Senior Product Manager

Sterling Engineering Ltd - Ireland & Europe; Shannon; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Engineering Ltd - Ireland & Europe seeks a Senior Product Manager in Shannon, Ireland, to own a significant product line within a global Connected Home and IoT portfolio. You will drive strategy, roadmap, and commercial outcomes across the full lifecycle alongside engineering, commercial and regional teams.

You will lead investment decisions, define requirements, and enable growth while applying AI to enhance research and reporting. Travel internationally is expected as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Design or related discipline.
• Minimum eight years' product management experience with end-to-end ownership.
• Experience taking physical products to market, hardware + software + services.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen including ROI and margin.
• Ability to define strategy, manage ambiguity and make independent decisions.
• Translate customer/market needs into product requirements; balance regional demands.
• Excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in applying AI to improve PM effectiveness.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy, roadmap and requirements from customer insight and market opportunities.
• Own business cases, investment, revenue, margin and ROI for the product line.
• Prioritise development by balancing customer needs, feasibility, cost, quality and time.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across engineering, architecture, quality, regulatory, supply chain, marketing and regions.
• Manage products through lifecycle gates from investment to retirement.
• Own launch readiness, positioning, sales enablement and post-launch growth.
• Monitor performance and invest decisions based on evidence.
• Apply AI, including agentic solutions, to improve research and reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of product management practices.

Skills

Product strategy

Roadmap development

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Written communication

AI in product management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Design or related discipline

Job description

Senior Product Manager

Location: Shannon, Ireland

Reporting to: Chief Product Officer

The Opportunity

An established product organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to own a significant product line within a global portfolio of Connected Home and IoT solutions.

The role is accountable for product strategy, roadmap, business case and commercial performance throughout the full product lifecycle, working closely with engineering, commercial and regional teams to deliver customer-focused, profitable products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define product strategy, roadmap and requirements based on customer insight, market opportunities and competitive analysis.
• Own business cases, product investment, revenue, gross margin and return on investment.
• Prioritise product development by balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, cost, quality and time to market.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Architecture, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Marketing and regional teams.
• Manage products through lifecycle stage gates, from initial investment and launch through growth, optimisation and retirement.
• Own launch readiness, positioning, sales enablement, technical documentation and post-launch growth.
• Monitor product performance and make evidence-based investment and lifecycle decisions.
• Apply AI, including agentic solutions, to improve research, analysis, requirements management and reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in product management practices.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Design or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum eight years' product management experience, with proven end-to-end product line ownership.
• Experience taking physical products to market, ideally combining hardware, software and connected services.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including business case development, cost management, margin and ROI.
• Proven ability to define product strategy, manage ambiguity and make independent decisions.
• Experience translating customer and market needs into product requirements and balancing competing regional demands.
• Strong technical collaboration, stakeholder management and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in applying AI, including agentic solutions, to improve product management effectiveness.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Desirable Experience

• Background in life safety, building systems, smart home, energy, connected healthcare or technology-enabled care.
• Experience with regulated products and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with social housing, specification-led or channel-led markets.
• Experience with recurring revenue and services linked to hardware.
• Experience in global, multi-brand organisations and familiarity with product lifecycle management tools.

Key Competencies

• Customer and market insight.
• Product strategy, requirements and prioritisation.
• Commercial ownership and financial decision-making.
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder influence.
• Evidence-based decision-making and accountability for outcomes.
• Strong communication and business case development.