Senior Rail Product Manager: Safety-Critical & Data-Driven

Critical Software; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Employee Assistance Programme (mental/

Home office support

Extra holidays

Extra parental leave

Return-to-work support

Sabbatical programme

Training, mentorship, growth

Job summary

Critical Software seeks a Senior Product Manager to shape the rail portfolio and create software-defined, data-driven offerings that sit beside our certified solutions. You will own the vision, roadmap, and commercial outcome from concept to market, building products that help operators run more trains safely and reliably.

You will balance certification milestones with customer needs, collaborate with engineering, safety and certification teams, and define go-to-market strategies across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience bringing new products to market in regulated or safety-critical industries.
• Knowledge of certification processes (EN 50126/50129/50716, DO-178, IEC 62443) is a strong plus.
• Experience with software-defined, connected or data-driven products; cloud/edge, cybersecurity or AI applied to operations is a plus.
• Strong communication skills for multi-stakeholder environments.
• Fluent in English (C1/C2).

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap balancing milestones, commitments, and long-term product strategy.
• Identify and validate new product opportunities (market and competitive analysis, technology scouting, customer discovery), translating their needs into product requirements and shaping the full portfolio.
• Own the business case, pricing and P&L for each product line, and take new products from concept through to their first paying customers.
• Build the go-to-market strategy for product placement and business expansion, working with commercial and business development teams on positioning, pricing, and partnership opportunities.
• Coordinate a small team with direct access to leadership — working closely with engineering, safety, and certification teams to align product decisions.

Skills

Product management

Regulatory compliance

Market analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

English proficiency

Job description

Critical Software seeks a Senior Product Manager to shape the rail portfolio and create software-defined, data-driven offerings that sit beside our certified solutions. You will own the vision, roadmap, and commercial outcome from concept to market, building products that help operators run more trains safely and reliably.

You will balance certification milestones with customer needs, collaborate with engineering, safety and certification teams, and define go-to-market strategies across Europe.