Senior Product Manager leading product strategy and aligning finance teams to create scalable solutions. Join Spendesk in transforming finance operations for businesses across Europe.
About the role
- Product Manager overseeing aerospace and defence electronics product line, driving sustainment, redesign, and lifecycle strategy for customer satisfaction. Leading multi-disciplinary projects and ensuring delivery excellence.
Responsibilities
- Manage an electronics-based product line, delivering sustainment & redesign projects across the portfolio
- Focus on maximizing revenue, profitability & improving on time delivery
- Lead the identification and mitigation of component, process & equipment obsolescence risks across the assigned product portfolio
- Manage the product life cycle and recommendations for extension, redesign or end of life notification
- Manage project and lifecycle risks, maintaining risk registers and coordinating mitigation strategies
- Support bids and proposals contributing to scope definition, budgeting, and risk assessment
- Serve as the primary customer interface
- Establish, monitor, and report against project baselines for cost, schedule, scope, and risk
- Present updates through internal reviews and customer meetings
- Chair design gate reviews from initiation through qualification and handover to production
- Track project performance using appropriate methodologies (e.g., Earned Value Management) and prepare internal and customer‑facing reports
- Prepare and deliver structured project documentation including project management plans, schedules, data packs, lifecycle reports, risk registers, design change documentation, and data deliverables
- Represent the business in regular customer meetings, QBRs, technical reviews and WIP tracking discussions
- Contribute to CI/LEAN/Kaizen activities with a focus on cost reduction, inventory optimisation, lead-time improvement and on‑time delivery
- Actively participate in the Sales & Operational planning (S&OP) process
Requirements
- Degree in Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Proven project management experience in electronics, microelectronics, or engineering environments, ideally within Aerospace & Defence
- Background in product lifecycle management, obsolescence management or sustainment engineering
- Experience managing complex projects (up to ~£10M) with cross‑functional teams
- Familiarity with relevant industry standards such as AS9100, DO‑254, and DEF STAN frameworks
- Experience working with or for defence primes
- Understanding of production planning, manufacturing processes and technical problem‑solving
- Skilled in ERP/MRP tools within a project or manufacturing environment
- Proficient in project management methodologies, tools, and reporting techniques including scheduling, risk management, and Earned Value concepts
Benefits
- Flexible working practices – we work a 9-day fortnight, offer flexitime, and work a half day Friday
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
- Private healthcare
- Health cash plan – cash back for everyday health expenses
- Additional benefits including access to 24/7 remote GP services, physiotherapy consultations and gym discounts
- Pension scheme with 6% employer contributions
- Life assurance – 4 x annual salary
- Reward and recognition platform
- Discount platform – retail, leisure, gym discounts and more
- Employee assistance programme with access to confidential counselling services
- Support for further training and education
- Relocation assistance up to £8,000 if you relocate to take up a position with us
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