Job Description

Job Overview

The Product Manager acts as the bridge between R&D, Commercial, and Operations, ensuring that product development, pricing, and lifecycle decisions are strategically aligned with Filtermist's growth objectives. This role provides strategic product leadership across the full Filtermist portfolio: oil mist collectors, dust extraction systems, ancillary equipment, and digital/IoT solutions, ensuring that market requirements are translated into commercially viable and technically achievable products.

The Product Manager will establish and maintain the Filtermist product roadmap, coordinate new product launches, guide lifecycle management, and ensure pricing and positioning consistency across regions and product lines.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

Own and maintain the Filtermist Product Roadmap, defining product priorities, milestones, and lifecycle actions. Translate market, competitive, and technological insights into product and portfolio direction. Present roadmap and progress updates to the Senior Management Team and Group stakeholders.

2. Market & Customer Insight

Maintain a structured understanding of customer requirements, competitor products, and emerging market trends. Spend significant time in the field - visiting customers, distributors, and exhibitions to gather insight and feedback. Define and update product marketing specifications and commercial limitations.

3. R&D Interface & Development Prioritisation

Represent commercial and market needs within the R&D Steering Group. Propose and justify R&D priorities based on commercial potential, lifecycle value, and customer demand. Support the coordination of product launches, testing programs, and validation plans.

4. Pricing & Margin Management

Own the pricing framework and rationale for the Filtermist portfolio. Analyse cost structures, competitive benchmarks, and regional positioning to propose pricing models. Recommend adjustments to maintain price and margin consistency, subject to Executive approval.

5. Product Launch & Lifecycle Management

Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of product launches in collaboration with Marketing and Commercial teams. Ensure all stakeholders (Sales, Distributors, Service, Operations) are trained and aligned before release. Manage product lifecycle phases - introduction, growth, maturity, and discontinuation - with clear commercial rationale.

6. Cross-Functional and Group Collaboration

Build strong relationships across R&D, Operations, Commercial, and Group Product Management. Actively represent Filtermist' s strategic product priorities within the Absolent Air Care Group. Ensure consistent alignment with Group initiatives (e.g. modularisation, IoT, sustainability targets).

Key Success Metrics (12-18 months)

Established and started to executed transparent, and board-endorsed product roadmap. Take over existing roadmap and continue to deliver Evident improvement in price and margin consistency across markets. Strong cross-functional trust and collaboration. Enhanced visibility and influence of Filtermist's product direction within the Group. Measurable improvement in market insight and structured feedback processes.

Experience & Competence Requirements:

Education & Background

Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience). Solid experience in product or portfolio management within industrial, engineering, or capital equipment sectors. Experience in the Air filtration market beneficial but not required Proven track record in managing full product lifecycle - from concept to end-of-life.

Core Competencies

Strong commercial acumen and ability to link technical decisions to business impact. Analytical and structured approach to roadmap and lifecycle management. Confident communicator - capable of influencing senior stakeholders and presenting to executive audiences. Pragmatic and outcome-focused, able to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution. Collaborative and empathetic, fostering trust across departments.

Other Information

Expected travel: up to 25% (UK, Europe, occasional international travel). This is a senior individual contributor role with significant strategic influence but no direct reports initially. Future expansion into a broader Product Management function may be considered as the business scales.
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 40,000.00-55,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person