Product Manager – Smart Residential Access (IoT)

Yale Home; Tilburg; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Yale Residential Access is seeking a Product Manager to own selected Yale Residential Access products across the EMEIA region, guiding lifecycle from concept to launch and ongoing optimization.

You will collaborate with regional teams, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality and Manufacturing, travel within the region and to Malmo for meetings, workshops, and stakeholder collaboration, shaping market-leading IoT and smart home solutions.

Qualifications

• University degree in a technical, engineering or business-related discipline.
• Proven Product Management experience, including ownership of the full product lifecycle and successful product launches.
• Experience defining market requirements, customer use cases and product requirements that translate into successful development projects.
• Strong commercial, analytical and strategic capabilities.
• Familiarity with business and financial principles, including developing and presenting business cases.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Knowledge of product governance, certification processes and regulatory requirements for bringing products to market.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and a structured, data-driven approach to decision making.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• A proactive, resilient and self-driven working style.

Responsibilities

• Own the product management of selected Yale Residential Access products and related software solutions across EMEIA.
• Define product positioning, product narratives and business cases in collaboration with regional stakeholders and R&D teams.
• Identify portfolio gaps and develop generation plans that support growth, portfolio simplification and brand consolidation across the Residential Access category.
• Participate in and influence product strategy execution by analysing competitor offerings, market developments and global Smart Home and IoT trends.
• Gather and translate customer, sales and market requirements into product features, use cases and launch requirements.
• Act as the business and customer representative throughout the product development process.
• Drive continuous product improvements and cost-reduction initiatives in collaboration with the VAVE Manager.
• Ensure compliance with governance frameworks, certification requirements, regulatory standards and the Gateway Process, securing approvals at each stage.
• Plan and execute successful product launches together with Product Marketing and regional Marketing teams, ensuring high-quality packaging, documentation, launch materials, on-time delivery and budget adherence.
• Provide accurate product information to support E-commerce and PIM teams and ensure products are correctly positioned across digital channels.
• Build product knowledge within the organization and provide technical guidance and support where needed.
• Act as a key liaison between R&D, Quality and Manufacturing teams to resolve product quality issues and drive corrective actions.
• Travel regularly throughout the region to support stakeholder engagement, collaboration and deployment of product initiatives.

Skills

Product management

Market requirements

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Business case development

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organization & data-driven

Education

University degree in a technical, engineering or business-related discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Yale Residential Access is seeking a Product Manager to own selected Yale Residential Access products across the EMEIA region, guiding lifecycle from concept to launch and ongoing optimization.

You will collaborate with regional teams, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality and Manufacturing, travel within the region and to Malmo for meetings, workshops, and stakeholder collaboration, shaping market-leading IoT and smart home solutions.