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Product Manager – Stormwater / Drainage
Bedford / Luton | Hybrid Working
£50,000 DOE + £3,000 Bonus + Excellent Benefits
You will like
- Developing innovative stormwater management and sustainable drainage solutions for an established, market-leading manufacturer serving the construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure sectors.
- Based from the Bedford/Luton area with hybrid working, you’ll join a progressive international business committed to innovation, sustainability, and responsible water management.
- You’ll enjoy genuine product ownership, excellent development opportunities, and an attractive package including a 34.5-hour working week.
The Role
The Product Manager / Technical Product Manager role itself, where you will take ownership of an established Storm Water Control (SWC) product portfolio.
Combining technical understanding with commercial insight, you’ll help define product strategy, drive product development, and ensure solutions remain competitive, compliant, and aligned with changing customer and market requirements.
Working cross-functionally with R&D, engineering, sales, marketing, production, and customers, you will:
- Drive development and optimization of the existing stormwater product range
- Manage product development and improvement projects through R&D
- Analyze market trends, competitor activity, customer feedback, and changing industry standards
- Translate customer and market requirements into commercially viable product solutions
- Manage products throughout their lifecycle, including development, optimization, and phase-out
- Improve product performance, quality, and cost-effectiveness
- Provide technical product and installation support
- Produce clear technical product specifications, literature, and training information
- Work with marketing to communicate product benefits and positioning
- Engage with customers, specifiers, and industry stakeholders to identify opportunities
- Support product compliance with relevant environmental and regulatory requirements
- Deliver product training to colleagues and other stakeholders
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This is a genuine technical/commercial Product Manager opportunity rather than a purely marketing-led role, with significant scope to influence the future direction of the portfolio.
You will have
To be successful as Product Manager / Technical Product Manager, you will ideally bring a combination of technical, commercial, and project management capability.
Experience within stormwater, drainage, SuDS, water management, or civil engineering would be particularly relevant, although candidates from associated building products, construction products, or technical manufacturing/OEM environments are also encouraged.
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You will ideally demonstrate:
- Product management and/or technical product development experience
- Strong project management skills
- Technical understanding of engineered products or systems
- Commercial awareness and market analysis capability
- Ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into product solutions
- Experience working effectively across multiple departments
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills
- An innovative, customer-focused, and accountable approach
Direct stormwater sector experience is highly desirable rather than an absolute prerequisite.
You will get
As Product Manager, you will enjoy a competitive package including:
- c. £50,000 salary DOE
- Annual performance bonus – OTE £3,000
- Hybrid working – minimum 3 days office-based
- 34.5-hour working week
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, increasing to 28 days with service
- 6% employer pension contribution with salary exchange available
- Life assurance from day one – 2x annual salary
- Private healthcare after three months
- Employee Assistance Service for you and your household
- Christmas shutdown
- Continuous professional development and career-growth opportunities
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