Manager Product Management, PU EW

Saab; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab in Sweden is looking for a Manager for Product Management within Product Unit EW. You will lead a team of Product Managers and Technical Product Managers, owning the product family from strategy to lifecycle and ensuring competitiveness and profitability.

The role involves national and international travel. You will combine people leadership with active product ownership, driving strategy and roadmaps, and creating conditions for your team to succeed across interfaces and cultures.

Qualifications

• Experience leading PM/TPM teams in a complex environment.
• Background in electronic warfare or defense domains is a plus.
• Proven ability to align stakeholders and drive strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers and Technical Product Managers
• Ensure a clear product strategy, roadmap and lifecycle management across the EW portfolio
• Ensure effective management of product configurations (legacy, current and future), balancing performance, cost and profitability
• Support Winning Business by contributing to marketing and sales campaigns with strong product direction
• Support Execute Business by ensuring alignment between product strategy and development planning
• Drive structured ways of working within product management and across interfaces
• Translate market, customer and operational insights into clear product priorities and decisions

Skills

Leadership

Product management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Team leadership

English and Swedish

Job description

Your role

As Manager for Product Management, you will lead the Product Management function within Product Unit EW, managing a team of Product Managers (PMs) and Technical Product Managers (TPMs). The Product Unit is responsible for products such as dispensers, ground support systems, radar warner systems for Tornado, standoff jamming, and future products for compact Arexis and stand‑of‑jamming.

You will hold the overall responsibility for the product family from a product perspective – ensuring that our offerings remain competitive, profitable, and aligned with future customer needs and operational demands.

In this role, you combine people leadership with active product ownership, driving strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management while creating the conditions for your team to succeed.

The role includes national and international travel.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers and Technical Product Managers
• Ensure a clear product strategy, roadmap and lifecycle management across the EW portfolio
• Ensure effective management of product configurations (legacy, current and future), balancing performance, cost and profitability
• Support Winning Business by contributing to marketing and sales campaigns with strong product direction
• Support Execute Business by ensuring alignment between product strategy and development planning
• Drive structured ways of working within product management and across interfaces
• Translate market, customer and operational insights into clear product priorities and decisions

Focus areas for the coming years

• Strengthening the product organization and its ways of working
• Driving product roadmaps and long‑term development initiatives
• Supporting ongoing marketing and sales campaigns
• Ensuring sustainment and evolution of existing systems

Your profile

We’re looking for a line manager with a strong and structured product mindset. You combine strategic thinking with the ability to stay close to product decisions and support your team in navigating complexity. You are confident, communicative and skilled at aligning stakeholders across functions, organizations and cultures.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Strong leadership experience, including personnel and budget responsibility
• Solid background in product management within advanced or high‑tech environments
• Good understanding of the Electronic Warfare domain
• Proven ability to drive both product and business development
• Strong analytical and strategic capabilities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical experts and senior stakeholders
• Fluent in both written and spoken English and Swedish

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on current regulations around security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.