Lead Product Manager

As our Lead Product Manager for APIs & MCPs, you'll set the vision and strategy for how Global Aviation Data reaches developers, partners, customers, and AI systems. You'll own our API and MCP portfolio end to end. That includes standing up a new API platform and deciding what to build, buy, and expose on top of it. This is a net-new, staff-level individual contributor role. It exists to give AI-enabled product development a dedicated owner with real technical depth. You'll work closely with engineering and shape how the platform is built, governed, and adopted across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year strategy and roadmap for our APIs and MCP servers. This covers platform selection and rollout, what data and workflows we expose, and how we sequence the work • Lead the launch of our new API platform, including the build-vs-buy decisions and the tradeoffs on architecture, security, and cost. Set the standards for API design, versioning, documentation, and developer experience • Run customer and stakeholder discovery with internal and external technical users to find where APIs and MCPs create the most value. Turn what you learn into clear investment cases and priorities • Define how our data is packaged, accessed, and monetized through APIs and MCPs, working with commercial, legal, and data governance partners. Establish success metrics for adoption, usage, and business impact • Set the standard for how our products and data are consumed…