Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems

Össur; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Embla Medical is seeking a Global Product Owner for Manufacturing Systems to lead the definition, governance, and ongoing evolution of our Manufacturing Product on behalf of Operations. You will shape the future-state manufacturing landscape across processes, systems, data, governance, and ways of working.

You will collaborate with Operations, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure manufacturing capabilities support operational excellence and enterprise priorities across global sites, products

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership in manufacturing or operations transformation.
• Deep knowledge of ERP, MES, APS and shop-floor systems.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to drive transformation across global sites.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve End-to-End manufacturing product vision, roadmap, governance, and target operating model.
• Act as the primary business counterpart to IT, ensuring technology decisions support manufacturing priorities and business objectives.
• Establish governance structures, decision forums, prioritization principles, and escalation paths across functions and locations.
• Translate manufacturing system requirements into clear priorities and investment decisions while balancing strategic objectives and operational realities.
• Drive alignment across Manufacturing, Planning, Distribution, Procurement, Service, Quality & Regulatory, and other key business functions.
• Lead transformation initiatives involving processes, systems, data, and organizational change.
• Ensure manufacturing, ERP, MES, APS, master data, traceability, quality, and compliance requirements are embedded in future-state solutions.
• Create clarity and structure in complex environments and take ownership for delivering outcomes across multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Change management

Communication

Tools

ERP

MES

APS

Master data governance

Job description

Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems | Embla Medical

Are you an experienced manufacturing and transformation leader who thrives at the intersection of operations, technology, and business change? Do you enjoy shaping future-state manufacturing capabilities while driving alignment across global sites and functions? Then this could be your next challenge.

Your Role

As a Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems, you will lead the definition, governance, and continuous evolution of Embla Medical's Manufacturing Product on behalf of Operations. Acting as the senior business owner for manufacturing process and system transformation, you will shape the future-state manufacturing landscape across processes, systems, data, governance, and ways of working.

You will work closely with Operations leaders, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure manufacturing capabilities support both operational excellence and enterprise priorities. This is a highly strategic and influential role that requires strong operational credibility, leadership presence, and the ability to drive decisions and transformation across multiple manufacturing sites, products, and functions globally.

Your tasks include:

• Define and continuously evolve the End-to-End system ownership (Manufacturing Product) vision, roadmap, governance, and target operating model.
• Act as the primary business counterpart to IT, ensuring technology decisions support manufacturing priorities and business objectives.
• Establish governance structures, decision forums, prioritization principles, and escalation paths across functions and locations.
• Translate manufacturing system requirements into clear priorities and investment decisions while balancing strategic objectives and operational realities.
• Drive alignment across Manufacturing, Planning, Distribution, Procurement, Service, Quality & Regulatory, and other key business functions.
• Lead transformation initiatives involving processes, systems, data, and organizational change.
• Ensure manufacturing, ERP, MES, APS, master data, traceability, quality, and compliance requirements are embedded in future-state solutions.
• Create clarity and structure in complex environments and take ownership for delivering outcomes across multiple stakeholders.

Who Are You?

You are a manufacturing or transformation leader who combines strategic thinking with practical execution. You enjoy navigating complexity, influencing stakeholders, and building alignment across diverse teams and locations.

You bring:

• Extensive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations transformation, digital manufacturing, or enterprise product ownership.
• Strong knowledge of ERP, MES, APS, manufacturing platforms, shop-floor systems, master data, and enterprise architecture.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, including planning, production execution, materials flow, capacity management, quality, traceability, and operational performance.
• Experience leading large-scale business transformation, process redesign, or digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus without formal authority.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities, balancing business needs, technical possibilities, and organizational constraints.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively from shop-floor teams to executive leadership.
• A proactive, action-oriented mindset and the ability to thrive in environments where not everything is fully defined.

What We Can Offer

At Embla Medical, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing within a global organization dedicated to improving people's mobility. You will work alongside talented colleagues across Operations, Digital, and Business functions while influencing strategic decisions that impact our global footprint.

We also offer:

• A meaningful role with significant strategic impact across our manufacturing network.
• The opportunity to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
• Collaboration with international stakeholders and leadership teams.
• A culture built on trust, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
• Professional development opportunities and ongoing learning.
• A purpose-driven organization committed to helping people live a life without limitations.

Embla Medical is a leading global provider of innovative mobility solutions that help people live a Life Without Limitations®.

Embla Medical is home to Össur, a leading global provider of prosthetics and bracing and supports solutions; FIOR & GENTZ, an innovative developer of neuro orthotics; and College Park, creators of custom-built prosthetic solutions.

Embla Medical also provides patients with world-class care through a global network of Orthotic and Prosthetic (O&P) facilities, operating under various brand names, including ForMotion.

Our People

The way we work is unique. We empower our colleagues worldwide and encourage close collaboration, allowing us to develop the best products and maintain the highest possible standards of care.

Our values – honesty, frugality and courage – are the glue that binds us together and form the foundation of our company culture.

Joining Embla Medical is not just about doing your job, it’s more than that. The patients we care for depend on us to help them get back their freedom and livelihood. That is what drives us all to go to work, each day.

Embla Medical is committed to sustainable business practices and renowned for positively impacting people‘s health and well-being.

Embla Medical is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.

We want to have the best available individual in every job.

Embla Medical's equal opportunity policy prohibits all discrimination (based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, military service, pregnancy, child birth or related medical condition, actual or perceived sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by local laws around the world).

Embla Medical is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities.

This commitment applies to all individuals involved in the operations of Embla Medical and prohibits discrimination by any employee of Embla Medical, including supervisors and co-workers.