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Product Manager - Technical Products
Salary
Competitive
Location
Hampshire
Employment Type
Fully onsite, Permanent
Specialist Engineering Portfolio
I am recruiting a Product Manager to take technical ownership of a specialist product portfolio within an established high-reliability engineering organisation.
About the Role
This is not a conventional commercial Product Manager position. Acting as the Product Authority, you will own product performance, capability and configuration throughout the complete operational lifecycle.
You will lead the transition of products from development into manufacture, support production and customer operations, manage engineering change and drive continuous product improvement.
Working across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Service, and Business Development, you will define the long-term technical roadmap and represent the product during customer engagements, bids, demonstrations, and trials.
Key Responsibilities
- Own technical performance, capability, configuration and lifecycle management across the assigned product family.
- Develop the technical roadmap, balancing customer requirements, manufacturing capability, operational support, and commercial objectives.
- Lead development-to-manufacture transition, production readiness, and technical support for Manufacturing and suppliers.
- Resolve production and field failures, approve engineering changes, and manage product configuration, baselines, and obsolescence.
- Oversee verification, validation, qualification, factory and integration testing, and sea trials, while supporting customers, bids, and demonstrations.
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Key Skills
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent discipline, with proficiency in 3D CAD, ideally Autodesk Inventor.
- Significant experience developing and supporting complex sensor-based or electro-mechanical products.
- Extensive experience supporting technically complex products through manufacture and operational service.
- Proven engineering-change, configuration, obsolescence, and production or field-failure investigation experience.
- Customer-facing technical leadership experience within defence or another high-reliability engineering environment.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with advanced sensing or detection systems.
- Experience with autonomous or remotely operated systems.
- Understanding of defence standards and military product qualification.
- Experience integrating technical products with navigation, autonomy, or mission-management systems.
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What You Get in Return
- A permanent technical product-ownership opportunity within a specialist engineering environment.
- The scope to influence product capability, manufacturing performance, and long-term technology strategy.
- Direct involvement with production, customers, demonstrations, integration testing, and sea trials.
Equal Opportunities
DCS Recruitment is an equal opportunities recruiter and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Interested?
Please submit your CV to Christina at DCS Recruitment via the link provided.
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