Honeywell Aerospace seeks a results-driven Director of Product Management to lead our next Avionics Platform—a foundational software and middleware solution enabling development, certification, and deployment of next-generation avionics. This reusable, certifiable platform supports Anthem and future offerings through standardized services, lifecycle artifacts, configuration tools, documentation, training, and release management.
Reporting to senior leadership, the Director will guide investment decisions, roadmap priorities, platform adoption, and long-term growth. The Director will own the platform’s vision, strategy, roadmap, business model, and adoption plan, aligning with customer needs, engineering priorities, certification requirements, and business goals. Success is measured by platform adoption, certification leverage, lifecycle cost reduction, roadmap execution, and establishing the platform as a scalable, sustainable product for Honeywell Aerospace.
You will report directly to our Senior Leadership Team and you’ll work out of either Phoenix, AZ; Torrance, CA; Olathe, KS; Minneapolis, MN or Clearwater, FL locations on a Hybrid work schedule.
ResponsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute the Thunderbolt platform strategy, roadmap, and adoption plan.
- Own portfolio growth, investment prioritization, business cases, and lifecycle funding.
- Lead product governance, release management, and cross-functional alignment.
- Drive platform reuse, certification leverage, and customer adoption.
- Serve as the executive product leader for the platform, ensuring long-term scalability, profitability, and innovation
Product-Line Governance & Release Discipline
- Lead platform governance, prioritization, and change-control processes
- Establish disciplined release management, roadmap execution, and certification-ready baselines.
- Drive PAC/CCB decision making, manage scope and funding tradeoffs, control product variation
- Ensure reusable platform assets remain aligned across development, certification, and customer releases
Certification, Compliance & Safety Alignment
- Partner with Engineering, Certification, Safety, Cybersecurity, and Program Management teams to ensure the platform supports certifiable avionics applications across Honeywell Aerospace products.
- Drive product requirements supporting DO-178C, A653/ARINC 653, FACE, ARINC 661, ARINC 664, TSO-C153a, and other applicable avionics standards where required by product implementations.
- Ensure reusable lifecycle artifacts are treated as part of the product offering, including requirements, design, verification, validation, test evidence, certification packages, and configuration data
Customer, Consumer & Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships with internal product teams, engineering leaders, and key stakeholders to drive platform adoption.
- Gather customer insights, prioritize requirements, support onboarding and integration
- Serve as the executive advocate for platform strategy, value realization, roadmap alignment, and long-term business success
Business Model, Funding & Financial Discipline
- Define and manage the platform business model, including common investment, product-cost planning, consuming-product funding, NRE recovery, and lifecycle support funding.
- Establish clear rules for which capabilities are funded as core platform investments versus program-specific customization.
- Develop business cases for new platform investments, processor/OS expansion, toolchain improvements, documentation, training, support capability, and external platform opportunities.
- Partner with Finance, Program Management, and senior leadership to track roadmap funding coverage, product-cost coverage, NRE recovery, and CCB request disposition.
- Quantify the value of platform adoption through reduced reapplication effort, lower lifecycle cost, improved certification leverage, fewer defects, and reduced product variation.
- Drive investment prioritization using ROI, strategic fit, adoption potential, certification leverage, and long-term support economics.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead through influence across Product Management, Engineering, Core PMO, Program Management, Systems, Software, Certification, Safety, Cybersecurity, Finance, Sales, and Operations.
- Partner with the Chief Engineer and Engineering COE to maintain architecture integrity, technical standards, safety and cyber evidence, implementation quality, and technical trade discipline.
- Partner with Core PMO to align IMS, budget, EAC, execution cadence, risk management, stakeholder updates, and phase-gate deliverables.
- Drive executive alignment on product priorities, funding decisions, roadmap sequencing, and release commitments.
- Create a culture of disciplined reuse, technical excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
- Develop talent, documentation, training, and succession plans to reduce dependency on a small number of platform experts.
YOU MUST HAVE
- 8+ years of product management, platform leadership, avionics, or software product experience.
- Proven success developing product strategy, roadmaps, and lifecycle plans for complex technology products.
- Strong business acumen, including investment planning, business cases, and portfolio management.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering, program management, finance, and certification organizations.
- Ability to balance customer needs, technical tradeoffs, certification requirements, and business objectives.
WE VALUE
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, Business, or related field.
- Strong analytical and market research skills.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Experience in a global organization.
BENEFITS
Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program and educational assistance
- Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time
Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/
The annual base salary range for this position in California is $224,000 – $280,000. In Minneapolis the annual base salary range is $195,000 - $244,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell Aerospace considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.
This role is incentive eligible.
POSTING TIMELINE
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
ABOUT US
Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.
Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.
Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.
Every horizon. Every mission. Every day.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of product management, platform leadership, avionics, or software product experience.
- Proven success developing product strategy, roadmaps, and lifecycle plans for complex technology products.
- Strong business acumen including investment planning, business cases, and portfolio management.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering, program management, finance, and certification organizations.
- Ability to balance customer needs, technical tradeoffs, certification requirements, and business objectives.
- Experience with avionics certification standards and requirements (DO-178C, ARINC 653/A653, FACE, ARINC 661, ARINC 664, TSO-C153a).
- Work from one of the listed US locations (Phoenix, AZ; Torrance, CA; Olathe, KS; Minneapolis, MN; or Clearwater, FL) on a hybrid schedule.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, Business, or related field.
- Strong analytical and market research skills.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Experience in a global organization.
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
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What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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