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Sr. Product Manager, Connectivity Platform
Viasat
Greater Toronto Area, CAN
Full Time
Senior
5 days ago
Product ManagementConnectivity PlatformAviation SoftwareCloud ServicesNetworked SystemsStakeholder Management
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About the Role
Viasat seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy and execution of its onboard connectivity platform for commercial aviation.
Key Skills for This Role
Product ManagementConnectivity PlatformAviation SoftwareCloud ServicesNetworked SystemsStakeholder Management
Responsibilities
- Contribute to product strategy and roadmaps for the Connectivity Platform, including onboard software, session management, terminal optimization, and enabling digital experiences.
- Translate the broader Commercial Aviation portfolio vision into platform level capabilities, APIs, and services with clear, measurable outcomes.
- Define what the onboard connectivity platform means from a performance, reliability, scalability, usability, and lifecycle perspective.
- Own platform product requirements, success metrics, feature planning, and lifecycle support across the onboard software stack.
- Partner with engineering and architecture to define platform capabilities that enable digital products such as live TV, W IFE, Partner applications, Ads, portals, and future services.
- Prioritize enhancements across platform reliability, availability, performance, and extensibility.
- Coordinate with OEMs and technology partners to ensure platform compatibility and evolution.
- Act as a voice of the customer, representing airlines, passengers, crew, and cockpit users.
- Support business cases and prioritization for platform investments and technical trade offs.
- Use data driven insights to inform roadmap decisions and platform performance improvements.
- Monitor product market fit, adoption, usage patterns, and operational performance of platform features.
- Communicate platform updates, roadmap changes, and customer impact to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- 5 7 years of product management experience
- Experience with aviation software platforms, in flight connectivity, cloud services, or networked systems
- Strong understanding of end to end software systems, service reliability, and performance monitoring
- Ability to collaborate deeply with engineering and architecture teams on complex technical products
- Demonstrated success owning platform or infrastructure adjacent software products
- Strong communication skills and stakeholder management experience
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About Us
- Viasat is on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world, shaping how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries communicate for over 35 years.
What You'll Do
- Viasat’s Commercial Aviation business is redefining how airlines deliver reliable, high performance connectivity and data driven digital experiences.
- Seeking a Senior Product Manager – Connectivity Platform to support the strategy, definition, and execution of our onboard software platform.
- Drive product requirements for the onboard Connectivity Platform, partner across engineering, operations, and commercial teams, and evolve Viasat’s commercial aviation software ecosystem.
The day to day
- Contribute to product strategy and roadmaps for the Connectivity Platform.
- Translate the broader Commercial Aviation portfolio vision into platform level capabilities, APIs, and services.
- Define what the onboard connectivity platform means from a performance, reliability, scalability, usability, and lifecycle perspective.
- Own platform product requirements, success metrics, feature planning, and lifecycle support across the onboard software stack.
- Partner with engineering and architecture to define platform capabilities that enable digital products.
- Prioritize enhancements across platform reliability, availability, performance, and extensibility.
- Coordinate with OEMs and technology partners to ensure platform compatibility and evolution.
- Act as a voice of the customer, representing airlines, passengers, crew, and cockpit users.
- Support business cases and prioritization for platform investments and technical trade offs.
- Use data driven insights to inform roadmap decisions and platform performance improvements.
- Monitor product market fit, adoption, usage patterns, and operational performance of platform features.
- Communicate platform updates, roadmap changes, and customer impact to internal and external stakeholders.
What You'll Need
- 5–7 years of product management experience.
- Experience with aviation software platforms, in flight connectivity, cloud services, or networked systems.
- Strong understanding of end to end software systems, service reliability, and performance monitoring.
- Ability to collaborate deeply with engineering and architecture teams on complex technical products.
- Demonstrated success owning platform or infrastructure adjacent software products.
- Strong communication skills and stakeholder management experience.
What Will Help You On The Job
- Familiarity with airline operations, onboard systems, or passenger experience platforms.
- Experience with distributed systems, networking, or edge/cloud architectures.
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