Product Innovation Manager

Company Description

About Us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

Job Description

What you'll Do

The satellite industry is facing severe disruption over the coming years as new entrants and technological advances fundamentally transform the market. As a result, the competitive challenges for the traditional satellite players are increasing at an unprecedented level. Faced with this new reality, achieving growth in our traditional markets will become ever more challenging.

Against this backdrop the Strategy and Growth Programmes team leads the charge for VIG in developing and executing strategies and plans that keep Inmarsat competitive in our markets today and into the future. One such initiative is the Chorus programme which seeks to expand their satellite communications business in the global aeronautical market segment. We are looking to provide a scalable and flexible beyond line-of-sight communication solution, for regional operations, to disseminate mission system data in real time from the airborne platforms to key end-users. The programme is expected to deliver a compelling end-to-end solution for this segment backed by a comprehensive go-to-market and capture strategy.

The Government Aero Innovation Manager will be responsible for planning and delivering the capabilities under Chorus programmes, as well as the collaboration with other internal Govt segments and Central Function teams for wider government aeronautical capability as needed.

To this end, the role holder will be focused on 3 areas:

• Capability Development - The role will guide and coordinate the terminal capability developments for the Chorus programme, and the wider government aeronautical market to meet customer requirements and create unique competitive advantage in support of VIG’s strategy and growth programmes. 
• Product Innovation - The role will contribute to VIG’s technology evaluation and roadmap planning, engage in the collaboration other Gov’t teams and central functions, coordinating requirements for development of new government aeronautical capabilities; and externally interface with the wider industry to explore the technological applications to VIG, including but not limited to L-MAX, next-gen ISR, RORO, and multi-terminal solutions.
• Subject Matter Expertise - The role will act as SME for the Chorus product set as well as the wider G2 aeronautical product work across functions to i) contribute to the documentation of business case, ii) develop product/service description documents and iii) assist with compelling storytelling and market facing collaterals.

The day-to-day

• Lead the execution of terminal capability developments under the Chorus programme and the wider government aeronautical market as needed, up to product launch
• Engage in the analysis of VIG market and strategy, assist in the identification of competitive advantages it can leverage for the government aeronautical market from a technological perspective.
• Support the definition of the government aero product strategy & roadmap and contribute to the evaluation and feasibility assessment of growth programmes such as Chorus
• Document the technical proposition and write technical product requirements to support the development activities (e.g., management briefs, RFI, RFPs, etc.)
• Contribute to the business case developments to secure investments for expanding the Chorus portfolio and the wider government aeronautical capability set, as needed
• Work across internal functions and third parties to assess and establish and manage partnerships for launching the Chorus product set and other government aeronautical capabilities, as needed.
• Manage the development of product/service description document in fine and explicit details. 
• Work across functions with the go to market, sales, commercial and market development teams to ensure training materials and compelling storytelling and market facing collaterals can be effectively produced.
• Work with US Govt teams to coordinate the product requirements for delivering the Chorus product set and the wider government aeronautical capability set.
• Work with Central Product Office to facilitate knowledge sharing on Viasat product roadmap and capabilities, and continuous enhancement of Chorus capability as well as the wider government aeronautical portfolio.
• Work with key OEMs and other third-party organisation to understand and document key developments in the market.
• Any other tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be required. 

Qualifications

What you'll Need

• Experience in aeronautical product development or system integration
• Excellent technical writing skills. 
• Good stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and coordinate activities across functions
• Collaborative mind-set and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to remain positive in high pressure and stressful situations
• Critical thinking, communication, and relationship-building skills
• Flexible / resourceful approach, independent problem solver
• Strong presentation and written communication skills
• Good computer skills in MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering discipline, master’s degree or above preferred. 

What Will Help You On The Job

• Experience working with and delivering services and projects related to satellite terminals or other remote communication systems is highly regarded.
• Business to government industry experience is desired.
• Related commercial experience is bonus

Additional Information

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

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