Product Manager (Consulting Background Required)

Product Manager (Consulting Background Required)

Client: A leading airline group
Location: Onsite Heathrow, Hybrid approach
Engagement: 1 year FTC rolling

The opportunity

We are looking for a Product Manager to join a high-profile Engineering Digital Transformation programme at one of the UK's best-known airlines. This is a strategic change initiative, not business as usual. You will help shape and deliver the digital products that support airline engineering, maintenance and logistics operations, making sure investment turns into measurable operational and financial outcomes.
You will work within the Planning, Execution or Supply Chain domain, owning product delivery day to day and working with Engineering, IT, Architecture, Procurement and senior leadership.

What you'll do

• Act as Product Owner for systems supporting engineering and maintenance operations, managing the life cycle from discovery through delivery to optimisation
• Translate operational and business needs into clear, prioritised requirements and product outcomes
• Support the product roadmap and help structure ill-defined business problems into scoped, deliverable initiatives
• Contribute to system selection and implementation, including requirements definition, vendor assessment and option comparison
• Take ownership of decision-support and digital tool products, including deployment, integration with systems of record, and connections to Front End and Back End data sources
• Build quantitative models and become the go-to expert on data for your business area
• Work with internal teams, vendors and implementation partners to deliver on time, with a focus on time-to-value
• Produce governance and communications materials for stakeholder meetings, and report progress, risks and benefits clearly
• Collect feedback, measure solution value and support continuous improvement
• Run training sessions and workshops with stakeholders

Who we're looking for

A top-tier strategy consulting background (McKinsey, Bain, BCG or equivalent) is highly desirable, and especially important for this role. You will present to senior stakeholders and work directly with vendors, so we want someone with consulting-grade structured thinking, strong communication and the confidence to challenge and influence decision-makers.

You will also have:

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner on enterprise systems or digital transformation
• Strong analytical skills, with a good grasp of data, modelling and business cases
• Experience working in agile product teams
• The ability to explain technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong stakeholder management at both junior and senior levels
• Comfort working across business, operations and technology

Desirable: experience in aviation, MRO, engineering, manufacturing or supply chain, and exposure to vendor selection or procurement.

Why this role

• A genuine transformation programme with real executive visibility
• Work at the intersection of strategy, operations and technology in a safety-critical industry
• A flagship client and a chance to see products through from discovery to delivery

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.