Commercial Airborne Power Director

Job Description

About BAE Systems and Controls & Avionics Solutions
“We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” It is a promise we keep every day. At Electronic Systems, we tackle the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems, from powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. Within Controls & Avionics Solutions (CAS), you will help define and develop the next generation of flight-critical controls and power systems, including fly-by-wire flight controls, full authority digital engine controls, and advanced power management, for both commercial and military platforms.

Role Overview

The Director, Commercial Airborne Power has P&L responsibility for the Commercial Airborne market within our Power Systems business, leading market strategy, customer relationships, growth, and overall business performance.

Our Power Systems portfolio brings together energy storage, power electronics, and system-level controls and integration to solve complex electrical power challenges across commercial airborne, transit and vocational vehicle, and other demanding applications.

This leader connects market and customer needs with product strategy and business priorities—determining where we compete, how we win, and where we invest to create sustainable, profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Own market P&L performance, including revenue, profitability, investment, pipeline, and lifecycle economics.

• Develop and execute market and customer strategy, including growth priorities, competitive positioning, and adjacent opportunities.

• Build trusted relationships with strategic customers, partners, and industry leaders.

• Understand customer strategies, technology roadmaps, market trends, regulatory drivers, and competitive dynamics.

• Identify, shape, qualify, and capture new business opportunities.

• Translate market insight into prioritized requirements and partner with Product Leadership to shape energy storage, power electronics, and system-level control and integration roadmaps.

• Develop business cases and recommend where the organization should—and should not—invest.

• Balance near-term customer commitments and business performance with long-term product and market growth.

• Build alignment and lead across Product Leadership, Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, and other functions to translate market priorities into executable business plans and deliver P&L commitments.

Commercial Airborne Focus

The initial assignment leads our Commercial Airborne Power market, with particular emphasis on growth. The leader will:

• Develop the strategy for commercial aircraft electrification and electrical power opportunities.

• Build relationships with aircraft OEMs, propulsion providers, and strategic technology partners.

• Shape opportunities that leverage our capabilities in energy storage, power electronics, and system-level controls and integration.

• Position the business early on future aircraft platforms and influence architectures and requirements.

• Convert emerging technologies and development programs into scalable, certifiable production businesses.

• Identify partnerships and adjacent opportunities that accelerate profitable growth.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking a leader who can operate at the intersection of customers, markets, technology, products, and business economics.

What Success Looks Like

Success means delivering P&L commitments while building the future business. This leader will strengthen strategic customer relationships, establish and execute a clear market strategy, build and convert a prioritized pipeline, and partner across functions to translate market needs into executable priorities. Success will be measured by not only near-term revenue and profitability, but by creating the customer positions, product alignment, and investments required for sustainable, profitable growth.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Leadership experience in complex engineered products, systems, or technology businesses.

• Demonstrated experience with P&L / business performance, market leadership, product-line leadership, or comparable commercial responsibility.

• Demonstrated success developing and market / customer strategy and driving profitable growth.

• Experience building and managing senior-level customer relationships.

• Demonstrated ability to lead across functions and influence decisions in a matrixed organization.

• Strong commercial and analytical judgment, including development of business cases and investment decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Aerospace or other highly regulated / safety-critical industry experience.

• Electrification, energy storage, power electronics, controls, or integrated power-systems experience.

• Experience with long-cycle product development and transition from development into production.

• Experience working with aircraft OEMs, propulsion providers, or other complex OEM customers.

• International business / customer experience.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $173023 - $294137

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.