Head of Product

Canatu; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in advanced technology seeks a Head of Product for a new line in the Automotive Business Unit. This role involves spearheading hardware product development, managing the product lifecycle, and ensuring alignment with customer and business objectives. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in product management within fast-moving environments, focusing on collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, including 3 years in hardware.
• Proven track record of launching B2B physical products.
• Strong understanding of hardware development cycles.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product roadmap.
• Lead cross-functional teams through product development.
• Engage with customers to validate opportunities.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Job description

Canatu (CANATU, Nasdaq First North, Finland) is a fast-growing deep technology company creating advanced carbon nanotubes (Canatu CNTs), related products, and manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor, automotive, and medical diagnostics industries. Together with pioneering companies, Canatu transforms products with nano carbon for a better tomorrow.

Canatu's versatile platform technology has broad potential applications. Its current core includes CNT membranes for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) processes in the semiconductor industry, enabling the manufacturing of the most advanced chips, as well as film heaters for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) in the automotive industry. Additionally, electrochemical sensors for medical diagnostics are in the development phase. Canatu’s patented CNT reactors and Dry Deposition^TM method yield clean and pristine CNTs. The company operates through two business models: selling CNT products directly, as well as selling CNT reactors and licensing the related technology so that customers can produce CNT products under a limited license.

Headquartered in Finland, Canatu also operates in the US, Japan, and Taiwan. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Aalto University’s Nanomaterials Group, Canatu currently has around 140 employees representing over 35 nationalities, with 20 per cent holding or pursuing doctorates. Discover more at www.canatu.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking for avisionary and hands-on

Head of Product for a newly established product line in our Automotive Business Unit to support the development and delivery of upcoming hardware products. This role suits someone with solid product management experience in a fast-moving SME environment, particularly with exposure to working alongside enterprise partners on product validation and go-to-market efforts.

The product development process involves application-specific solutions, requiring a deep understanding of customer use cases and product requirements. You will be responsible for managing the product lifecycle, from early-stage concepts to launch and post-launch improvements, ensuring the product meets customer needs, aligns with business objectives, and is technically feasible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the product roadmap, balancing innovation, feasibility, and customer value.

• Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, design, manufacturing, marketing) through the product development process.

• Collaborate with enterprise partners on joint development initiatives, pilots, and integration requirements.

• Support the development of companion applications that accelerate enterprise adoption of our hardware solutions.

• Engage directly with customers to gather insights, validate opportunities, and ensure product-market fit.

• Establish and track key product metrics to evaluate performance, adoption, and customer satisfaction.

• Present product strategy, progress, and risks to C-level executives and stakeholders.

• Build and mentor a high-performing product team as the company scales.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of product management experience, of which preferably at least 3 years in a hardware-focused role.

• Proven track record of launching physical products in B2B markets.

• Experience working in or with SMEs and navigating enterprise partnerships.

• Strong understanding of hardware product development cycles, prototyping, and manufacturing.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting.

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on attitude and a bias for action.
• Fluent in English

We also recognize the value of

• Background in the photovoltaic industry.

• Experience in high-tech engineering environments.

• Familiarity with complex product development in advanced technology sectors.

ABOUT CANATU

As an entrepreneurial company, you will be a part of a dynamic and forward-looking scale-up with great team spirit and peer support. At Canatu, the following core values define who we are and who we want to be, guiding us in our day-to-day work:

• Curiosity to discover provides us with the spark that takes us out into the world to observe and find.
• Commitment to achieve is how we take those discoveries from ideas to something concrete.
• Collaboration for impact is required to develop what we create into impactful and meaningful products.
• Passion for progress keeps us working for new ways to do things for better tomorrows.

Does this resonate? It’s what defines us. Join us to do work with an impact.

For more information on this position, please contact Salla Oksala at [e-mail]. Pls apply latest by 31st ofJuly, 2025.