Senior Digital Product Manager – Aircraft

Our Mission

At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The Valo, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing), 'zero emissions' aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky.

We won't realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to 'redefine' aerospace best practices. We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals. Valo is targeting airliner-level safety certification in 2028 ahead of entering service with our airline and operator customers.

We are seeking a Senior Digital Product Manager to define and deliver digital products that directly enable aircraft programme success.

This role owns product vision, roadmap, and value delivery within our aircraft digital ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Defining product vision and multi-year roadmaps aligned with aircraft programme phases

• Translating business and user needs into clear outcomes, epics, and prioritised backlogs

• Balancing near-term delivery demands with long-term scalability

Delivery & Execution

• Partnering with engineering and digital delivery teams to build compliant, high-quality products

• Leading product discovery, requirements definition, acceptance criteria, and release planning

• Ensuring products are reliable, usable, and fit for regulated environments

Stakeholder Engagement

• Acting as primary product interface for engineering, airworthiness, flight test, and manufacturing teams

• Managing trade-offs between scope, schedule, cost, and compliance

• Communicating product progress, risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders

Data & Continuous Improvement

• Defining success metrics and tracking performance and adoption

• Driving continuous improvement through user feedback and data insights

What You'll Bring

• Significant experience delivering complex digital products

• Experience within engineering-heavy or regulated industries

• Understanding of PLM, systems engineering, or manufacturing domains (desirable)

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments

• Strong stakeholder management and decision-making capability

What can you expect from us?

We're on a mission. Where others see limits, we see opportunity, and we work at pace. Working at Vertical isn't your average role but for those seeking a challenge, a flexible, supportive organisation and an incredible team; working here is an opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Our approach promotes ingenuity and courage, while our environment builds success through diligence in safety and being open in the way we work. The only way we're going to assure the next chapter of aviation history is by working as a team, relentlessly, towards our goal. 

Our benefits

Our people matter - we're not going anywhere without them. Which is why our company benefits go beyond the essentials.

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday

• 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)

• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership

• Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits

• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)

• Company performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance

• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee

• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it

• Breakfast on us, every day

We may just be the hardest job you've ever had, but we're confident it will be the most rewarding. Join the team today and help us shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.

Disclaimer Statement

We encourage you to apply even if you may not have all the experience listed in the advert. We recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for everyone. As part of our desire to review and make our processes fair, we may ask you questions related to these aspects during the application process. For more information on how we will use your data, see our Legal section.