Product Manager Automation

Product Manager Automation

Airspace is a tech-enabled freight forwarder that's redefining how the world's most critical packages are delivered. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Airspace has employees who are based around the world. Our European headquarters is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As a recognized leader in AI and machine learning, our team leverages data and patented technology to coordinate logistics across a global network of drivers and airlines. Our goal is to deliver those packages that are truly mission-critical in a way that is faster, more transparent, more secure, and more accountable than ever before. The items we deliver range from organs for transplant, to parts for critical machinery including grounded aircraft and highly sensitive components such as semiconductors. Airspace has been rated one of America's best Startup Employers, listed as one of CNBC's Disruptor 50 companies, and featured as an Innovation and Disruption leader by CBS News. Airspace has the support of leading investors such as Telstra Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Defy Partners, DBL Partners, and Scale Ventures. To date the company has raised more than $140m.

The company is growing rapidly and serving more places around the world than ever before. We are looking for passionate, motivated individuals who want to make an impact every day to help us execute on our mission of reshaping the world of time-critical logistics.

Join the Movement! Are you excited about the fast-moving logistics technology sector and want to work on products that directly impact lives—sometimes even saving them? Do you want to help keep the world's most vital supply chains running—so hospitals can operate and aircraft stay in the sky?

Airspace is hiring a Product Manager for Automation to shape how automation transforms the logistics industry from the inside out.

As a Product Manager specializing in Automation, you'll help design and deliver intelligent, scalable automation systems that improve operational efficiency and reduce human error in our time-critical logistics platform. Working across internal workflows, delivery coordination, and customer-facing processes, you will be at the center of building automation that enhances reliability and speed across healthcare and industrial sectors.

Your work will directly improve how Airspace moves life-saving organs, essential machinery, and high-value goods on time, every time—by enabling smarter, faster, and more autonomous operations.

What You'll Do

• Define the strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for automation within our logistics platform.
• Build and evolve decision engines, rule-based systems, and AI-driven workflows that reduce manual effort in time-critical scenarios.
• Help eliminate repetitive tasks and human delays through intelligent logic, integrated systems, and real-time responses.

Improve Speed and Accuracy

• Work with engineering, data science, and operations teams to deliver automation that increases delivery speed, operational accuracy, and consistency.
• Collaborate with finance and billing teams to trigger workflow automation based on real-time shipment conditions

Partner with Stakeholders

• Collaborate closely with Healthcare and Industrial product teams to develop scalable automation systems that serve diverse customer needs.
• Work hand-in-hand with Ops and Customer Experience to ensure your solutions are grounded in real-world pain points and opportunities.

Build with Data and Feedback

• Use data to identify automation opportunities and measure impact through metrics and A/B testing.
• Continuously refine tools based on user feedback, edge cases, and system performance.

Champion Automation Best Practices

• Balance full automation with smart exception handling to ensure reliability and trust.
• Contribute to our vision for human-in-the-loop automation, AI governance, and scalable platform intelligence.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of product management experience, ideally in logistics, operations tech, workflow automation, or SaaS.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to simplify complex workflows.
• Passion for operational efficiency, problem solving, and fast-paced environments.
• Collaborative, data-informed, and comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with or exposure to workflow engines, automation platforms, or business rules systems is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field required. MBA is a plus.

Compensation

• Competitive salary, $85,000-$130,000
• High-quality health, vision, and dental care plan options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401K with company match
• Professional development reimbursements.
• Generous employee perks

Core Values

• We are One Team. We believe we all accomplish more when we are working together.
• We make an impact. We are determined to have a positive influence on our environment, our customers, our industry, and our world.
• We are passionate. We care deeply about our mission and are not afraid to raise the bar.
• We are transparent. We pride ourselves on having open, honest, and sincere communication with our team and customers.
• We are innovative. We never settle and are always striving to improve our product, service, and ourselves.