Product Manager Hardware to Kollmorgen

Are you looking for a position as Product Manager in a global high-tech product company? And are you into hardware in all shapes and functionality? Does it motivate you to take products from an idea to a released product and see the product being used in reality? If the answer “is yes” on these questions, this position might be just the right step for you

About the position

The position as Product Manager is a wide-ranging role for which an overall comprehension of hardware in combination with an interest and competence in commercial product development will be crucial. You will be a part of our Product Management Team consisting of one Lead Product Manager, three Product Managers and three Product Owners. The whole team reports to our Product Management Director.

As a Product Manager you are responsible for understanding the factors that affect what products Kollmorgen should have in its’ future portfolio by synthesizing market trends, standards and legislation and user needs into actionable business cases. You are also responsible for taking new products to the market and making sure that they become successful through the right pricing and through working together with sales and marketing with the product value and launch material. You have the responsibility for your product line when it comes to making life cycle decisions and communicating with the right stakeholders.

The hardware portfolio consists of products such as Vehicle controllers, motor drivers, LiDAR sensors, and HMI panels which are developed in-house as well as by third parties. Understanding how the vehicle and navigation software works together will be important to set the right requirements for the hardware. It is therefore important to collaborate with the Product Manager for that product line and to be able to see the bigger picture. Most of the development teams at Kollmorgen are working according to SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), but our hardware team is also working project based.



As Product Manager Hardware you will:
- Draw insights from users, trends in the market, and direct feedback from other stakeholders to deliver data-driven business cases.

- Define go-to-market strategies for new products and features, including strategic pricing as well as marketing communication plans to give sales a kick-start upon release.
- Define the requirements of a new feature or product through epics and sometimes requirement specifications.
- Follow up sales and take action when needed.
- Plan for the future hardware portfolio by considering the life cycle management, the user’s needs and the market trends.
- Collaborate with, and sometimes also travel to, global customers in order to improve the understanding of customer needs.


We are looking for you
who are passionate about your product line and understand how to move a product from idea to market. In your way of working, you are structured and understand that in order to be successful, collaboration and communication is essential, both with internal and external stakeholders.

You are passionate about data driven decision-making and you create hypos that you validate with target users and will be happy to share your knowledge about it to the rest of the organization.

Must have
To be successful in this role you:

- Have earlier experience from working as a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Project Leader. Your background can be either commercial or technical.
- Have a genuine interest in and knowledge of hardware components.

- Have previous experience from working with agile project methodologies, like SAFe and/or Scrum.

- Have previous experience from strategic pricing.
- Will be able to travel one week once per quarter in average.


Meritorious

It is a plus if you have experience of working with:

- Business model innovation.
- Patents.
- The combination of software and hardware in products.



About us

Kollmorgen is a global company which develops motion control and Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems and works with customers in many different industries all over the world.

Kollmorgen Automation is a part of Kollmorgen Corporation and we have our Swedish headquarter in Mölndal. The target is to provide world leading technology for the rapidly growing market of AGVs and Mobile Robots. The about 100 employees are working with product development, professional services, sales, marketing and finance.

Some of the good things that we offer
Innovation Days every twelve weeks - a 24-hour event for the whole company to dig deeper, explore new areas and solve problems! 💡
Gym at the office filled with machines for strength and fitness that is always open and free to use for all our employees 👟
Free parking outside our office 🚗
Noise cancelling headphones and home office equipment (office chair, screens etc) 🎧
Career opportunities within the company - we have employees who have worked with us for many years in different roles and departments 🚀
Day of Caring - every year we take one day to clean the west coast beaches together 🗑️
6 weeks’ vacation! ☀️❄️
Work time reduction - it gives you around 7 extra days off per year
Collective agreement, occupational pension, wellness allowance

A part from above, Kollmorgen is characterized by an entrepreneurial spirit where you get the opportunity to carry out your ideas with the help of the company's experts.

We focus on engagement and personal development as essential tools for our success. We give you the opportunity to work in an open environment where ideas and thoughts are lifted freely among colleagues.

Additional information
Full-time employment. 📍 Based in Mölndal, Sweden. We recruit based on our values and for us it is important that you continuously want do develop yourself together with us!

Selection takes place on an ongoing basis, so send your application as soon as possible. Welcome with your application!

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