPIs, lighting fixtures, or related electrical products. 

How You Will Make an Impact 

• Assigned product lines have a clear strategy, value proposition, roadmap, business case, and lifecycle plan. 

• Product investments, launches, updates, and certification activities are prioritized against customer value, market opportunity, risk, and business objectives. 

• Customer and field issues are prioritized effectively, resolved efficiently, and converted into product learning and roadmap actions. 

• Global market needs and Americas requirements are reflected in product strategy, positioning, roadmap priorities, and commercial decisions. 

• Product performance, portfolio health, lifecycle actions, and strategic decisions are visible, evidence-based, and communicated clearly. 

• Products improve over time in quality, reliability, usability, competitiveness, profitability, and customer value. 

Why Join ADB SAFEGATE? 

• At ADB SAFEGATE, your work supports the safe, efficient, and sustainable movement of aircraft at airports around the world. You will join a global team working on technically demanding products in a highly regulated environment, with direct exposure to customers, engineering, operations, and the realities of bringing airfield hardware to market. 

• This role offers the opportunity to develop in the Airfield worldwide leading company, own and shape products across the complete lifecycle, influence investment and portfolio decisions, and contribute to a portfolio that is essential to airport operations worldwide, while developing particular depth in the Americas market.