ATPCO

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Director,ProductManagement

$193–250k Herndon, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Director, Product Management at ATPCO. Skills: product management, product strategy, AI, airline retailing. Own the 3V product portfolio. Define and communicate strategy across PriceEye, DemandView, Iris, the PriceEye Analytics Pyramid, and the emerging AI-driven capabilities.. Balance near-term customer commitments with longer-term architectural investments.”

What You'll Achieve.

accountable for product outcomes that ATPCO and its shareholder carriers rely on; Uphold the quality bar. Set and maintain the standards required for customer trust in airline retailing, where reliability and accuracy define whether a product becomes critical infrastructure.

Industry & Context.

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What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Substantial product management experience, including a track record of shipping products that customers rely on, Demonstrated success leading a cross-functional product organization across PM, Agile delivery, engineering, QA, and go-to-market functions (marketing, sales, sales support, training), Technical background in engineering, data, or ML sufficient to engage credibly in design and architecture discussions with senior engineers, Domain familiarity with airline retailing, GDS/NDC, offers and orders, or a comparably complex commercial data environment, A clear, well-reasoned point of view on the role of AI in commercial systems and a commitment to keeping that perspective current as the field evolves, Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments while maintaining quality and focus, written and verbal communication skills, including experience with executive and senior stakeholder audiences, Confidence and professionalism in representing a business unit’s perspective within a larger parent organization

Nice to Have

Experience working at the boundary between AI/ML systems and deterministic transactional systems, Experience building or owning evaluation frameworks for AI-enabled products, A track record of meaningfully reducing time-from-concept-to-production in a prior organization, Experience partnering closely with a senior technical co-lead in a shared product/engineering leadership model

What You'll Do.

Own the 3V product portfolio.

Define and communicate strategy across PriceEye, DemandView, Iris, the PriceEye Analytics Pyramid, and the emerging AI-driven capabilities., Balance near-term customer commitments with longer-term architectural investments., Lead the cross-functional product organization.

Direct the product management team and coordinate effectively across Agile delivery, engineering, QA, marketing, sales, sales support, and training to ensure aligned execution against the portfolio roadmap., Establish a frictionless delivery process.

Drive continuous improvement in the path from concept to production, with the goal of moving validated ideas from whiteboard to production within days., Identify and remove process, handoff, and environment friction wherever it appears., Engage hands-on with the product.

Use 3V products in realistic workflows, review prototypes, participate in evaluation efforts, and partner directly with engineering on technical decisions., Maintain architectural discipline.

Champion clean separation between AI-driven semantic capabilities and deterministic pricing systems in product reviews, customer conversations, and design decisions., Represent 3V’s product direction within ATPCO.

Work effectively with the broader ATPCO product strategy function, with the executive presence and conviction to represent 3V’s perspective when product direction, prioritization, or technology choices warrant it., Uphold the quality bar.

Set and maintain the standards required for customer trust in airline retailing, where reliability and accuracy define whether a product becomes critical infrastructure., Develop the team.

Coach PMs and product-adjacent engineers on the trade-offs that matter., Hire for both judgment and execution., Communicate effectively to executive and customer audiences.

Translate 3V’s product and architectural choices into clear commercial impact for ATPCO leadership, shareholder carriers, and the broader market.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Lead the cross-functional product organization. Direct the product management team and coordinate effectively across Agile delivery, engineering, QA, marketing, sales, sales support, and training to ensure aligned execution against the portfolio roadmap.; Close collaboration across product, engineering, QA, and go-to-market functions throughout the development cycle

Communication Scope

written and verbal communication skills; experience with executive and senior stakeholder audiences; Communicate effectively to executive and customer audiences

Process & Methodology

Agile delivery

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